[Laharl]

you may have noticed teh large amount of references to various mythologies in the golden sun games, seeing as i'm incredibly bored, i will be listing and explaining all of thse explanations a san ongoing project

i did summons in another thread so i'll just copy pasta that, then the fun begins

Summons

-Venus: Goddess of Love (Roman)
-Ramses: Legendary Pharaoh (Egyptian)
-Cybele: Goddess of Fertile Earth (Phrygian)
-Judgement: likely a reference to the judgement of the dead found in much mythology
-Mars: God of War (Roman)
-Kirin: Mythical Chimerical Creature (Japanese)
-Tiamat Goddess of Chaos (Babylonian)
-Meteor: No reference to myth, although the sight of one was considered an omen in much of mythology
-Jupiter: Chief of the Gods (Roman)
-Atalanta: Legendary Huntress (Greek)
-Procne: sister to Philomela, wife of Tereus, and mother of Itys (Greek)
-Thor: God of Thunder (Norse)
-Mercury: Messenger of the Gods (Roman)
-Nereid: Sea Nymphs (Greek)
-Neptune: God of the Sea (Roman)
-Boreas: God of the North Wind, Chief of the four wind gods (Greek)
-Zagan: a Great King and President of Hell (Dermonology)
-Megaera: One the Erinyes, cause of Jealousy and Envy (Greek)
-Flora: Goddess of Flowers (Roman)
-Moloch: King of the Gods (?) (Hebrew)
-Ulysses: Roman name of the hero Odysseus (Roman)
-Eclipse: comes from the Greek "ékleipsis" meaning "I cease to exist"
-Coatlicue: Mother of the Gods (Aztec)
-Azul: No reference to myth, Spanish and Portuguese for 'Blue'
-Haures: a strong Great Duke of Hell (Dermonology)
-Daedalus: Master Artificier, Father of Icarus and Iapyx (Greek)
-Catastrophe: No reference to myth, although could be associated with civilisation ending events
-Charon: Ferryman of the River Styx (Greek)
-Iris: Goddess of the Rainbow + a Messenger of the gods (Greek)

Psynergy

Weapons

Axes

-Apollo's Axe: god of light, the sun, truth, prophecy, archery, medicine, healing, music, poetry and the arts (Greek + Roman)
-Gaia's Axe: Goddes of Earth (Greek)
-Tartarus Axe: The part of the underworld where wicked souls are tortured for all eternity (Greek)
-Themis Axe: Goddess of divine law, order and custom, Creator of the Fates (Greek)
-Vulcan Axe: Blacksmith god of Fire and Volcanoes (Roman)

Light Blades

-Hypnos' Sword: God of sleep (Greek)
-Kikuichimonji: collective name for 13 high quality swords from the 13th century (Japanese)
-Masamune: as in Masamune Okazaki, Japan's greatest swordsmirth (Japanese)
-Phaeton's Blade: Son of Helios, piloted his father's chariot (the sun) for a day turning Africa into a desrt (Greek)
-Sylph Rapier: Mythical creatures, elementals of air (Western Europe)
-Tisiphone Edge: One the Erinyes, sister of Megaera, punished the crime of murder (Greek)

Long Swords

-Excalibur: Legendary sword used by King Arthur (Arthurian)
-Gaia Blade: see Gaia's Axe
-Hestia Blade: Goddess of the Hearth (Greek)
-Levantine: refers to an area of the middle east copvering Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon
-Muramasa: as in Sengo Muramasa, a very skilled 16th century swordsmith (Japanese)
-Rune Blade: primitive alphabet used by the Celtic tribes of Europe
-Sol Blade: Latin for 'sun'

Maces + Staves

-Thanatos Mace: God of Death and Mortality (Greek)
-Atropos' Rod: one of the three Fates (Greek)
-Clotho's Distaff: one of the three Fates (Greek)
-Dracomace: Latin for 'Dragon'
-Lachesis' Rule: one of the three Fates (Greek)
-Staff of Anubis: God the underworld and embalming (Egyptian)
- Zodiac Wand: A circlke fo 12 animals to show a
the passage of a year

