Although most of them are simply borrowed names with none of their original context carried over, it does remain an interest. It's even greater when the origins of a name actually fit the character, but I understand how one could not have Valefor's original content transfer to FFX, among countless others.
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Yeah, the references were pretty nice. That Midgar thing was very interesting.
What better place to pull influence for fantasy games than mythology?
I love it.
ATTENTION! The Shiva of FINAL FANTASY is based off of a Celtic deity! That is all!
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I'm a big fan of mythology and all that but I can only get the references that are spelled at least close to what I'm used to, so I don't see them all. I never would guess that "Yugudoracil" is supposed to be "Yggdrasil." But a moot point since I never played the game that's in.
Impressive? Well, I don't know. It's not like the FF series is the only series to do it. I'm not sure if I've played a single RPG that didn't rip off mythology for monster names and such. Most RPG cliches were ripped off from Tolkien, who ripped of Norse mythology.
why are there ships named ragnarok? isnt that like the norwegian word for appocalypse? ive seen loki, and odin. theyre norse. and quetzicotl (sp?) is an aztec? god. he ruled over their tribe. and i think he got drunk alot O.o i remember reading it in like 6th grade
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What I find interesting, is that some Buddhist monks in Japan actually travel from temple to temple to pray - on a pilgrimage...
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I don't know if anyone mentioned it.
But Kefka's Final Boss form, when all the teirs are put together it alludes to the Fall of Satan. It's also said that Kefka (the american translation) was thought up from Franz Kafka, an extreme nihilistic author back in the german nazi times. He also had a book titled "The Metamorphisis (sp)" which is also the title of the song that plays during the part where Kefka turns the world from Balance to Ruin. Also, the design of the entire last boss form is suppose to have been inspired by Michelangelo's artwork. I don't think that's been proven but the style of like the top three teirs support it by look alone.
Is Kefka the antichrist? Who knows but that's always an interesting topic. Seeing as in the bible the Antichrist brings the world into ruin and then after the world is ruined he is destroyed. Yay~
(LOL JESUS *second teir*)
A lot of initial mythology is taken from the original Dungeons and Dragons game, upon which early RPGs were based. D&D lifted a lot of their stuff from other mythology, so the translation over is pretty easy to see.
Final Fantasy did, on its own, borrow a lot more mythology than that which was imported from the D&D settings. A lot of the summons and the legendary weapons, for example.
This is the first time I've heard this, and I'm surprised because it seems to be pretty accurate. Although, on a small note, Kafka has been interpreted as a Surrealist, Marxist, and/or Freudian author, not so much nihilist, and he died before the Nazis came to power. But yeah, well done on this thing.Originally Posted by Avarice-ness
I don't know if anyone mentioned it.
But Kefka's Final Boss form, when all the teirs are put together it alludes to the Fall of Satan. It's also said that Kefka (the american translation) was thought up from Franz Kafka, an extreme nihilistic author back in the german nazi times. He also had a book titled "The Metamorphisis (sp)" which is also the title of the song that plays during the part where Kefka turns the world from Balance to Ruin. Also, the design of the entire last boss form is suppose to have been inspired by Michelangelo's artwork. I don't think that's been proven but the style of like the top three teirs support it by look alone.
Is Kefka the antichrist? Who knows but that's always an interesting topic. Seeing as in the bible the Antichrist brings the world into ruin and then after the world is ruined he is destroyed. Yay~
(LOL JESUS *second teir*)
Shiva in Final Fantasy is decidedly confused.
The Shiva of Hinduism is male, therefore implying that the Shiva is actually the Celtic deity. However, if you look at the Shivas in FFVII-FFX, they all look Hindu culturally in their movements and apparel. Shiva looks like a Hindu Godess, which is strange but interesting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncZsI1nNN4I
If that's not Hindu then Ill eat my armour.
EDIT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBYAqFJhXJo
Man, she has a frickin sari in FFX! (0:26)
Well, the design is extremely similar to the typical sari.
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It's not just the places and names that have symbolic references too. The characters themselves seem to be symbolic. Take, for example, Yuna - she is willing to die to save the world from Sin. She is like the Jesus of FFX, even in nature she is slow to anger and kindhearted (except when she gets naughty with Seymour AND Tidus, tut tut). Then let's put it another way, the summoners are like the Jesuses of FFX, dying to free the world from Sin. I like the reference to Kefka as well! Damn those graphics aren't actually half bad for the SNES...ok let me stop before I go completely off topic :-p
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Yeah, a lot of biblical undertones on FFX. And a ferocious slap to greedy religions that fool well intentioned people. One of the reasons I love it
Weapons have mythical names too
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They have Holy spell in almost all games.
In FFVIII: Odin, Ragnarok, and Hyperion are all Greek Mythology.
Haven't seen any Arab myths so far besides Roman/Greek Myths.
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