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I don't know if you have such a sense of déjà vu when you play the old man ring:
This scene (plot), as if déjà vu?
This is not surprising, after all, Miyazaki Hidetaka has always liked to smash various myths and legends together into his own stories, and good works will certainly make a certain reference to existing things.
But let's state it in advance, although this thing may seem like that at first glance, it is by no means a qualified "environmental research paper", or even a compilation and inference of a lot of information about the known worldview of The Eldon's Law Ring. It's a product of my personal whim, some of the stories I've "discovered" that some of the settings of The Eldon's Ring of Law seem to be able to connect myths and legends with several pieces of real history, and then take advantage of this excitement to make up some stories.
Seriously, judging by the narrative style of this crumbled dumpling filling, it is enough for me to drink a pot of random analysis, and I have recently happened to watch several different versions of Celtic mythology, and I vaguely feel that the motivation for many of the strange actions of the goddess Malika in the game seems to be hidden between the lines of "The Irish Invasion".
As the title suggests, the mythical age of Ireland was not a mother willing to create human beings and give birth to civilization, she was more like an ignorant girl sitting on the other side of the fog, with her rich waterweeds, lush forests, warm sunshine and birds and animals everywhere to attract qualified outsiders to inhabit and reproduce here, leaving their own unique traces of civilization on irish land.
Soon, shortly after the famous flood of annihilation had receded, the legendary grandson of Noah, Pasulon, threw himself into the arms of the Mist Maiden with twenty-four pairs of men and women. Yes, this Noah was the great sage who built the ark at the end of the Old Testament, and his grandson Pasulon, according to the recollections of the famous "Great Druid" and the Christian monk Tuan, was "gentle and kind" like his grandfather, with a thick beard and broad shoulders.
The Book of the Dun Cow, currently housed in the Royal Irish Academy of Sciences
Since most of these stories originate from the manuscripts completed by Christians in the 8th and 14th centuries AD, this story may be quite different from the original story, and may even be the product of those guys who have completely fabricated it to facilitate the mission; and the main reason why we have not been able to find a so-called original story to prove (or falsify) the above views is that the previous Druids strictly forbade the use of paper and pencil to record such sacred truths, and inadvertently achieved the highest reputation of the Irish Christian monks at that time as "recorders of knowledge".
But it doesn't really matter, at least in today's story, the people of Pasolon quickly developed and grew, drove the invading Morphean tribe to the North Sea, but were wiped out by a strange plague, leaving Only Antu alone incarnated as a stag, wild boar, falcon, salmon and then reborn as a human being, witnessed the history of the "invasion" of Ireland for thousands of years, and told these stories to other Christian monks.
A bit far away, back to the "Irish Invasion", after noah's grandson died and died for an unknown number of years, the next to land in Ireland was the Blood Mold Norman. Under the leadership of Normand, they first suffered most of the storm's interception losses, and then had to repel the large-scale attacks of the Morpheans four times before gradually gaining a foothold, but even so, the strange plague took the lives of more than two thousand people in the whole settlement, including the leader Normand, and the rest were outnumbered, lost in another confrontation with the Morpheus, had to supply two-thirds of the children of the island with milk to the two barbarian kings, and were slaughtered in the ensuing uprising. Only thirty survivors left Ireland in despair.
Some say that the thirty died quietly and without leaving any trace; others say that they went to the British Isles next door and developed into new masters, and the two clans that split up wandered and wandered back to sad Ireland. They were the later Feborgs and Danu. The story of the former is lackluster and will not be elaborated upon; the latter, legend has it that they came from heaven and landed in West Connacht on the clouds, with a level of technology and craftsmanship difficult to reach by the Fürbergers, but "friendly" demanded that the land of Ireland be divided equally with the latter against foreign enemies.
Of course, this proposal was rejected by the Förbergers, so the First Moitura War was officially launched, and the Danu people soon won a complete victory, leaving only the other side's province of Conahit to live and inhabit; only a short time later, the previously expelled King Bryce returned to Ireland with his father's Army of Magic, and the Danu, although they achieved a key victory in the Second Moitura War, gradually declined in the protracted conflict, and until King Danu Nate was killed in battle, the Kingdom of Danu was divided into three. The descendants of Mired, the Celtics we are familiar with, eventually set foot on Irish soil, defeated the Danu and forced them to hide in the underworld, thus becoming the undisputed king of Ireland until the end of the mythological age.
That's pretty much it. Due to the relative lack of information, it is difficult to determine whether there were half-worm people who worshiped disease and corrosion in the previous batches of Irish "invading ancestors" (maybe the first two plagues really have something to do with them), but it can only be said that Ireland at that time was quite similar to the narrow places of that year, and there was a fairly frequent cultural integration and racial (belief) alternation, and the major forces for thousands of years sang and appeared on the scene, which will inevitably lead to a long period of time. The names Ireland and the Narrow Lands should be more of a territorial rather than a sovereign concept; and in places like these, according to the recollections of the famous barbarian chieftain and "King of Eldon" generation, Megfrey, it is natural that the most powerful one can win all, completely ignoring any claims or jurisprudence since ancient times.
