references to real life
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JinnoftheDesert
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references to real life
.hack Makes allot of references to real life things, for example balmung and sigrid are references to a real life German epic poem. Lately I've been trying to find a list of all references like this in .hack but have found nothing even on the wiki, so i thought we could make a list here. If anyone is also interested in this i hope you can add what you find here. Thanks.
Re: references to real life
This thread might help you: http://www.dothackers.net/forums/viewto ... f=2&t=4472
One interesting recent one is the revelation that The World is called Alba. In Scottish Gaelic, Scotland is called "Alba," which derives from the old name of Great Britain as a whole, Albion. The root, *albiio- also found in Gaulish and Galatian albio- "world" and Welsh elfydd (Old Welsh elbid) "earth, world, land, country, district", and may be related to other European and Mediterranean toponyms such as Alpes and Albania. It has two possible etymologies: either *albho-, a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "white" (perhaps in reference to the white southern shores of the island, though Celtic linguist Xavier Delamarre argued that it originally meant "the world above, the visible world", in opposition to "the world below", i.e., the underworld in Celtic religion), or *alb-, Proto-Indo-European for "hill". [Wikipedia]
So when it comes down to it, "Alba" basically means "The World." And it matches the setting which derives a lot of Celtic influence.
One interesting recent one is the revelation that The World is called Alba. In Scottish Gaelic, Scotland is called "Alba," which derives from the old name of Great Britain as a whole, Albion. The root, *albiio- also found in Gaulish and Galatian albio- "world" and Welsh elfydd (Old Welsh elbid) "earth, world, land, country, district", and may be related to other European and Mediterranean toponyms such as Alpes and Albania. It has two possible etymologies: either *albho-, a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "white" (perhaps in reference to the white southern shores of the island, though Celtic linguist Xavier Delamarre argued that it originally meant "the world above, the visible world", in opposition to "the world below", i.e., the underworld in Celtic religion), or *alb-, Proto-Indo-European for "hill". [Wikipedia]
So when it comes down to it, "Alba" basically means "The World." And it matches the setting which derives a lot of Celtic influence.