Selene - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

Further information: Greek mythology in popular culture#Selene

• In such works of fiction as The First Men in the Moon (1901), A Trip to the Moon (1902), and The Secret of the Selenites (1984), a "selenite" is a native resident of the moon.
• The 2004 Disney Channel Original Movie, Zenon: Z3 portrays Selene as a native resident of the moon and is addressed (by alternative spelling) as "Selena", who serves as an antagonist to the titicular character (Zenon herself) and much of her time in the second latter half of the movie, threatening to prevent the colonization of the moon so she can get back to living in peace.
• Adam Selene is a name assumed by a sentient computer in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.
• Selene, a female vampire, is the main protagonist in the motion picture series "Underworld".
• In the anime series, Sailor Moon, the moon goddess's story is used as a theme and basis of the storyline. In the English dub, main protagonist Usagi's name is changed to Serena.
• Selene is an alias for one of the antagonists, Lanfear, in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time
• In "Dungeons and Dragons, the Forgotten Realms" the campaign setting of Toril has a goddess of the moon named Selune, and a moon named after her.
• In the band Garbage's official music video for their hit song "You Look So Fine," the myth of Selene and Endymion is the main theme of the video. Shirley Manson plays the part of the moon goddess.
• The story of Selene is very similar to the Japanese myth of Kaguya-Hime, The Bamboo Princess.
• In Isaac Asimov's novel The Gods Themselves, Selene Lindstrom is a major character of the third part, which occurs on the Moon. According to her, the name is very popular there.
• In Ben Bova's series of novels, Grand Tour, Selene is the independent Luna nation that rules the moon at one stage.
• Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica's album Reckoning Night contains a song entitled "My Selene" that is based on the myth of Selene and Endymion.
• The album Pan: An Urban Pastoral by American progressive rock band Persephone's Dream contains songs entitled "Selene Rising" and "The Tears Of Selene."
• In the videogame serie Mass Effect, the Moon is renamed after the encouter with aliens civilisations. It was done to differentiate earth's moon and extra-solar's moons. The Moon is renamed "Séléné" in the French version, and Luna in the English version.