Index
Abdul (Baudolino character)
74–77, 78, 82, 150
Abydos (Stargate planet)
161, 162
Adam
77–79
adventure
1, 16, 23, 25, 39, 52, 66, 86, 87, 99, 111, 112, 117, 118, 138, 140, 147, 148, 152, 158, 160, 164 n. 34, 167–69
Aeneas
31 n. 127
See also Virgil
Africa
45 n. 171, 93, 136
aisling
75, 76 n. 11, 150, 151
See also dreams; dream-visions
Aislinge Óenguso (Dream of Óengus)
150, 151 n. 92
Alexander the Great
21
aliens
20, 58 n. 62, 61, 81 n. 31, 99, 125, 126, 134 n. 21, 146–47, 148, 149–51, 154–55, 158–59, 160, 162, 164, 166, 168–69, 171, 172–73
See also Ancients; Asgard; Cardassian; Goa’uld; Klingon; Nox; Ori; Romulan; Vulcan; Wraith
alienation see See defamiliarisation
allegory
55, 85–86, 114–16, 135, 143–44, 150, 159
allegorical reading mode
4, 54–56, 85–87, 100 n. 117, 114–16, 118, 150
anagoge
54–55, 161
Ancients (Stargate aliens)
153 n. 101, 161 n. 19, 168, 170, 185
See also aliens; ascension
Apocolocyntosis
3
Apuleius
59
De Deo Socratis
59
Aquinas, Saint Thomas
9
Arabic
74
Archer, Jonathan (Star Trek character)
131, 137, 139–40, 147, 148–50
Argonauts
67 n. 112
Argoz
67 n. 112
Arismapi
41
Aristophanes
3
Frogs and Mice
3
Arthurian legend
11 n. 41, 53, 154, 158, 159
Arzdrouni
95
ascension
30, 128, 160, 161, 167–68, 172, 185
Asgard (Stargate aliens)
169–70
Asia
45 n. 171, 93, 136
Aslan
52, 54, 57, 69–70
Atlantis (alien city)
142, 160, 170, 173
Atlantis (legend of)
137 n. 34, 170
Atwood, Margaret
20, 126–27
audience
9, 18, 20 n. 82, 28, 32, 40, 41, 43, 48, 51, 52, 53–54, 55, 62–63, 64, 65, 68, 69, 70–72, 75, 80–82, 84–87, 88–108, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 122, 126, 127, 128, 130, 131, 137–40, 142, 144, 151, 158 n. 5, 160, 164, 165, 170, 172, 173, 175, 176, 179, 180, 182
Auraicept na nÉces (Scholar’s Primer)
77–78
autocommunication
49–50, 54, 63–64, 67
Babel
19 n. 77, 77–78
Babylon
159
Bacon, Francis
130
Bakhtin, Mikhail M.
16–17, 49–51, 58, 96
Bashir, Julian (Star Trek character)
154
Baudolino (character)
28, 43, 45 n. 172, 61, 74, 76, 79–82, 89, 90–109, 110, 125, 130, 141 n. 52, 154, 185
Baudolino see See Eco, Umberto
Bede the Venerable
103
Belfast
8
Beowulf
154
bestiary
24
Blemmyes
41, 94, 96, 100 n. 115, 101
boat
38–39, 64, 65, 137, 139, 157
See also coracle; ship
Boethius
48
Book of Leinster
77 n. 14
books
15, 42, 61–62, 71, 89, 94, 98, 99, 107
Borges, Jorge Luis
19, 84–85, 109
Bran mac Febail
124, 168
Brecht, Bertold
62 n. 82, 170
Brendan, saint
3 n. 9, 5, 11 n. 41, 13, 21, 46, 54, 55, 58, 60, 69, 70, 76, 79, 125, 126, 132, 134, 148, 154, 155, 170, 175
See also Navigatio sancti Brendani
legend of
3, 4–5, 11, 21, 47, 50, 54, 55–57, 59, 60, 69–70, 71 n. 132, 77, 125, 126, 144–45, 148, 152 n. 97, 155, 175–76, 179
Brian Boru
154, 156
Britain
53, 112, 118, 136
Brobdingnag
110, 118–19, 120, 126
Buddhism
161
Bunyan, John
52
Pilgrim’s Progress
52
Byzantium
91, 106
Calvino, Italo
19, 73 n.2, 100, 108
Le città invisibili (Invisible cities)
19, 73 n. 2
Se una notte d’inverno un viaggiatore (If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller)
108
Cambridge
58, 61, 67, 72
Cardassians (Star Trek aliens)
171
Caretaker (Star Trek alien)
141, 146
Carmina Burana
90–91
Caspian, King
52, 54, 58, 65, 67, 68 n. 114, 149 n. 82
Cassian, John
54
Celtic
2 n. 8, 6 n. 20, 8, 24, 52, 64 n. 91, 127, 158, 159, 172 n. 61
Cervantes, Miguel de
3
Chaucer, Geoffrey
53, 60
Canterbury Tales
60
Chaya (Stargate character)
167
Chesterton, G. K.