In the turbulent years of war, such a move was understandable; but when the dynasty gradually achieved great unification, similar ideas were dangerous--after all, power is always a relative thing, and if a guy who has no absolute superiority and cannot convince the people ascends to the king's throne, and the consuls who think they are strong enough can legitimately and legitimately challenge the king, then wouldn't the national civil war start in minutes? So at this time, whether in the mythical age of Ireland or the narrow land at the beginning of the golden age, it is very necessary for both the king and the gods to add insurance to the legitimacy of their throne, so we usher in another interesting and unique concept in Irish mythology, the goddess of sovereignty.
The so-called goddess of sovereignty, in layman's terms, is the feminine Ireland, which is a personified symbol of the sovereignty of this country. Legend has it that from the moment the Celts decided to land in Ireland, the goddess of sovereignty assumed a function similar to the "divine right of kings", giving the mortal king the legal right to rule Ireland; and in order to show that she had won the favor of the goddess, the mortal king, after being allowed, must symbolically marry the goddess, or rather the Ireland she represented, in a fairly taste-heavy sacrifice ceremony - yes, as in the "Ring of Eldon", The King of Eldon must be blessed by the goddess Malika and in the same way as the bizarre setting of marrying him.
In the beginning, there were three so-called goddesses of sovereignty, namely Eleu, Ferdra and Banwa. Before the Celtic invasion, they were both the three goddesses of danu mythology and the three queens of the three kingdoms of Danu, which were divided into three parts, mentioned above. Apparently, they possessed near-supreme secular power, but they still colluded with the Celts to urge their invasion and promised to let them rule Ireland forever, not their own people, and in the end, except for Elius who successfully won the naming rights of the island of Ireland, the three goddesses, along with their husbands and most of their people, ended up dying, which was a textbook death;
but...... Maybe it's really that we're smaller? After all, the goddess of sovereignty is the essence and symbol of the whole of Ireland, she only cares about the integrity, fertility and prosperity of Ireland as a country; and obviously, the Danu Kingdom, which was divided into three at that time, even if it is not caught in civil war, it is difficult to calmly face the uninterrupted harassment and plunder of the Mofu tribe, and perhaps it is a good thing for the whole of Ireland to let the foreign tribes with abundant martial virtues settle in.
I understand that this explanation is indeed a bit far-fetched, and it is also a bit of a desire to glorify the invaders- the real situation at that time may just be a few nobles of the queen's power colluding with the Gentiles, and then being unloaded and killed by donkeys, which is neither bizarre nor romantic, nor is it for the well-being of all Ireland; but even so, rather than simply emphasizing that this is some kind of strange a priori setting, and then returning to the "Ring of Eldon", I still prefer to first clear up a logic of behavior that is even more far-fetched. Going back to the game to verify whether this logic can justify itself; and now that we've (reluctantly) managed to sketch out the behavioral logic of a sovereign goddess, the question that follows is pretty obvious: Could the game's so-called Eternal Queen, Malika, be such a sovereign goddess who represents the entire Pantheon?
How to say it? The answer is quite subtle.
Although, as mentioned earlier, the game's setting of "Malika gave the King of Eldon the Law" is no different from the Goddess of Sovereignty, in the game's item introduction, it is not difficult to see that this "Eternal Queen" is neither a queen nor eternal, and she may have been just a rare person - an ordinary member of a mysterious race from outside the Narrow Lands, who was selected by the Supreme Will to be given a little divinity to better serve her (her power is still beyond the reach of faded people like me). It is not reasonable to represent the will of the entire narrow space; but it is not difficult to see from the mythological story that the so-called goddess of sovereignty herself is not so sacred, and may even be just a "tool god" concocted by the Celts to promote orthodoxy or prevent civil unrest, which is quite close to Malika's position in the game story.
What's even more interesting is that if we bring the goddess of sovereignty's mindset into the game, many of Malika's previous bizarre behaviors will suddenly be reasonable:
In the era when the Golden Dynasty still needed to conquer the Narrow Lands in the South and the North, the King of Eldon must be the king of brave and fearless warriors like Gerfrey, and only a little control was needed to ensure that the barbarian king's anger was always directed at the enemy, and the decisiveness of the slaughter bred by the barbarism could help him cut the grass without scruples and roots, and it was easier to promote the unification of the narrow land; but because of this, when the last strong enemy who could break the wrist with the Golden Dynasty fell suddenly, the king of warriors who hated red tape naturally had no place to play, so for the goddess, Instead of divorcing at the speed of light, stripping it of its blessings, forcing it to wander to keep its warriors in the best condition, and then summoning them back after the war has resumed, in order to ensure the prosperity and stability of the Narrow Lands to the greatest extent.
