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Legion, the demon of Gadarenes, appears frequently as a character in popular culture. The Christian New Testament gospels of Mark and Luke describe an incident in which Jesus meets a man, or men, possessed by demons who, when asked what their name is, respond: : "My name is Legion, for we are many." The quotation has been referenced and alluded to many times throughout history in popular culture. == In literature == *''My Name is Legion'' is a 1942 short story by Lester del Rey included in the collection ''War and Space''. *''My Name is Legion'' is a 1976 collection of three stories by Roger Zelazny. *''My Name is Legion'' is a 1999 crime novel by Sheila Martin Berry. *'' Legion '' is one of the main characters in ''Nyctivoe'', a vampire-inspired contemporary 2001 play by Dimitris Lyacos *'' Legion '' is the name of the main villain, a disturbed veteran of the conflict in Afghanistan, in ''Chasing the Dead'', a 2010 thriller by journalist and writer Tim Weaver. *''My Name is Legion'' is a 2004 novel by A. N. Wilson. *''O Meu Nome É Legião'' ("My Name is Legion" in Portuguese) is a 2007 novel by António Lobo Antunes. *Randall Flagg, the villain in Stephen King's ''The Stand'', refers to himself as ''Legion'' and has a trace memory of being kicked into a herd of pigs by Jesus. Flagg is also a main antagonist in King's Dark Tower Series, where he is directly referred to as Legion. *"Our Name is legion" is also quoted in Stephen King's ''It''. During Interlude One, the Gas Station Worker's Wife is commented to have heard voices from the drain of her sink during the 1957 incident. *"We are Myria LeJean" is used to introduce this character in Terry Pratchett's ''Thief of Time''. She is a manifestation of an auditor, a being which will be destroyed if it shows any sign of individuality. "Myria" is easily associated with "myriad", and "LeJean" with "legion", alluding to this bible passage. *In The Exorcism of Emily Rose, a horror film, Legion is one of the six demons to posess Emily Rose. *It is quoted in William Peter Blatty's novel, ''The Exorcist''. *It is the title for William Peter Blatty's second novel following ''The Exorcist''. *"Legión me llamo" (Spanish for "my name is Legion") is a 2008 short story by Spanish writer Irving Perés. *The line is alluded to in ''John Dies at the End'' when the character Dave is confronted by a human, Justin, whose body is being controlled by a swarm of tiny, supernatural parasites. When Justin rejects his old name and Dave asks what he should call him instead, his reply is "Just call me 'Shitload.' Because there's a shitload of us in here." *In Gene Wolfe's book series "Book of the new sun", the necrophage autarch of a distant future planet earth calls himself "Legion" *In ''The Taking'' by Dean Koontz, an extraterrestrial being utters the lines "Yimaman see noygel, see refacull, see nod a bah, see naytoss, retee fo sellos. "My name is legion, is Lucifer, is Abbadon, is Satan, eater of souls." *In Simon R. Green's Deathstalker novels Legion is one of the antagonists that attacks Mistworld *In Tana French's 2007 novel ''In the Woods'', Legion is the name Dublin Murder Squad detective Cassie Maddox gives to a former college student who was the reason she dropped out of school. In her telling of the incident Cassie identifies him as being a psychopath. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Legion in popular culture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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