64
Christianity
8, 10–11, 48–49, 54, 60, 68, 70–72, 76, 78, 79, 92 n. 80, 93, 159, 172, 175–76, 179, 181–82
See also religion
Church see See Christianity
Classics
6 n. 20, 10, 15, 24, 51 n. 26, 86, 113, 117, 123, 124, 127
See also Homer, Lucian
Clontarf, Battle of
154
comedy see See humour
communication
17, 49–50, 54, 63
See also autocommunication
Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur
19, 92–93, 112–13
See also Holmes, Sherlock; Watson
The Lost World
19, 112–13
Conrad, Joseph
38–39
Youth
38
coracle
25, 64, 136, 137
See also boat; ship
Coriakin
57, 66–67
See also dufflepuds; island; magic
Cornwall
153
Cosmas Indicopleustes
93 n. 86
creative memory see See memory
crime
145–47
Crusher, Wesley (Star Trek character)
148, 167
Crusoe, Robinson
39
See also Defoe, Daniel
curragh see See coracle
cyclopes
41, 91, 96
Cyrano de Bergerac
154
Dante Alighieri
48, 49, 85
Divine Comedy
85
Deacon Johannes (Deacon John)
76, 94, 96, 97, 101, 105, 110, 125, 154, 179
See also Pdnapetzim; Prester John
defamiliarisation (остранение)
14, 62–63, 81, 89, 92, 101, 164, 170, 179, 185
reversed
63 n. 83, 89–90, 92, 164, 179
Defoe, Daniel
114
Robinson Crusoe
114, 122
Delw y Byd
40
desert
56, 80, 141
See also hermits; stylites
dialogic engagement
16, 17, 18, 46, 48, 49–51, 64, 67, 70–72, 182
Dickens, Charles
67
Hard Times
67
dimensions (in space)
6, 28, 43–45, 47, 130, 137, 155
Dostoyevski, Fyodor
87
double coding
84–85, 88
dragon
62, 65, 66
dreams
14, 19, 61 n. 77, 74–85, 122, 138, 148–151, 173
dream-visions (genre)
75, 150
dufflepuds
63, 66–67
dystopia
13–14, 27, 28, 31 n. 126, 126–27, 129, 135, 165
See also heterotopia; ustopia; utopia
Earth
6, 44, 45, 46, 52, 61, 76, 93 n. 86, 112, 117, 132, 136, 140, 141, 142, 143, 147, 148, 153, 158–63, 166 n. 41, 169, 170, 173, 183
East
6, 21, 26, 38–39, 41, 44, 46, 56–57, 60, 68, 73, 76, 81, 82, 90, 93–94, 96, 100, 101, 103, 118, 177, 183
See also marvels
Utter East (Narnia)
13, 52, 60, 68–70, 94, 136, 147, 159
echtra
1–3, 21–23, 25–30, 34–37, 42, 44, 45, 52, 53, 73, 81–82, 88, 97, 98, 101, 106, 108, 117, 127–28, 151–52, 155, 157, 159–61, 162–65, 167, 168–69, 171, 173, 176, 178, 179, 183
as genre
3–4, 13, 16, 19, 21, 23, 25–27, 31, 33, 36–37, 38, 44, 73, 75–76, 82, 88, 94, 96, 108–109, 110, 116, 117, 124, 128–29, 130, 142, 157, 160, 163, 166, 174, 183, 185
definition of
1, 13, 23, 25, 26–27, 34, 81, 152, 157, 161, 183
Echtrae Chonnlai
25, 64 n. 87, 82, 160, 166–67, 172 n. 63, 177
Echtra Láegaire
25, 163
Echtra Nerai
25, 52, 163
Eco, Umberto
3, 4, 6, 8–10, 14–15, 19 n. 78, 21, 23, 28, 39–40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 55, 56, 61, 63, 71, 72, 73, 76, 77, 78, 79–103, 105–109, 113, 118, 128, 134, 141, 147, 150, 153, 154, 156, 164, 165 n. 37, 174, 175, 176, 177, 179, 180, 181, 182, 184, 185
Baudolino
3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 15 n. 58, 26, 39, 42, 44, 45, 47, 56, 73, 76–84, 88, 89, 90–109, 118, 128, 141, 150, 153, 154, 157, 160, 164, 165 n. 37, 174, 179, 183
Il nome della Rosa (The Name of the Rose)
8, 9, 79, 83, 88 n. 58, 89, 90 n. 71
Island of the Day Before
86
Serendipities
78, 79 n. 21
Edmund (Narnia character)
30 n. 122, 57, 68, 99 n. 110, 110, 148
Egypt
158, 159, 162, 172
Einstein, Albert
45 n. 170, 46, 143, 157
Einstein-Rosen bridge see See wormhole
Emmerich, Roland
13, 157
encyclopedia
39, 40, 41–42, 47, 72, 73, 95, 96, 109, 164, 176 n. 9
epic see See genre
estrangement see See defamiliarisation
ethics
30, 31, 32, 59, 140, 149, 160, 173, 181
Europe
5, 6, 30 n. 118, 41, 45 n. 171, 47, 60, 93, 96, 118, 136, 162, 172 n. 61, 175, 180
Eustace (Narnia character)
30 n. 122, 52, 57–58, 61–62, 64–69, 99, 106, 110, 130, 137, 148, 160, 172, 173
eutopia
27, 125, 126, 175
everyman figure
65, 70, 99, 160
exile
18 n. 75, 80, 128, 167
fakes see See forgeries; lies; Baudolino
fairy see See otherworld
fantasy
1, 4, 6, 14, 15, 21, 23, 28, 32, 38–40, 62, 76, 81–82, 94, 95, 98, 100–101, 104, 106, 111, 112, 118, 120, 121–22, 125, 126, 127–28, 130, 131, 135, 138, 140, 159, 174, 177, 180, 181, 182
See also genre; otherword; supernatural
genre of
2, 5 n. 19, 7, 16, 20–21, 21, 22, 38, 40, 96, 111, 174
human faculty of
2, 6, 8, 14, 26, 28, 38–40, 41, 48, 50, 55–56, 62, 81–82, 85, 89, 95, 98, 103, 111, 122, 125–29, 134, 149, 158, 177, 185
for children
6, 23, 51, 71, 181, 182
definitions of
16, 20, 174
Federation (Star Trek)
128, 142, 146, 147, 151
Fénius Farsaid
77–78
Fiachna mac Rétach
163
folktale morphology
145
Forester, C. S.
