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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* Imogen and her sister [[Marina Tantry|Marina]] take their names from Shakespeare's plays ''Cymbeline'' and ''Pericles, Prince of Tyre''; Imogen's later title Beatrix II comes from ''Much Ado About Nothing''. The walking tree in Burnum Plaza is a reference to Birnam Wood in ''Macbeth''. | * Imogen and her sister [[Marina Tantry|Marina]] take their names from Shakespeare's plays ''[[Cymbeline (play)|Cymbeline]]'' and ''[[Pericles (play)|Pericles, Prince of Tyre]]''; Imogen's later title Beatrix II comes from ''Much Ado About Nothing''. The walking tree in Burnum Plaza is a reference to Birnam Wood in ''[[Macbeth]]''. | ||
* The starship [[Serene Diameter]] takes its name from the ships used by the eponymous count in the novel ''Dracula'': the Demeter | * The starship [[Serene Diameter]] takes its name from the ships used by the eponymous count in the novel ''[[Dracula (book)|Dracula]]'': the Demeter and the Czarina Catherine. The name [[Meinir Doihara]] also echoes 'Mina Harker', the married name of Jonathan Harker's [[fiancée]] Mina Murray from the same novel. | ||
* The planet Murigen is named after the Celtic goddess Morrigan, and its three suns Nemhain, Fea, and Macha are the aspects of Morrigan from Celtic myth. Similarly, Lugh is Cuchulainn's sun, despite Cuchulainn being Lugh's son in myth. | * The planet Murigen is named after the Celtic goddess Morrigan, and its three suns Nemhain, Fea, and Macha are the aspects of Morrigan from Celtic myth. Similarly, Lugh is Cuchulainn's sun, despite Cuchulainn being Lugh's son in myth. | ||
* The aquatic Lavellan species is named for the la-mhalan of Scottish folklore. | * The aquatic Lavellan species is named for the la-mhalan of Scottish folklore. | ||
* The | * The "Lithian question" is a reference to James Blish’s 1958 novel ''{{w|A Case of Conscience}}'', which also features a Jesuit encountering a secular alien race. | ||
* Luke Duke's name comes from the {{wi|Father Ted}} episode "{{w|A Christmassy Ted}}". | * Luke Duke's name comes from the {{wi|Father Ted}} episode "{{w|A Christmassy Ted}}". | ||
* The word "alukah", meaning a vampiric shapeshifter, comes from the Book of Proverbs, though it's sometimes translated as "horse leech". "Ekimmu" comes from Sumerian mythology. | * The word "alukah", meaning a vampiric shapeshifter, comes from the Book of Proverbs, though it's sometimes translated as "horse leech". "[[Ekimmu]]" comes from Sumerian mythology. | ||
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[[Category:Bernice Summerfield stories]] | [[Category:Bernice Summerfield stories]] | ||
[[Category:The Vampire Curse short stories]] | [[Category:The Vampire Curse short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 2609]] | [[Category:Stories set in 2609]] | ||
