Editing Leda and the Swan (section)

==In modern media==
[[File:Las Incantadas (Louvre) Leda.jpg|thumb|right|Leda column of [[Las Incantadas]], [[Louvre]].]]

A version of the Leda and the Swan story is the foundation myth in the Canadian futuristic thriller television series ''[[Orphan Black]]'' which aired over 5 seasons from 2013 to 2017. A corporation uses genetic engineering to create a series of female clones (Leda) and a series of male clones (Castor) who are also brothers and sisters clones as they derive from one mother who is a chimera with male and female genomes.{{cn|date=December 2022}}

Musical artist [[Hozier (musician)|Hozier]] released the single [[Swan upon Leda|Swan Upon Leda]] in 2022, referencing the myth as a tool to advocate for reproductive rights.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Swan Upon Leda' Review: For Hozier, Oppression and Resistance are Mythical and Mundane {{!}} Arts {{!}} The Harvard Crimson |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2022/11/1/hozier-swan-upon-leda-single-cover-art-review/ |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=www.thecrimson.com}}</ref>

The 2021 wordless, 3D feature film Leda transports the myth to dark forests and deep lakes that surround a mid-19th-century mansion.<ref>Richard Kuipers, Sydney Film Festival</ref> Directed by Samuel Tressler IV and starring [[Adeline Thery]], the story focuses on a pregnant Leda, nightmarishly haunted by the image of a swan and lost between dream and reality in a state of trauma.