133, 179
fosterage
123
Foucault, Michael
126–27, 177–78, 183–84
framework (narrative)
24, 27, 47, 60, 64, 90, 109, 116, 118–19, 130, 138, 141 n. 55, 167
Frederick Barbarossa
94 n. 87, 95, 101 n. 122, 102, 103, 104
French
20, 47, 123, 141 n. 50, 146, 177 n. 15
fuzzy sets
13, 14, 23, 31–33, 36–39, 45, 53, 145, 152, 153, 178, 179, 181, 184
Gairwyn (Stargate character)
169–70
galaxies
140, 142 n. 59
Milky Way
45, 46, 136, 137, 141, 142, 146, 148, 153 n. 101, 168, 171
Pegasus
142–43, 153 n. 101, 170, 173
genre
1 n. 2, 3, 4, 5 n. 19, 7, 10, 13–14, 16–24, 27, 29, 31, 32–40, 47, 51, 53, 56, 60, 72, 75, 76, 95, 96, 112 n. 14, 112 n. 15, 113, 114, 116, 120–22, 124, 125 n. 83, 126–27, 129, 130–35, 143–44, 145, 147, 149, 150–52, 153, 155, 159–60, 163, 139, 174–76, 178–79, 180 n. 25, 181, 182, 184, 185
See also aisling; dystopia; echtra; immram; satire; science-fiction; romance; western
Geoffrey of Monmouth
59
Historia regum Britanniae
59
Giants
91, 96
one-eyed. see See cyclopes
Gilgamesh
21, 31 n. 127
globe
43–45, 93, 130
See also world
Goa’uld (Stargate aliens)
147 n. 75, 159, 162, 163, 170, 171–72
God see See Christianity
gods see See religion
grail
30 n. 119, 92, 103
Greek
See also Classics; Homer, Lucian
mythology
11, 60
language
123
literature
22, 159
Gulliver, Lemuel
26, 28, 39, 43, 44, 45, 87, 94, 109, 110–13, 115–18, 120, 123, 126, 128–31, 179
See also Swift, Jonathan
Gumpas of Doorn (Narnia character)
66, 67
Gwales
153
Helen of Troy
68–69
hermits
141
See also desert; stylites
heterotopia
14 n. 50, 126–27, 142, 183
Hibernia see See Ireland
Holmes, Sherlock
154
See also Conan Doyle; Watson
home
12, 13 n. 47, 22 n. 86, 26, 31, 45, 69, 94, 117, 127, 128, 129, 132, 135, 141–42, 146, 147, 148, 151, 152, 153, 156, 158, 160, 162
See also otherworld; return from
Homer
10, 11, 22, 59, 86
Odyssey
10, 11, 22, 54 n. 39, 59, 86
Honorius Augustodunensis
39, 41, 176 n. 9
Imago mundi
39–41, 47, 176 n. 9
Hornblower, Horatio
133, 179
See also Forester, C. S.
