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[needsmoreresearch]

Well, this year is certainly a thing that has happened. But to temporarily flee into an escapist direction (with only a quick nod to Richard Adams):

Does your canon have a story within a story? It could be a one-episode production of a play, a fully developed mythology, a pause in the action for a character to tell a tale or read a poem...

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[have_no_mercy]

Smallville includes the legend of the Kawatche people. It's basically about a man they treated like a God, Naman, and his nemesis, Sageeth. Naman prophesied another of his kind would come to Earth in a blaze of fire and be a protector to the world.

It also includes the legend of the Traveller, which is a parallel of Clark's coming to earth in a meter shower. Tess once mistakenly thought Davis Bloome/Doomsday was the Traveller, but she was wrong. Very wrong.

[cottoncandypink]

Wilford's very first sketch has a very odd interpretation of the Slenderman mythos, along with a very odd interpretation for how The 8 Pages went. Apparently Slenderman has a heroin addiction, and fled to Jamaica to escape justice. Also, there might be a romantic involvement between Slenderman and a certain Mr Markiplier.

[i_am_your_host]

Cabaret is a stage show within a stage show. A good portion of the pauses in action/drama are musical numbers that take place in the Kit Kat Klub for an audience (the audience being you), during which the Emcee sometimes addresses the audience directly with commentary on the story.

There are many stories told throughout the "Vikings" series, usually about the gods and famous warriors. Floki has often related such tales, along with Ragnar and Lagertha. One memorable moment was when Ragnarok was explained to Athelstan in a trippy, hallucinatory haze.

[bjornwilde]

Star Wars: Let's see...does Ahsoka recounting the battle of Christophsis and Anakin's interesting strategies count? Or, later in the series, a group of youngling jedi rescue her from pirates by pretending to be circus performers. Does that count?

Tokyo Ravens: They spend a far bit speaking of past events and myths that come back to bite the main characters in the butt.

Vikings: I know there are myths and stories told often on camera and a lot of times they hint at what's happening or about to happen. Myth are from both Norse and Christian cultures.

Gotham: They've touched on urban myths but haven't really gone far enough, imho. I'd love to see an episode focused solely on the street kids and the urban legends they have.

Knights of Sidonia: In an OOM which should be happening soon with Izana, they, Nagate, and Yuhata stay at a bed and breakfast. While there, Izana reads a few pages from a book on urban legends of Sidonia, pages that talk about the mad scientist Ochai. This seems harmless, spooky fun, but turns out to be foreshadowing for season two and the finale of the manga.