Saint Seiya is a good manga, but most of Chauda's energy is spent on character design.
As we all know, the story of Saint Seiya is based on ancient Greek mythology – I believe that many people like me have fallen into the pit of ancient Greek mythology. The main story is the "holy war" between Athena and Hades, and the key props are the holy clothes created inspired by eighty-eight constellations. Among them, the golden saint seiya, the highest level of saint seiya, represents the zodiac, which is estimated to be the earliest constellation culture in China.
But in the details, "Saint Seiya" is not limited to ancient Greek mythology, for example, the twelve golden saints have obvious exotic characteristics. The TV version of the anime's original "Nordic Chapter" and the theatrical version of "God and God's War" grafted the Norse mythology into the past. The theatrical version of The Final Jihad warriors brings the biblical legend to use. It seems to look very harmonious.
In addition to these original stories, the 108 Hades Fighters (including Pluto Myth LC and Pluto Myth ND) can be described as the culmination of the world myth ghost monsters. Let's start with the Underworld.
Hades, the sleeping god Xiupunos, the god of death, Thanatos, and the rambling Pandora are original images in ancient Greek mythology and do not need to be detailed. But look at the 108 Pluto Fighters. The setting of the Pluto Fighter is obviously derived from the 108 magic stars in Chinese mythology - 36 Heavenly Gang and 72 Hellfire. As for each of the prototypes of the dark clothes, they are very strange.
Let's look at the three giants of the underworld at the top - Radamandis, Ayagos, and Minos. The names of the three are taken directly from the names of the three judges of the underworld in ancient Greek mythology. In ancient Greek mythology, Radamandis and Minos were the sons of Princess Europa and Zeus, and Ayagos was the son of Elena, the goddess of Zeus and the river, that is, the father of Teramund and Peleus, and the grandfather of Achilles and Aeas the Great, who were famous in the Trojan War. Interestingly, the Triumvirates are the most flying species in mythology.
Radamandis' cloaked figure is a bipedal wyvern. Ancient Greek and Norse mythology often have the image of evil dragons, and they are generally related to the treasure. Bipedalosaurs generally appear in English literature, represented by the dragons in the epic poem Beowulf. In modern times, there is Smaug in The Hobbit. The dragons in A Song of Ice and Fire also belong to this bipedalosaur. Radamandis is a good man, and he began to fight a bit of a bullying taste in the Enchantment, but then he first hit Orpheus's magic sound, and then he hit the Star Ya Pegasus Meteor Fist, and he had to carry it down. The three battles with Garon are also back and forth, and there are mutual victories and losses. In the end, it is also a death in the galactic storm.
Bipedalosaurus in Beowulf
Ayagos's cloak is derived from the Hindu mythology of Garoulo. In Hindu mythology, Garoulo is the mount of the main god Vishnu. The image is a big bird. In Buddhist legend, it belongs to one of the eight heavenly dragons, specializing in the dragon tribe. The Buddha's teachings record all kinds of solemn treasures, golden bodies, ruyi beads on the head, and the sound of sorrow, swallowing one naga and five hundred poisonous snakes every day, as the poisonous gas in the body gathered, Garula finally could not eat, flew up and down seven times, flew to the Vajrapani Mountain, the poisonous gas attacked, the whole body self-immolated, leaving only a pure blue glass heart. In China, Garou luo, also known as the golden-winged bird, is confused with the Dapeng in Zhuangzi Getaway. It is recorded in the Journey to the West, The Evolution of the Fengshen Gods, and the Evolution of Yue Fei, and is the Protector of the Law. Ayagos was powerful, but unfortunately he did not know that Yihui had not been killed in his life, and was finally killed on the spot by "Fengyi Tianxiang".
Hindu Kalura
Minoan's cloak is derived from griffin the griffin. The griffin is all too familiar to gamers, a mixture of eagle and lion. The documented griffin beast first appeared in ancient Arcad (Babylonian-Assyrian) mythology, and in the legend of Marduk slaying the demon beast and thus sealing the gods, the griffin beast was the third giant beast he killed. In ancient Greek mythology, it was Zeus, Apollo, Erinius and others who pulled the cart. The Harry Potter story mentions a magical creature with a winged body like a griffin. In addition, Gryffindor College, one of the four major colleges of Hogwarts, derives its name from griffin griffin. Gryffindor's representative animal is the golden lion. Minos was powerful, and finally froze by the glacier, and then swept into the chaotic space of the Wall of Sighs, and vanished.
Sculpture of a griffin in ancient Persia
Griffins on coins
In front of the Wall of Sighs, the Purple Dragon is fought by these three fighters- Gordon the Minotaur of the Celestial Prison Star, Aina Wenhua Quinn of the Celestial Demon Star, and Feidu of the Celestial Star Winged Lizard West Road. These three people were powerful, and finally they were killed by the Purple Dragon's move "Hundred Dragons".