Houyhnhnm
94, 118–19, 120, 124, 126, 129
humour
22, 63, 94
See also irony; satire
Hypatia (Baudolino character)
82, 91
idealisation
18, 28, 31, 78, 86, 99 n. 113, 122, 124–26, 128, 129, 133, 134 n. 22, 135, 147, 150, 171, 179
See also utopia
imagination see See fantasy
immram
1–5, 16, 21, 22, 24–27, 28, 29–30, 34–37, 42, 44, 45, 47, 52, 57, 59–60, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 80, 81, 85, 94, 97, 108, 110–13, 116, 120, 123–24, 127, 129, 131, 132–36, 139, 140–45, 147–48, 150, 152–53, 154, 157, 162, 165, 173, 175, 176, 178–79, 182, 183
as genre
3–4, 10–13, 16, 19, 21–23, 25, 31–32, 33, 34, 36–38, 44, 47, 51, 53, 56, 58, 60, 73, 75–76, 80, 88, 96, 109, 114, 116, 117, 124, 128, 129, 130–33, 135, 140–42, 145, 147–48, 151–52, 155, 174, 181–82, 185
definition of
1, 12, 23–24, 26–27, 45, 75, 111–12, 120, 132–33, 136–37, 160, 179, 183
Immram Curaig Maíle Dúin (The Voyage of Máel Dúin’s Coracle)
25, 57, 58, 64 n. 87, 133–34, 136, 140–41, 145, 155, 179
See also Máel Dúin
Immram Curaig Ua Corra (The Voyage of the Uí Chorra’s Coracle)
25, 64 n. 87, 145
Immram Snedgusa agus Maic Riagla (The Voyage of Snedgus and Mac Riagla)
25, 145
Immram Brain mac Febail (The Voyage of Bran Son of Febal)
25, 33–37, 82, 124–25, 152–53, 166 n. 38, 168–69, 172 n. 63
India
41, 93, 96, 101, 126
interpretation
9, 17, 19, 39, 40, 48, 56, 60, 66, 80, 84, 96, 107, 108, 109, 113, 114–16, 172, 174, 182
fourfold (medieval method)
48, 54–56, 85
intertextual matrix
7, 8, 15, 21, 23, 32–38, 42, 63, 68, 73, 82, 88, 89 n. 64, 113, 125, 126, 135, 150, 152, 165, 174, 176, 183, 184
intertextuality
4, 10, 11 n. 42, 14, 15–16, 18, 19, 21, 23, 32–42, 45, 58, 63, 67–68, 73–74, 77, 83, 84–85, 88, 91, 94–95, 96, 101, 135, 149 n. 83, 154–56, 159 n. 14, 179
Ireland
2, 5, 8, 10 n. 38, 23, 29 n. 116, 74, 77, 78, 84 n. 47, 113 n. 23, 117, 123, 136, 141, 142, 152, 154, 169, 177, 180 n. 25
Irish
8, 16 n. 60, 43, 46, 70, 74, 77, 78, 79, 84 n. 47, 96, 122, 123, 132, 139, 141, 142, 150, 152, 158–9, 165–68
See also Abdul; aisling; echtra; immram; mythology
genres (medieval)
4, 6 n. 20, 7–8, 18, 22, 23–29, 37, 42, 75, 76, 150, 174–75, 185
language
1, 4, 76, 77–79, 123
literature
1, 4, 5, 8, 10–11, 14–15, 18, 24–25, 27, 29, 42, 43, 58, 66, 73, 75, 81, 97, 113, 122, 123, 125, 126, 133, 135, 145, 150–151, 158–9, 161 n. 17, 163, 165–67, 170, 172, 174–75, 184
mythology
10–11
pilgrims
34, 79–80, 162
placelore
43
travel narratives
1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 16, 18, 21, 30, 33, 47, 52, 56, 57, 59, 73, 75, 76, 79, 81, 82, 95, 97, 109, 117, 120, 124, 127, 131, 136, 140, 141–42, 159, 165–66, 170, 173, 175–77, 180, 182
irony
83–86, 88, 122, 166
See also humour; satire
Isidore of Seville
95
island
5, 24, 26, 27 n. 107, 29, 47, 57–58, 60, 65 n. 95, 66, 68, 70, 74, 76, 77, 80, 81, 86, 94, 111, 112, 117, 118, 120, 122, 125–27, 131, 132, 134, 136 n. 30, 137–42, 144, 148, 149, 154–55, 160, 162, 165, 166, 170, 173, 175, 176, 177, 179, 183
narratives
7, 10, 16, 45, 53, 56–57, 75, 80, 137, 160
whale
76, 154–55
island-hopping
10, 12, 22, 26, 45, 53, 56–57, 75, 131, 152, 160
See also Jasconius; rowing-about
Jackson, Daniel (Stargate character)
61, 128–29, 158, 160–64, 167
Jaffa (Stargate aliens)
171
James, Henry
87
Janeway, Kathryn (Star Trek character)
136, 153, 154
Japan
45, 112, 117, 118, 119, 120, 126
Jasconius
76, 156
Jauss, Hans Robert
18
Jean de Meun
182
Roman de la Rose
182
Jerusalem
74, 176
journey, spiritual
See also travel
Joyce, James
10, 85–87
Ulysses
10, 85–86
Kant, Immanuel
46, 140
Metaphysical Foundations of Science
46
Kirk, James T. (Star Trek character)
131, 134, 137, 146
Klingons (Star Trek aliens)
147, 148, 171
Kyot (Baudolino character)
91
Laȝamon
59
Brut
59
Land of Saints see See Promised Land of Saints
landscape
39, 43, 135
See also spatiality
language
1, 2 n. 8, 5, 9, 45 n. 172, 47, 50, 65, 76–79, 83, 94, 117, 123, 160
lapidary
24
Latin
2, 3 n. 9, 4–5, 10, 21, 24, 29, 30 n. 118, 41, 59 n. 67, 61, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 90 n. 69, 91, 123, 124, 140 n. 50
Lebor Gabála Érenn (Book of Invasions of Ireland)
77
Lefebvre, Henri
88–89
Lemennii see See Blemmyes
Lewis, C. S.
