History ShoutOut / Domain

!!Films
* The sequence in which the New Eden is discovered echoes the same with the abandoned alien cities in ''Film/WhenWorldsCollide''.

** Blue eyes are associated to psychic powers in both franchises, in ''Dune'' because they come from the usage of Melange and in ''Domain'' because Hunahpu are born with them (or gain them later in life like Manny).

** The Tezcatlipoca snake is described as triple-jawed, like the sandworms from ''Dune''. The scene of Mick controlling it through the Balam dagger is similar to Paul doing the same with a worm.

** A hero is ordered to be trained in martial arts by his strict mother (Lady Jessica in ''Dune'', Dominique in ''Resurrection'').

** The twins are also opposed by a female genetic relative (Alia in ''Children of Dune'' - Lilith in ''Resurrection''), who has been possessed by the memory of an evil ancestor coming to them through her psychic powers (Baron Harkonnen - Seven Macaw) - a result that is named '''Abomination''' (both stories). The influence of said ancestor turns her into a seductress who uses her body to ensure the loyalty of greedy men, the first of them being a corrupt priest (Javid - Quenton)
** The usage of seduction for slavery used by Lilith echoes the style used by Bene Gesserit and Honored Matres in ''Dune''. In an instance, it fails because a male target can explicitly adapt against it, being Manny against Lilith in ''Phobos'' and the Duncan Idaho ghola against Murbella in ''Heretics of Dune''.

** One of the twins fakes his death, like Manny.

** In the remote future, humanity becomes a space-faring civilization, like in ''Heretics of Dune''.

** The protagonist of ''Dune'', Paul Atreides, has twin children, Leto and Ghanima, which are born fully conscious and with psychic powers, just lie Mick and his twin sons (although only Jake has those traits... at first).

** Jake soon uses its powers to predict and avert an assassination plot, like the ''Dune'' siblings.
** Mick is forced to abandon his sons and depart to a messiah-like spiritual mission, just like Paul in ''Dune Messiah''. Later, his son Jake goes in a search to find him, like Leto does for Paul in ''Children of Dune''.
** An assassin expert in disguises is sent by a commercial corporation to kill the heroes (Solomon Adashek from Mabus Tech in ''Resurrection'', Scytale from Bene Tleilax in ''Dune Messiah'').

** Jacob is plagued with dreams about the future, like Paul and his son Leto, and some of them include his love interest. Egoism and their role as TheChosenOne are also bitterly discussed.
** Another character, in this case Lilith in ''Phobos'', has visions about humanity being destroyed and sets to avert it as a leader, like Paul in ''Dune Messiah''.

** The hero's son is warned about a dark-skinned seductress with enticing powers sent against him, but he falls for her anyways. In ''Dune'', it's Leto, son of Paul, for Hwi Noree; in ''Resurrection'', Jake, son of Mick, for Lilith.

** In ''Children of Dune'', the title twins are threatened by the memory of an evil ancestor coming to them through their psychic powers, just like Seven Macaw in ''Phobos'' - and it is even named the '''Abomination''', the term used in ''Resurrection'' for Seven Macaw's vessels. One of the characters is also possessed by him.
** The usage of seduction for slavery used by Lilith echoes the style used by Bene Gesserit and Honored Matres in ''Dune''. In an instance, it fails because a male target can adapt against it, being Manny against Lilith in ''Phobos'' and the Duncan Idaho ghola against Murbella in ''Heretics of Dune''.

* The story contains also a ton of references to Creator/FrankHerbert's ''Literature/{{Dune}}'', another planetary epic related to bloodlines and religion.

** The protagonist of ''Dune'', Paul Atreides, has twin children, Leto and Ghanima, which are born fully conscious and with psychic powers, just lie Mick and his twin sons (although only Jake has those traits at first).

** Jacob is plagued with dreams about the future, like Paul and his son Leto, and some of them include his love interest.

** In both stories, the son of one of the heroes mutates thanks to his immense powers and becomes an animal/human hybrid that acts as a ruler (in ''Dune'', Leto, son of Paul; in ''Resurrection'', Devlin, son of Jake) that submits his underlings by limiting a vital resource until leaving them in medieval level (the Melange in ''Dune'', God's light in ''Resurrection'').
** The hero's son is warned about a seductress sent against him, but he falls for her anyways. In ''Dune'', it's Leto, son of Paul, for Hwi Noree; in ''Resurrection'', Jake, son of Mick, for Lilith.
** One of the heroes and his EvilCounterpart have a climactic blade fight, with the villain trying to gain the advantage with a poisoned blade (Paul and Feyd-Rautha in ''Dune'', Jacob and Devlin in ''Resurrection'').

** The sequence of Jacob and Dominique crossing the Xibalba desert is a direct reference to Paul and his mother Jessica doing the same in ''Dune''. Even the design of the Twin Hero suits is a homage to ''Dune'''s still suits, which share a rebreather located over the nose and a contraption to drink water from it.

* Although it is never mentioned in the story itself, the Mabus family's surname is the word given by Nostradamus as the name of TheAntiChrist.

* In the Kabbalistic text ''Midrash Abkir'', Adam practises ascetism for many years after Abel's death until he is seduced by Lilith who begets demonic offspring by him. The same happens to Jake in ''Resurrection'' after the "death" of the symbolic Abel (him). Like in the ''Abkir'', the situation is solved by an older character wielding a special sword (Methuselah and Dominique respectively) and the demons are thrown to the abyss (although in this case Devlin throws himself).

** In both stories, the son of one of the heroes mutates thanks to his immense powers and becomes an animal/human hybrid that acts as a ruler that submits his underlings by limiting their resources until medieval level (in ''Dune'', Leto, son of Paul; in ''Resurrection'', Devlin, son of Jake).

** The usage of seduction for slavery used by Lilith echoes the style used by Bene Gesserit and Honored Matres in ''Dune''. In an instance, it fails because a male target can adapt against it, being both Manny against Lilith in ''Phobos'' and the Duncan Idaho ghola against Murbella in ''Heretics of Dune''.

** The hero's family is protected by two bodyguards, a big dude and a smaller, more skilled one (Goki and Senki in ''Shutendoji'', Salt and Pepper in ''Resurrection'').

** The protagonist of ''Dune'', Paul Atreides, has twin children, Leto and Ghanima, which are born fully conscious and with psychic powers, just lie Mick and his twin sons (although only Jake has those at first).

** The sequence of Jacob and Dominique crossing the Xibalba desert is a direct reference to Paul and his mother Jessica doing the same in ''Dune''. Even the design of the Twin Hero suits is a homage to ''Dune'''s still suits, which share a rebreather located over the nose and a contraption to drink water.
** In ''Children of Dune'', the title twins are threatened by the memory of an evil ancestor coming to them through their psychic powers, just like Seven Macaw in ''Phobos'' - and it is even named the Abomination, the term used in ''Resurrection'' for Seven Macaw's vessels. One of the characters is also possessed by him.

* In-universe, Lilith shapes her new persona after the mythical UsefulNotes/{{Lilith}}.
* Lilith's son Devlin gains wings, a reference not only to the fallen angels, but also (possibly in-universe too) to the Babylonian Talmud where Lilith's offspring is described as winged children.

** Both stories feature an ancient prophecy related to a StableTimeLoop, which is created when heroes from the future who worked against their time plane's dark rule (the Guardian in ''Resurrection'' and Goki in ''Shutendoji'') travel to the past and disseminate DNA in order to create lineages and secret societies that will fulfill the prophecy (the Hunahpu in ''Domain'' and the demon descendants in ''Shutendoji'').

!!Myths and Religion