humans-are-space-orcs:

quietpinetrees:

“Just as sailors shared legends of lovely fish-people, spacefarers reported sightings of “starmaids,” whose beautiful forms tapered into comet tails. It was a convenient way to explain the whispers they heard from outside the hull, and an excuse to avoid sleeping near the windows.”
-QuietPineTrees

Aliens have mythology that mirror ours, or aliens are part of our mythology