Armour

-Aeolian Cassock: refers to Aeolus, Greek God of the Wind (Greek)
-Ardagh Robe: Celtic named villages in Ireland (Celtic)
-Asura's Armour: Power seeking deities/demons (Hindu)
-Chronos Mail: God of Time (Greek)
-Erebus of Armour: God of Darkness (Greek)
-Erinyes Tunic: Three goddesses of Vengeance; Alecto, Megaera and Tisiphone (Greek)
-Faery Vest: Mythical nature spirit (Western European)
-Iris Robe: see Summon: Iris
-Ixion Mail: King of the Lapiths, the first Kin Slayer of Greek myth (Greek)
-Muni Robe: Sage or Monastic (Hindu)
-Triton's Ward: Messenger and Son of Poseidon (Greek)
-Valkyrie Mail: minor deities, chose the most worthy of fallen souls and took them to Valhalla (Norse)

Other Equipment

-Aegis Shield: The shield/buckler used by Zeus and Pallas Athena (Greek)
-Alastor's Hood: God of Family Feuds (Greek), also Chief executioner to the monarch of hell (Dermonlogy)
-Fujin Shield: God of Wind (Japanese)
-Leda's Bracelet: Queen of Sparta, mother of Helen of Troy, Clytemnestra, and Castor and Pollux (Greek)
-Luna Shield: Latin word for 'Moon'
-Terra Shield: Goddess of Earth (Roman)
-Titan Gloves: The gods who precede the Olympians (Greek)

Unleashes

Bosses

-Aqua Hydra: refers to the Lernaean Hydra, an ancient nameless serpent-like chthonic water beast that possessed numerous heads, killed by Heracles as oner of his 12 labours (Greek)
-Dullahan: an unseelie faerie, a bringer of death to those it says the name of off, likely based of the Headless Horseman (Irish)
-Kraken: Legendary sea monsters of garguatuan size said to wreck ships (Norse)
-Manticore: legendary creature, with body of a lion and a human head (Persian)
-Maopa: as in Adi Litiana Maopa, a prominent member of two of Fiji's main chiefly houses
-Poseidon: God of the Sea (Greek)
-Saturos: likely a reference to Satrun, God of Time (Roman)

[Moonear]

Damn, I would've been bored of researching after the summons. Props for collecting everything. I never knew that there would be this many references.

[Folcon]

I don't think I've ever encountered some of those items.
where do you find some of them, them blacksmith?

[Laharl]

escout, on Jan 22 2008, 06:39 PM, said:

I don't think I've ever encountered some of those items.
where do you find some of them, them blacksmith?

it would be quite useful if you mentioned what those items are

my clairvoyance isnt what it used to be :b

[Lightning Star]

*claps* You have won the most sarcastic comment of the day award.

I love mythology and I think that's the reason I was drawn so much into golden sun. Also, there is the Hermes water, in which Hermes was a messenger from the gods to humans (Olympian) and the Roman equivalent was Mercury.

[Saturos S.]

Icy, on Jan 25 2008, 06:23 AM, said:

*claps* You have won the most sarcastic comment of the day award.

I love mythology and I think that's the reason I was drawn so much into golden sun. Also, there is the Hermes water, in which Hermes was a messenger from the gods to humans (Olympian) and the Roman equivalent was Mercury.

He wasn't just a messenger, he was a god of traders, thieves and some obscure branch of healing. His rod is pretty famous, can't remember the name but it's used on British ambulances.

[Platinum Sun]

The staff and serpent symbol used by medical institutions is called a caduceus, and is indeed modeled after the staff of Hermes.

[Lightning Star]

Really? I honestly didn't know that. Huh, fun stuff. Mythology really amazes me. It seems like there's a god for everything. Seriously, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a god of toasters. :P

[Drizzy Drake]

ALOT of games have mythology references. Especially the Hercules games. :P

[Folcon]

Icy, on Jan 27 2008, 02:24 AM, said:

Really? I honestly didn't know that. Huh, fun stuff. Mythology really amazes me. It seems like there's a god for everything. Seriously, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a god of toasters. :wacko:

Except that toasters didn't exist back then. The closest would be the sun god of your chosen pantheon.

[slomz]

Do not forget Poseidon's trident. A very significant item.

[Mallick]

don't forget that town where feizhi or blah was from

[Saturos S.]

Mallick, on Jan 29 2008, 07:49 AM, said:

don't forget that town where feizhi or blah was from

IDAHO!

O no wait, Izumi.

There should be a topic about the towns etc. references on the forum somewhere.