3, 6, 8–9, 10–11, 15, 21–22, 23, 30, 32, 39, 42–46, 47–65, 67–72, 83 n. 40, 87, 89, 94, 99, 100, 106, 109, 110, 111, 115, 117, 124, 128, 130, 131, 134, 135, 136, 141, 147, 148, 149, 153, 155, 172, 176, 179–84
‘De descriptione temporum’
61, 182 n. 31
Out of the Silent Planet
111
The Chronicles of Narnia
11, 30 n. 122, 43, 47, 53, 55, 56, 58, 68, 117, 148
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
68 n. 114
The Pilgrim’s Regress
52 n. 30
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
3, 6, 8, 11, 13, 22 n. 86, 30, 32, 37, 42, 44, 47–54, 56–71, 94, 99, 111, 117, 128, 137, 141, 148, 149, 153, 155, 160, 163, 172, 179, 182, 183
lies
83, 91, 94–96, 98, 100, 102–7, 114
See also Baudolino; forgeries
Lilliput
39, 94, 115, 118–19, 120, 123, 126
London, Tower of
152
Lotman, Yuri M.
16, 49–50, 53, 63, 67, 95–96
love
58, 75, 79, 82, 92 n. 80, 107, 150, 161, 164, 166–67, 181
See also aisling
Lucian
3, 6 n. 20, 10, 15, 19, 29 n. 116, 73 n. 2, 123
True History
3 n. 10, 6 n. 20, 15, 19, 123
Lucy
30 n. 122, 57, 58, 63, 65, 66, 67 n. 105, 68–69, 99 n. 110, 110, 148, 163
Luggnag
115, 118
Mabinogi, Four Branches of
64 n. 91, 153
Máel Dúin
58, 133–34, 136, 139
See also immram
Magi
79 n. 23, 104–5
magic
21, 57, 58, 61–62, 65 n. 95, 66–68, 81, 91, 94, 108, 110, 112, 153, 165
Malory, Sir Thomas
53
Mandeville, Sir John
11 n. 42, 19, 39, 59, 96, 118
Voiage and Travaile
59
Manuel Comnenus
104
See also Byzantium
manuscript
29–30, 47, 60, 92, 98
maps
44, 118, 130, 137
early modern
44, 118–20, 125, 175
medieval
44–45, 90, 93, 95, 97, 125, 128, 136, 175, 176 n. 9
modern
34–35
mapping
4, 33–34, 43, 55, 80, 98, 116, 136, 145, 176
Maquis
146–47
margin
18 n. 75, 33, 97, 142, 143, 167, 175, 180, 184
marvels
4, 5, 24, 41, 63, 67, 76, 92, 94 n. 88, 96, 97, 100–1, 108, 124, 126, 131, 139–41, 150, 160–62, 170, 176
See also fantasy; otherworld; supernatural
Marvels of the East
21–22, 39 n. 150, 40–41, 90, 93, 96, 100–1, 105, 108
Mavramorn (Narnia character)
67 n. 112
Mayweather, Travis (Star Trek character)
139
medieval studies
2, 4, 9, 19 n. 76, 30, 48, 55, 63, 71–72, 73, 79, 83–85, 87, 89, 109, 151, 179, 181, 182
medievalist (profession) see See medieval studies
medievalism
2, 6, 9, 71, 79, 90 n. 73
memory
39, 95, 153
creative
17, 58
metaphor
9, 46, 48, 55, 98, 143, 144, 160
Middle Ages
8–10, 19 n. 78, 23 n. 91, 54, 60–61, 71, 89, 90, 93, 101, 183
Milton, John
11 n. 42, 59
mist
38–39, 66
Moby Dick
154
Moll, Herman
119
monopods see See sciapods
monstrous see See marvels
Montaigne, Michel de
185
moral see See tropological mode; personal growth
More, Thomas
122, 124, 125, 134 n. 22, 135, 144
Utopia
122, 135
Morris, William
60
‘The Land East of the Sun and West of the Moon’
60
The Earthly Paradise
60
Murasaki Shikibu
37
Tale of Genji
37
mythology
4, 10–11, 15, 21, 59, 61, 71, 84 n. 47, 86, 98, 137 n. 34, 157–58, 164, 169, 170, 172
See also religion
Bulfinch’s
164
Nabokov, Vladimir
86–87, 116
Narnia (land)
30, 43, 44, 45, 46, 51, 53, 69, 97, 148, 152 n. 95, 159, 173
See also Lewis, C. S.
