Mythmaking and the Peril of Deification

A single accidental miracle becomes communal myth: private trauma, an unconscious body, and corroborating witnesses coalesce into religious belief. Liko's appropriation of the 'Picard' name, Nuria's reluctant legitimization, and the crowd's rapid worship show how meaning is collectively manufactured to resolve anxiety. The theme explores how reputations are weaponized, how absence (Picard's non‑presence) can become authority, and how faith can convert humanitarian exigency into coercive social power until a visceral disproof collapses the myth.