The Minotaur is familiar to gamers, and many countries have legends about the image of the Minotaur. The most famous is the Minotaur Minotaur in the labyrinth of Crete in ancient Greek mythology. King Minos of Crete (the one of the Big Three) asked Athens for seven pairs of virgin boys and girls every nine years to offer as minotaurs. The great hero Theseus eliminated the harm of the people and rushed to Crete. He gained the favor of Ariadne, the daughter of the King of Crete, and with her help managed to enter the labyrinth and kill the Minotaur.
Ancient Greek clay pots, Thecius vs Minotaurs
Theseus and minotaur Minotaur
Alraune is an earth elf bred by the mandala's humanoid block roots. In Europe, mandalas are a relatively common herb, found almost everywhere in the forests of Central Europe, and many of its roots or tubers grow like humanoid shapes, so that superstitious ancients generally believed that this humanoid tubers were produced by goblins with spiritual powers. Wizards who believe in black magic believe that smashing their boiling soup medicine will gain magic, and the goblin mentioned here is Aina Win. There is also literature that Aina Win was produced by the hanging of the man's semen on the hanging table: the alchemist claimed that the hanged men's necks were twisted, blood spurted out, and the earth absorbed the last "essence" of their lives.
The pterodactyl was the king of all snakes in Greek and European legend and was able to kill people with their eyes. There are three different descriptions: a giant lizard, a giant snake, or a three-foot-tall rooster with a snake's tail and teeth. It is said to have a crown or crown-shaped feather on its head, so it is called "king", and it is generally positioned as a cockatrice with a chicken body and a snake's tail. There is also an incredible legend about the winged lizard, which is said to have been born from a snake egg hatched by a rooster. In medieval Europe, the images of the winged lizard and the rooster slowly overlapped.
The guardian of the Acheron River in the underworld is the Celestial Star - Boatman - Charon. The Age of Mythology is the ferryman in the Styx, responsible for ferrying the undead to the other side of the Styx. This setting is similar to the legend, and there is no need to elaborate. This son described it as obscene, and even Star Arrow could not beat it.
The guardian of the first realm is Tianying Star- Yan Devil -Luni. It is depicted as a winged whip-wielding demon, somewhat like the Fire Demon of the Rings, the guy gandalf in the Iron Mine of Moria who fought to the death. Luni is the judge of the underworld who replaces Minos, and his aura is extraordinary, but it is a pity that garon is easily seconded.
Gandalf vs. Fire Demon
The second domain guard is the Celestial Beast Star - Sphinx Beast - Farao. The sphinx is familiar, the great god on the edge of the pyramids of ancient Egypt. Ancient Greek mythology also has the image of the sphinx, that is, the Sphinx, the one who chanted the classic riddle: "What animal, when I was a child, had four legs, two legs, and three legs when I was old." "The entire second realm is not only inhabited by sphinxes, but also by ancient Egyptian murals and plots about "soul weighing." The heart of the deceased is placed on the scale to be contrasted with Matt's true feather, then Anubis adjusts the plumb of the scale, and Tut records the outcome of the ruling. If the heart weighs heavier than the feathers, demons with crocodile, lion and hippo shapes, the devourer Amit, will devour those people. If the balance is balanced, then Osiris will open the gates of heaven to them. Farao is powerful, and he understands the rhythm of the music, and the person is fierce, and he is originally a fierce character. Unfortunately, he loved music too much and was killed by Orpheus Lyra.
Ancient Egyptian murals of the undead
The third domain guards the Celestial Star - Golem - Locke, and the image of the Underworld is unknown. This son was extremely weak and was dropped by the Purple Dragon's move. There is also a Pluto Fighter in the Third Realm, Ivan the Cave Giant of the Fallen Star. A cave giant in Norse mythology, an intellectually inferior man-eating giant, ugly and evil-looking, lives in a cave, guards the treasures underground, and turns into stone when it encounters sunlight. It's a lot like the Ogre in The Hobbit. This fighter was too weak, knocked down by a move from the glacier, and fell down without even saying his name.
The Fourth Domain guards the Celestial Sin Star - Jackal - Felicityas. The image of the Cloak should originate from the constellation Jackal. This son is powerful, one person repelled the Purple Dragon and the Ice River, and finally was killed by Garon's move.
The Fifth Domain Guardian is celestial star- deadly beetle - Stand. The image of the deadly beetle should be derived from the "scarab" in ancient Egyptian mythology, which we usually call the shell lang in the human world. In ancient Egypt, the beetle was used as a totem, and when the pharaoh died, his heart was cut out and replaced with a stone studded with scarabs.