Navigatio sancti Brendani abbatis
2, 3 n. 9, 4–5, 8, 11 n. 41, 13, 17 n. 68, 21, 24, 29–30, 43, 47, 50–52, 54 n. 39, 55–60, 64
See also Brendan; Voyage de Saint Brendan
Nera
163
Niketas (Baudolino character)
82, 90, 92, 93, 95, 101–3, 105–8, 130, 160, 164
Norse
mythology
11, 169, 172
literature
22 n. 86, 169, 172
travel
60, 175
Nox (Stargate aliens)
129, 165–66
ocean
20, 47, 123, 141 n. 50, 146, 177 n. 15
See also sea
Odysseus
10, 21, 22 n. 86, 31 n. 127, 86, 155
See also Homer
O’Brien, Miles (Star Trek character)
154
O’Neill, Jack (Stargate character)
99, 158, 167
Orff, Carl
90
Ori (Stargate aliens)
171, 172
Orient see See East
Orwell, George
3, 20 n. 80, 114
Animal Farm
3, 114
otherworld
1, 24, 25–29, 32, 52–53, 56, 66, 73, 81–82, 96–97, 98, 101, 108, 117, 122, 124–29, 131, 141, 142, 143, 147–48, 151, 152, 157–70, 173, 175, 176, 179, 180, 185
See also echtra; Hypatia; utopia
barriers before
26, 28, 70, 108
return from
26, 54, 117, 128–29, 142, 153, 160–64, 166
See also home
travel to
6, 13, 25–28, 32, 42–43, 53, 73, 97, 106, 112, 120, 124, 141, 153, 160–61, 163, 164, 168, 177, 179
woman
26, 52, 75, 81–82, 124–25, 128, 150, 161–64, 166–68, 179
Otto of Freising
92 n. 80, 94, 98, 101 n. 121, 106, 107
Oxford
69 n. 67
paradise
27, 56, 57, 60, 79, 128–29, 141, 159
See also otherworld; Promised Land of Saints; utopia
Paul, hermit
57
Pdnapetzim
96, 97, 98
See also Prester John, kingdom of
personal growth
30–31, 51, 52, 64–67, 69, 70, 72, 95, 128, 148, 161, 167, 185
See also spiritual life
Pevensie children
52, 53, 54, 58
See also Edmund; Lucy
Phenius see See Fénius Farsaid
Phlox (Star Trek character)
148
Picard, Jean-Luc (Star Trek character)
131, 137
Pike, Christopher (Star Trek character)
146
pilgrimage
34, 60, 79–80
See also Irish; travel
Plato
59
politics
18, 19 n. 76, 32, 89, 92, 94, 112, 114–16, 120, 122, 131, 134–35, 138, 143–44, 146, 149, 151, 160, 169, 180
Polo, Marco
19, 39, 57, 73, 94 n. 86, 96, 100, 118, 120–21
polysystem theory
17–18
postcolonialism
171–73
postmodernism
6, 56, 72, 76, 85, 87, 108, 182
Prester John
73, 79, 90–91, 92, 93, 94, 98, 103–4, 105
See also Deacon Johannes; Pdnapetzim
kingdom of
80, 82, 89, 90, 92–100, 102 n. 123, 104, 105, 110, 125, 126, 147
legend of
56, 89 nn. 63 and 64, 90–91, 103–5, 109 n. 158
Promised Land of Saints
5, 13, 69, 70, 126, 127, 132, 147
See also otherworld; paradise; utopia
Propp, Vladimir
145
Provençal
74, 76
Q (Star Trek character)
146
Rabelais
3
Rahewin (Baudolino character)
103
Ramandu (Narnia character)
57, 58
reader see See audience
realism
14 n. 51, 40, 62, 87, 117, 125, 174
reality
2, 18, 20, 26, 27, 28, 39–40, 43–45, 48, 52, 58, 62–63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 70, 72, 73, 75, 79, 80–83, 88, 91, 93, 94 n. 86, 96–108, 110–13, 116–21, 125–30, 139, 142, 148, 149 n. 82, 151, 160, 163, 165, 167, 171 n. 58, 173, 174–76, 178, 181–83, 185
reception
1–3, 8, 14–18, 21, 23, 34, 48–50, 59, 73, 79, 89, 109, 114, 120, 135, 150, 159, 164 n. 34, 175–77, 180, 182, 184
studies
1–2, 48, 51 n. 26, 176
redemption
64, 66, 68
Reepicheep (Narnia character)
52, 64, 66, 69, 70, 172, 173
religion
3, 24, 27 n. 105, 29, 30 n. 124, 32, 51–52, 55–56, 60, 70, 71, 79, 81, 83 n. 40, 95, 115, 129, 131, 148, 158, 160, 162, 171–72, 175, 183
See also Christianity
Renaissance
8, 59, 182
Revilian (Narnia character)
67 n. 112
Riker, William (Star Trek character)
141
river as barrier
70, 108
Robin Hood
154
Roddenberry, Gene
38, 133, 135, 179
romance
22, 23 n. 91, 30 n. 59
See also genre; love
Romulans (Star Trek aliens)
171
Rosen, Nathan
157
rowing-about
1, 23, 24, 46, 128, 129, 136–37, 148, 157
See also immram; island-hopping
saints
3 n. 9, 5, 21, 29, 70, 101, 172, 175
See also Brendan
Lives of
29, 30
satire
22, 113, 115, 116, 149, 180, 181
See also humour
Sato, Hoshi (Star Trek character)
137
sciapods
41, 63, 65 n. 95, 68, 96, 100, 101
See also dufflepuds
science
20, 21, 46, 143, 184
See also technology
science fiction
