Definition of canon and mythos

[mary]

I propose a more specific definition of "canon", and the use of a different term, "mythos"

Canon- Multiple works that are presumed to form a fully coherent whole, particularly in consistency of events, characters, and science (biology, technology, etc.) New works are limited in what they can introduce, and cannot presume to alter what has been put down in preceding works.

Mythos- Multiple works which have central common elements, particularly characters and/or setting, but are not necessarily consistent. New works may substantially revise what has been put down in preceding works.

The biggest problem I see with an Alien "canon" is that even the authorized films leave substantial issues that are at best unresolved and at worst subject to contradictions. This is most glaring is the differing portrayals in "Alien" (before a major edit) and "Aliens" of the origin of the eggs. Are they the aliens' transformed victims (apparently the original concept)? Are they laid by all aliens? Or are they only laid by a queen as seen in Aliens? I propose as a solution simply not to try to reconcile the films, but to treat them as something broader, matching my definition of a mythos. It might be considered the sum of a real universe's history, speculation and folklore about the aliens, Ripley and others.


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