The vampire beetle from the movie "The Mummy Returns" is also this object. The Pluto seemed very powerful, but was killed by Garon without knowing what to do.
The Guardian of the Eighth Realm, the Weeping Star, the Eagle Banshee, Barandain, has an extraordinary origin. The invisible banshee was called Halpie in ancient Greek mythology, and it is generally believed that Halpia was born of the sea god Taumas and the goddess of the ocean, Elektra; it is also said that they were born of Typhon and Erkedna. Dante mentions Harpiah in the thirteenth chapter of the Inferno chapter of the Divine Comedy, whose duty is to punish the souls of those who commit suicide. Contemporary people are no strangers to the Eagle Banshee, as it is also mentioned in the Greatest Magical Literature of the Age, The Song of Ice and Fire, and the Eagle Banshee appears in Mirin as a symbol of a mysterious organization. Barenda was so unpredictable that Hoshiya was defeated with a slight roar.
Then there's the 72-bit Earth Magic Star. If you say that this group of warriors is simply singable and weeping, in the fierce holy war, they are good at fighting more and fighting less, and they have contributed a lot of experience points to the golden saints.
The first is the leader of the leading infiltrates into the Zodiac, the Earth Storm- cyclops- Gugado. In Hesiod's mythology, the Cyclops are the children of Uranos and Gaia, who are brontes (thunder), sterops (electricity), and arges (thunderbolts), and are characterized by "one-eyed", with only one eye in the middle of the forehead. Uranos feared their power and imprisoned them in the abyss of darkness. Later, Zeus freed them from the abyss of darkness in order to fight the Titans. No Zeus made weapons. In Homer's Odyssey, the Cyclops is Poseidon's child, and Odysseus wanders to a desert island after the Trojan War, meets the Cyclops, and finally Odysseus escapes. Speaking of this brave fighter, he first met Leo Aeolia, and the 5 of his men were solved in one breath, and then they retreated to the Virgo Palace without knowing it, and then they were destroyed by the Sagar Regiment.
Cyclops in Odyssey
Dark Star - Deep Diver - Neoby, Earth Star - Earthworm - Lemi, Terrestrial Star - Demon Butterfly - Babylon, these three are still a little present. Deep divers - Neoby yin Taurus Arudiba, although he lost his own life, but also a start. The Divers are a race in contemporary Cthulhu mythology, with an amphibian head and a human body, which is almost similar to the mermaid in the movie "The Shape of Water". The images of the earthworm Lemy and the demon Babylon also bear the characteristics of the monsters in the Cthulhu myth, namely disgust. Lemi was an extremely confident pluto warrior, believing that the earthworm could defeat the lion, and finally survived two rounds under the Aeolian punch. The demon butterfly Babillon's combat method is extremely complicated, and he has to go through the process of worm-pupae-butterfly. The queen of the butterfly was indeed extremely charming, and it also plunged Mu into a bitter battle. Arguably, it was Babilon who raised our expectations of the Pluto.
Di Qi Star- Frog - Zhelos is the shameless and unparalleled among the Pit Bullies, and the first in indecency. In the West, the frog symbolizes the filth, ugliness, clamor, incitement to sin and evil, bringing disaster and trouble. The Bible records that in the days of Moses, the Lord sent a plague upon Pharaoh, and the disgusting frogs filled the land of Egypt, with the result that "the whole earth stinked" (Exodus 8:5–15). The image of Gerros is somewhat borrowed from the ugly hunchback image of Rigoletto in Verdi's opera "Rigoletto". This one was eventually abused by the glacier, which was really gratifying.
The Earth Star - Headless Knight - Chub, the Earth Star - Elf Mills, and the Earth Star - Gorgon - Ox are the three hades who were blackened by Sagar, Kami, and Shura on the road. The headless knight is an image in Irish mythology. Legend has it that he was a warrior who died on the battlefield and was cut off his head. On dark and windy nights, he rode his undead warhorse around in search of the lost head. Tim Burton's film Guillotine drew on this legend. Elves appear in the folklore of European countries, with different images and do not expand more. Gorgon is the collective name of three banshees in ancient Greek mythology, the most famous of which is the snake-haired banshee Medusa, whose face is turned into stone when people see it.
As a hot-blooded anime ,Saint Seiya Hoshiya, the plot is often complained about as monotonous, but it is undeniable that the huge cosmological setting is beyond the times, and the battles extended by the romantic mythological background are still charming today, so that Masami Kawada still has not stopped creating "Saint Seiya". As long as the myth of the world is not fully developed, it still has the value of sustainable development. The feelings of the post-80s generation have not yet been squeezed clean.