3, 5 n. 19, 6 n. 20, 7, 13–14, 16, 19 n. 78, 20–23, 28, 30 n. 124, 31, 38, 45 n. 170, 56, 63 n. 82, 68 n. 113, 99 n. 113, 107 n. 150, 111–12, 122, 125, 130–31, 134, 135, 139, 140, 143, 144 n. 67, 152, 153, 160, 164 n. 34, 173, 180 n. 25
sea
1, 3 n. 9, 5, 6, 21, 24, 27 n. 107, 28, 29, 34, 38–39, 42, 46, 47, 56, 57, 59, 65, 70, 73, 74–76, 79–80, 130, 136, 138–40, 142, 155, 157, 158–59, 170, 173, 183
See also islands; ocean
monster
57, 154–55
Seafarer (poem)
11 n. 42, 59
semiotics
8, 9, 79, 83, 87, 95
set
13, 32–38, 53, 101, 126, 145, 160, 163, 168, 178–81, 184
See also fuzzy sets
definition of
32
Seven Sleepers, legend of
67–68
Sha’re (Stargate character)
162–64
Shakespeare, William
58, 67, 154
Midsummer Night’s Dream
58, 67
The Tempest
58
Sheppard, John (Stargate character)
167
ship
57, 65, 70, 94, 110, 114 n. 24, 118, 120, 130, 133, 136, 137, 139, 140
See also coracle
flying
42, 140
spaceship
12, 13, 31, 43, 44, 55 n. 62, 131, 133, 136, 137, 139, 140, 146, 147, 148, 151, 152, 153, 155, 162, 170, 185
síd
52
See also otherworld
Sinbad
21, 31 n. 127, 155
Sisko, Benjamin (Star Trek character)
99 n. 113
Shklovsky, Viktor
62 n. 82, 170
slavery
66, 171
Snorri Sturlusson
169, 172
Gylfaginning
172
Prose Edda
172
space (interstellar)
6, 12, 28, 39, 43, 44, 45, 130–31, 132, 136–40, 142, 143, 146–47, 152, 153, 154–55, 157, 165, 171, 183–84
space-time
26 n. 104, 45, 97, 153
See also time
Sparta
123
spatiality
42–46, 88–89, 95–98, 116, 118–20, 125–27, 177–78, 183–85
speculative fiction
20–21
spell see See magic
spiritual journey see See personal growth
spiritual life
51–52, 54, 69
Spock (Star Trek character)
146
Stargate
3, 4, 6, 7, 13, 15, 23, 26, 28, 30, 39, 40, 43–45, 97 n. 105, 99, 117, 125, 128–29, 137–38, 139, 142, 143, 147 n. 75, 152, 153, 156, 157–73, 179, 180, 185
1994 film
6, 13, 157161–62
Atlantis
13, 142, 153 n. 101, 159, 160, 165, 167–68, 170, 172, 173
SG-1
13, 61, 99, 117, 139 n. 44, 142, 147 n. 75, 157, 158–59, 161–69, 171, 173
Universe
13
Star Trek
3, 4, 6, 7, 11–14, 15, 23, 28, 30–31, 37–45, 81, 99 n. 113, 112, 124, 125, 126 n. 90, 128, 129, 130–56, 157, 159, 160, 162, 165, 167, 168, 171, 172, 176, 179, 180
Deep Space Nine
12, 99 n. 113, 154
Discovery
12, 13, 132
Enterprise
11, 37, 58 n. 62, 131, 132, 137, 139, 140 n. 46, 145, 147–50
Original Series
6, 11, 12, 37, 38, 81 n. 31, 99 n. 113, 131, 132–33, 135, 137, 141, 145, 157, 158 n. 5, 171
Picard
12, 13
The Next Generation
11, 37, 132–33, 135, 137, 141, 145, 146, 147, 148, 151, 154
Voyager
11, 13 n. 47, 31, 37, 128, 132, 135, 136, 141, 145–49, 152–55, 162, 171 n. 58
storytelling
6, 21, 132, 134, 135 n. 25, 157, 168, 180
stylites
80
See also desert; hermits
Suliban (Star Trek aliens)
147
Sun Tzu
141
supernatural
24, 75, 27, 40, 57, 75, 78, 81, 97, 101, 131, 141, 157, 158, 161, 167, 168
See also magic; otherworld; fantasy; marvels
Swift, Jonathan
2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 14, 15, 23, 28, 37, 38, 44–45, 57, 84 n. 47, 94, 109, 110–26, 128, 131, 135, 139, 149, 168, 176, 179, 180, 181
See also Gulliver
A Tale of a Tub
Gulliver’s Travels
2, 4–6, 26, 28, 29 n. 116, 37, 38, 44, 45, 57, 98 n. 109, 110–11, 113–126, 128–31, 140, 149, 165, 168, 179
Holyhead Journal
113
taxonomy
3 n. 11, 6 n. 20, 7, 15, 21, 22, 33, 42, 73, 131, 159, 175, 176, 178
Teal’c (Stargate character)
173
technology
20, 21, 40, 65, 112, 124 n. 77, 125, 135, 143, 144 n. 67, 159, 164, 165, 166, 168–73
Teer (Stargate character)
167
television
3, 6–7, 12 n. 44, 13, 38, 128, 132, 133, 143, 146, 147, 152, 156, 157, 160, 162, 164 n. 34, 180
text, definition of
5–7
See also intertextual matrix
theology see See religion
Thor (Stargate character)
169–70
See also Asgard
The Three Musketeers
154
time
52–53, 68, 97, 116, 117, 118, 144, 152–53, 164, 177–78, 179, 184, 185
and space. see See space-time
in the otherworld
26, 52, 97, 101, 117, 152–53, 164
travel
68 n. 113, 97 n. 105, 144, 152–53, 158 n. 10
tir na nOg (‘land of youth’)
166
See also otherworld
T-O maps see See maps
Todorov, Tzvetan
40, 104
Tolkien, J. R. R.
