Coincidence... or not?
Yeah, there are an aweful lot of "Ring of Nibelung" (Epic Poem/Opera/Thing LotR was based on) in .hack// and a lot of those are pretty unrelated aswell.Kuukai wrote:"Both are groups of stars"... I agree with his point though, the designers can only take names from so many places... Orca, Bear, Kite, and Elk are all animals and unrelated as no one's business...BetaCygni wrote:What's the commonality? That Subaru is the Japanese name for the Pleiades, and Albireo is the name of a mizar in Cygnus?adamgnome wrote:Subaru and Alberio's names have something in common aswell, but that doesn't mean they know eachother.
Not to say I think this is just a coincidence, but it's not an unjustified way of thinking...
Maybe the game creator was a just a fan? Although it probably a referance to Sora as well, since both are Twin Blades and PKers.
Rei is correct, Balmung is one of the names given to the sword of Seigfried. Seig is said to have named himself after the bearer rather than the sword as a form of homage to his hero.Rei_654 wrote:Excuse me, but in the Norse mythology version, I found that in the legends that became the base of 'Ring of the Nibelungs' Siegfried's sword is called 'Balmung.'
In Richard Wagner's 'Ring of the Nibelungs' Siegfried's sword is called 'Nothung.'
This may translate different in other languages, but as far as I can tell, this seems to be the case. In the early drafts, Richard Wagner called Siegfried's sword Balmung, but later, before the first opera was released, he quickly changed it to Nothung.
I'm sorry, but I didn't see a reason why.
Wotan was the name given to the spear of the Aesir, or Gods. But these are the only references to the Ring of the Nibelung in .Hack.
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Light Kagutsuchi
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The Nibelungenlied is the Ring of the Nibelung...in a sense, its the original version.Rei_654 wrote:Oh, really? I read sme articles that said it was called 'Balmung' in Nordic mythology. I am so very sorry for misinforming you all. May I ask? What is 'Nibelungenlied?'
The Nibelungenlied was derived from Nordic myth; Gram, Balmung, and Nothung are all the same sword.
Apologising for apologising? ^_^ Don't worry, I used to do that a lot myself, far less now I'm accustomed to this BBS.
Not necessarily translations, they can also be interpretations, the Greek god, Hades, was interpreted by the Romans as Pluto. Some people will take ideas and alter them, depending on their interpretation.
Not necessarily translations, they can also be interpretations, the Greek god, Hades, was interpreted by the Romans as Pluto. Some people will take ideas and alter them, depending on their interpretation.
