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How many religious and mythological elements are there in The Eldon's Ring? This article takes you to explore and discover.
Celtic mythology
Elden ring of Eldon.jpg
The cover of the old man's ring is hidden, don't you think the ring of this cover is very familiar?
It comes from the Celtic knot in Celtic culture, symbolizing a bond of bonding and hinting at the intricate relationships of the characters in the game.
Norse mythology
Loon Runes
Loon is a very old Nordic script in reality, and the legend was brought by Odin in Norse mythology.
Odin hangs himself on the Golden Tree in search of higher wisdom, and when he comes down from the Golden Tree, he realizes the mystery of Luen.
The loon in the game is not only the currency, but also the big lune, which is similar to the permanent buff.
The golden tree erd tree
A tree was born with the beginning of the world, the origin of all things.
Erd means world in German, so erd tree is also the world tree yggdrasill in norse mythology.
The positioning of the Eldon Beast is also very similar to that of the Black Dragon Nedhogg, except that the Beast is a protective tree, and the Black Dragon is to destroy the tree.
Giant Giant
Giants are the elite monsters that players often encounter in the game, and among the major mythological systems, the most famous is the giant Sulut Muspelheim in Norse mythology.
Legend has it that after dusk falls on the gods, the flame giant Sulut will burn the entire world, which corresponds to the game's crazy ending.
Greek mythology
The great snake serpent
The full English name of the big snake in the game is god-devouring serpent, which literally translates to "the great snake that devoured the gods."
The serpent also refers specifically to a giant snake in Greek mythology that was killed by the Phoenician prince Cademos.
Bible
Warrior Nephili nepheli
Is this word familiar to everyone?
The Nephalem in the famous diablo "Go and Please Nephilim" nephalem is nephilim, just like it, nefalim Nephilim transfiguration.
Nephilim is the biblical half-blood offspring of the Sons of God and the daughters of men.
In the game, Reginaferi's name has the suffix of LU, and the name of the original Ai King is also revealed, which can't help but be reminiscent.
Sir Bactl Gideon
The name "Gideon Orphneal" comes from the famous Israelite hero Giden in the Old Testament.
Interestingly, Gideon in the Bible and Gideon in the game are very similar in terms of human design, and everyone interested in reading the Old Testament.
Egyptian mythology
Radagon Radagon
The name Radagan comes from the Egyptian god Ra, the sun god, and the head of the nine-pillared god of Heliopolis.
The image of La often appears in various works of art, such as the Desert Emperor of LOL and the Pterodactyl of YGO Lira.
The image of the eagle-headed man is almost rotten, so the image of Ladagan in the game is still very novel.
Cthulhu Mythos
Radagon Radagon
The first half of The name Ladagan comes from Egyptian mythology, and the second half of the dragon comes from the king of the divers in the modern American Cthulhu mythological system: Dagon dagon
There are also many places in the game that map the mythology, such as directly telling the player that the gods are not absolutely "good" beings, and you can't define the position of the gods in the game.
Indian myth India myth
Radni
You are not curious, why is the doll of the wife Lani four hands?
Because most of the high gods in the Hindu mythological system are four hands, such as Brahma.
The four hands of Brahma represent the mind, self, wisdom and self-confidence, respectively, and this setting is also quite consistent with the la ni.
So the figure of The Rani's doll must have referenced the character setting of Hindu mythology, with blue skin and four hands.
Hermaphrodite setting Sex
I've always wondered where the setting of the goddess Marika in the game comes from.
In Greek mythology there is a god named Hemaphrodites, the yin and yang god of Western mythology.
But the deity is not very famous, and the gender of most Western deities is very obvious, so I suspect that Martin was inspired by Buddhism and Chinese mythological systems.
After all, whether Guanyin and Fuxi are male or female has not yet been determined.
epilogue
Reading to the end you have to sigh:
Being able to blend so many elements of religious mythology together and tell the whole backstory clearly is worthy of Martin.