71
‘Imram’
71 n. 132
Roverandom
71 n. 132
translation
1 n. 2, 5, 18 n. 71, 23, 28, 29, 30, 33, 40, 41, 46, 47, 50, 53, 70, 76, 78, 79–80, 85, 87, 94, 95 n. 96, 96, 108, 130, 133, 144, 150, 151, 157
travel
1–3, 5, 6, 12–13, 22, 26–30, 32, 39, 42–45, 46, 47, 52, 56, 70, 73, 76, 79, 80, 82, 90, 93, 94, 95–97, 100, 104–05, 108, 112–14, 117, 120–22, 130, 133, 134, 137, 138–39, 148, 150, 153, 155, 157, 160, 162, 165, 170, 175, 176, 179, 183
See also echtra; immram; island; Irish; otherworld; reality
interstellar
6 n. 20, 12, 28, 43–45, 61, 130, 131, 132, 137, 139–40, 143, 148, 151, 152–53, 154–55, 157, 160, 164, 165, 179
land-bound
6, 44–45, 73, 76, 92–94, 96–97, 98, 105, 108
literature
4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 15, 19, 30, 39, 42–45, 56, 57, 59, 73, 80, 81, 93, 94, 96, 100, 106, 113, 115–18, 120–22, 127, 130–31, 135, 136, 139, 142, 152, 162, 169, 176, 177, 181, 183, 184
sea-bound
1, 3 n. 9, 5, 6, 24, 29, 34, 38–39, 42, 47, 56, 57, 59, 65, 73, 76, 79–80, 130, 138–40, 142, 157, 183
treasure
26, 62, 91, 101, 124–25, 161, 168
tropological mode
29–32, 54–55, 64, 67, 71–72, 80, 96, 129, 134–35, 143, 147, 151, 179–81
Tucker, Charles ‘Trip’ (Star Trek character)
58 n. 62
universe
13, 40, 46, 71, 82, 132, 140, 141, 143, 148, 152, 173, 174, 183
ustopia
20 n. 79, 126–27, 135, 164–67, 175, 179
utopia
13 n. 50, 14, 23, 27–31, 80, 84 n. 47, 91 n. 75, 111–12, 120, 122–29, 132, 134–35, 137, 143–45, 147, 149, 151, 164–65, 166 n. 40, 168, 170, 171, 173, 175, 180
See also dystopia; eutopia; heterotopia; More, Thomas
Verne, Jules
20, 144 n. 67
Virgil
29 n. 116
Aeneid
29 n. 116
vitae sancti see See saints
Voyage de Saint Brendan
21, 141 n. 50
See also Brendan; Navigatio sancti Brendani Abbatis
Voyage of the Dawn Treader see See Lewis, C. S.
voyage see See travel
Vulcans (Star Trek aliens)
124, 147
Wace
59
Wagon Train
12, 133
Watson (Conan Doyle character)
92, 105, 107, 108
Wells, H. G.
20
War of the Worlds
20
Welsh
6 n. 20, 30 n. 119, 40–41, 66, 125, 152, 158, 169–70
West
6, 21, 22, 46, 47, 56, 57, 60, 76, 101, 136, 142, 170
western (genre)
22, 133
wonder see See marvels
world
15, 18, 19, 21, 24, 37, 39, 44–45, 46, 52, 54, 55, 65, 80, 90, 93, 98, 103, 105, 109, 128–29, 131, 132, 136, 147, 148, 160–61, 163, 164, 167, 179 182, 185
See also Earth
flat
43–45, 46, 93, 136
imaginary
27, 28, 32, 43, 44–45, 52, 69, 72, 78, 81–82, 88, 96, 97–98, 99, 100 n. 117, 107, 110, 112, 118, 120, 126, 128, 140, 142, 145, 147, 148, 165, 168, 173, 185
real. see See reality
wormhole
43–46, 142–43, 157, 160, 164
Wraith (Stargate aliens)
172, 173
Yahoos
129
Yeats, W. B.
149–150
‘Song of the Wandering Aengus’
149
Zosimos (Baudolino character)
93 n. 86, 100, 104