Beowulf

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03-07-2007, 05:22 PM
Masamunemaster

Beowulf

We are reading Beowolf in my english class and there is a lot of stuff that is in the FF games and other in it.

Grendel-FF8
Hrunting-FF10
Gilgamesh-Duh
Beowulf-Devil May Cry

Is this not weird or not
03-07-2007, 05:23 PM
Spawn of Sephiroth

[BIGSPOILER]it isn't that wierd. Maybe the game were made from old english lit[/BIGSPOILER]
03-07-2007, 05:25 PM
NeoCracker

Dont' forget Beowolf from Tactics.
03-07-2007, 05:26 PM
Jowy

There's also a character named Beowulf in Final Fantasy Tactics! WHO KNEW?!
03-07-2007, 05:44 PM
sephirothishere

durr...ff borrowed the names dumbass....its not a massive conspiracy.
03-07-2007, 05:51 PM
NeoCracker

Quote:

Originally Posted by sephirothishere

durr...ff borrowed the names dumbass....its not a massive conspiracy.

How wrong you are. The illuminati are obviously behind it.
03-07-2007, 07:09 PM
Renmiri

FF has a lot of mythical themes, Bewoulf and Grendel being just one of them.
03-07-2007, 08:24 PM
theundeadhero

Beowulf is one of the oldest books still around. It's sure to be full of mythology, which is what FF has always pulled influences from.
03-07-2007, 08:30 PM
Polaris

I'm studying Chaucer :D it's almost after Beowulf!
03-07-2007, 11:05 PM
kikimm

I...think I'll just move this here.
03-08-2007, 01:55 AM
Doomie

Ewww, Beowulf? What school makes you read that? Excluding mine, of course. >=[
03-08-2007, 04:14 AM
Zeromus_X

The Final Fantasy series- and RPGs in general- borrow names from many different mythologies. I don't think it's surprising at all.
03-08-2007, 11:45 AM
Darth Anarcus

Wait, since when was Devil May Cry part of the Final Fantasy series?;)

We read Beowulf when I was in high school. I thought it was pretty good.
03-08-2007, 01:37 PM
Bunny

Well, he did say other.
03-08-2007, 05:31 PM
Masamunemaster

I just thought it was cool so if you all want to yell at me just think of all the stupid stuff you all have done like this.
03-08-2007, 05:55 PM
Nominus Experse

I don't really understand the sarcastic calls attempting to call out stupidity: we all had a point to when we finally realized that there are similarities in many video games and the myths of old. It may have been naive of Masamunemaster to post this thinking that no one else had noticed this, but that doesn't equate to him being an idiot.

It is kind of interesting, and I often will try and discover the meanings behind the various names found in the games I play. RPGs are teeming with such things. Most of the summons in FFs are linked to mythos; however, not all of the names are exactly appropriate. One example is Valefor, which is apparently a demon of hell that looks nothing like the Valefor in FFX.