At the same time, if you don't consider such a strange setting as the doppelganger (this really can't be understood), at this time, the red-haired hero Ladagan, who can turn enemies into friends with the Kalia Dynasty, quickly marry, and use his strength to reach the peak shows an unrivaled overall view and diplomatic means, and it is obvious that he is more suitable for playing his long-sleeved and good dance characteristics to appease the public to ensure the long-term peace and stability of the dynasty. It's just that since Ladagon has become the second generation of Eldon King, it is theoretically necessary to abandon the full moon and the goddess of sovereignty to tie the knot - it is a pity that in this goddess's real worldview, Ladagang really can't symbolically sacrifice some livestock to perfunctory.
I think that the reason why the "golden" Godwin was able to become king should not be much different from Ladagang, after all, he can love and kill the ancient dragon, and eventually become a friend of Mo Rebellion, presumably he must be brave and brave, and has a "god" personality charm that is unimaginable to ordinary people; and even if Godwin is not so capable, even if there is no Strange custom of the Danu people "the physically incomplete are not qualified to be king", at least compared with the brothers and sisters with various obvious defects, He's already the best (or even the only) candidate to be King of Eldon, right?
Faced with this situation, Malika may inevitably fall into Voltaire-style speculation:
If the supreme will blessed all things, and the Golden Law is perfect, then why did the Golden Royal Family begin to decline so rapidly that three generations later she had to submit to jurisprudence and approve of Greg's ascension to the throne of King Eldon? He did not have the ability and courage to guarantee the prosperity and stability of the Narrow Lands, and his position in high positions was bound to bring turmoil and decline.
And if the so-called Supreme Will is ill-intentioned and the Golden Rule is not perfect, then for the sake of the well-being of the Whole Narrow Land, the Sovereign Goddess is also obliged to take any possible means, including but not limited to betraying her brothers, smashing the Legal Ring, flexibly deciding whether to add a "destined death" to the Law, and if necessary, the story of Elius leads the powerful faded people back to the Narrow Lands to seize the Great Lune of the Golden Dynasty, burn the Golden Tree, kill the Supreme Will (the agent in the Narrow Lands), and take the new King Eldon (or invited home). The identity of the original king's courier and experience pack) repairs or reshapes the law, to make the narrow land great again.
At this point, Malika's story should come to an end, I believe that after identifying her as the goddess of sovereignty, we should be able to see her behavior before and after "losing her son and going crazy"... At least it can be justified by the logic of self-justification - although there is still no conclusive evidence, there are also a lot of omissions and errors, in short, it is still that sentence, everyone can see a good idea, do not take this thing as a serious environmental study.
Shortly after the end of the story, the faded ones break into the narrow space, and finally come to the core of the Golden Tree, only to see Malika nailed to the "cross" as a martyr, and finally escape the fateful death of Longinus. Indeed, this time the martyrs won, and in any case (except perhaps a few endings) the faders fulfilled her unfinished mission for her, and no matter how bad it was, they could help the Narrow Lands to get rid of the "supreme will", but how long could this victory last?
We may wish to bring this conflict to the real world from the perspective of disenchantment, then it is obvious that we can completely regard the contradiction between the goddess of sovereignty and the supreme will as the uninterrupted expectation, prayer, talk, resistance or angry cry of the voice of the people to the ruling class for thousands of years, the specific content varies from person to person, varied, fragmented and changeable, not only requires the "Golden Law" to always empathize with the public impartially, but also needs it to be able to keep pace with the times and constantly maintain a state of self-correction. It is even possible to deprive the gods of their immortal bodies when necessary—perhaps this is what Sir Broad Wisdom understands as "to maintain the status quo and keep struggling"—and indeed it is clearly contrary to the convenience and stability pursued by the "supreme will".
I am afraid that this is why, throughout history, most of the time the chosen "goddess of sovereignty" is often more willing to collude with the "supreme will" and take the maintenance of her rule rather than speaking out for the people as her duty; in a few cases, the contradictions between the two sides have intensified to an incomparable degree, even if the two sides fight and the blood flows, no matter who loses and who wins, in the end it will only give birth to a new "supreme will" and a new law, decadence or latent, as long as the "supreme will" still has the ambition of thousands of generations. Then this ring of tragedy will continue.
Back in the game, this also means that the former supreme will is likely to have tried his best in the midst of strong enemies, and finally broke through the siege and achieved supreme power. The stories of the dragon slayer boy, they take place in the past of the stars in the Narrow Lands, and they also happen in the future of the fading myths of the island of Ireland; they are the necessary conditions for the 'golden tree' to thrive in both places, and they also lay a small foreshadowing for the later burning...
However, due to space limitations, these stories can only be seen in the next or next episode.
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