What is Eden?

[Ryushikaze]

Despite neither YHWH nor the Garden of Eden existing in FF8?

[Aemilius Blight]

I do not think he was being serious.

[TyphoonThaReapa]

I do not think he was being serious.

I am as serious as you think I am. Hehehe...

[Lord Rimoah]

Pharoh Amon Khan III explained it best... Eden is a time machine. Just look at the summons animation...

[TyphoonThaReapa]

A'yo, the though of Eden being a simple time machine is insulting to me.

[Ryushikaze]

Pharoh Amon Khan III explained it best... Eden is a time machine. Just look at the summons animation...

Which involves tossing people through space. I don't see the time travel.

[Hambone]

it is a hindu godess, Shiva protects women, she is often depicted with 6 arms and carrying a bloodied sword and a man's severed head in her arms.

Her followers are nearly all female though not all are hindu she is often worshipped as a pagan godess too.

[Sorceress_Louella]

Quezacotl is totally Incan, Shiva is Hindu,

No, and No. Quetzy is Mayan, though it's understandable, and Shiva (Shiuwah) is most likely based on a European frost goddess

There is a scandinavian frost goddess in nordic mythology named Skadi. BUT, shiva is the name of a hindu god who dances the dance of destruction on top of a fire. i believe shiva's wife/consort's name is kali.

[Moon Rabbits]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva

Yeppers~

As for the Quezacotl, or however they spell it in the game, it's actually supposed to be Quetzalcoatl (but there wasn't enough space in the name thingy):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzalcoatl

And on Eden, she's obviously a Garden.

[Human Devil]

Yea I think the same as you guys. Eden is a Garden. Quezacotl as you may already know is spelled Quetzalcoatl and was god the Maya's and many other cultures believed in. As for Shiva. Shiva is a giant 4 armed statue in Bangalore that Hindu's believed in if you read the other post's.

[ReloadPsi]

What I don't get is why Eden is called "Orbital" in the French version.

[thegirth]

cuz those frenchie french bastards dont know how to name anything right (just playin, i have nothing against the french)

[BG-57]

Well, the name does describe what it does. So I understand the significance of Orbital.

But Eden is a much better name.

[Ryushikaze]

Quezacotl is totally Incan, Shiva is Hindu,

No, and No. Quetzy is Mayan, though it's understandable, and Shiva (Shiuwah) is most likely based on a European frost goddess

There is a scandinavian frost goddess in nordic mythology named Skadi. BUT, shiva is the name of a hindu god who dances the dance of destruction on top of a fire. i believe shiva's wife/consort's name is kali.

Yes. I was saying it's entirely possible they were trying to reference Siva, a Slavic fertility goddess, since the FF Shiva and the Hindu one only have being Blue in common.

Of course, they could have just pulled a Stupid, like they did with Odin.

[Mirage]

6 LEGS LOL. :(