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Aeon Amadi
Mannar Focused Warfare
Gallente Federation
1424
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Posted - 2013.06.01 08:42:00 -
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Looking in the variations tab for the logistics dropship shows two new ones that are oddly named.
Now, here's a brief overview. Gallente have ships named from Greek mythology as their staple. Caldari mix theirs up with Japanese mythology and bird names.
The Proteus makes sense, and the Eryx is a bit of a misnomer but I suppose it's fitting as both factions are closely related.
However.
Crotalus is a genus for a viper and the only real connection to the mythologies is that in the poem Great Eoiae the serpents were killed by Oenomaus. The poem, unless I'm mistaken, is of Greek origin. This is odd being as this is a Caldari drop ship.
Now, the real curve ball is the gallente drop ship called the Amarok, which is from Inuit mythology. To my knowledge, none of the races in eve hold ship names from that culture.
Perhaps it has something to do with their capabilities, or perhaps they're closet drop ships for the Minmatar and Amarr (which would be even more bizarre) but either way the names definitely are elusive at best. |
Aeon Amadi
Mannar Focused Warfare
Gallente Federation
1424
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Posted - 2013.06.01 09:00:00 -
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RuckingFetard wrote:Aeon Amadi wrote:Looking in the variations tab for the logistics dropship shows two new ones that are oddly named.
Now, here's a brief overview. Gallente have ships named from Greek mythology as their staple. Caldari mix theirs up with Japanese mythology and bird names.
The Proteus makes sense, and the Eryx is a bit of a misnomer but I suppose it's fitting as both factions are closely related.
However.
Crotalus is a genus for a viper and the only real connection to the mythologies is that in the poem Great Eoiae the serpents were killed by Oenomaus. The poem, unless I'm mistaken, is of Greek origin. This is odd being as this is a Caldari drop ship.
Now, the real curve ball is the gallente drop ship called the Amarok, which is from Inuit mythology. To my knowledge, none of the races in eve hold ship names from that culture.
Perhaps it has something to do with their capabilities, or perhaps they're closet drop ships for the Minmatar and Amarr (which would be even more bizarre) but either way the names definitely are elusive at best. So, how do the Gallente know of the Greeks?
Being as they're of French origin, I have no idea. |
Aeon Amadi
Mannar Focused Warfare
Gallente Federation
1424
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Posted - 2013.06.01 09:00:00 -
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Makyre Vahliha wrote:Aeon Amadi wrote:Looking in the variations tab for the logistics dropship shows two new ones that are oddly named.
Now, here's a brief overview. Gallente have ships named from Greek mythology as their staple. Caldari mix theirs up with Japanese mythology and bird names.
The Proteus makes sense, and the Eryx is a bit of a misnomer but I suppose it's fitting as both factions are closely related.
However.
Crotalus is a genus for a viper and the only real connection to the mythologies is that in the poem Great Eoiae the serpents were killed by Oenomaus. The poem, unless I'm mistaken, is of Greek origin. This is odd being as this is a Caldari drop ship.
Now, the real curve ball is the gallente drop ship called the Amarok, which is from Inuit mythology. To my knowledge, none of the races in eve hold ship names from that culture.
Perhaps it has something to do with their capabilities, or perhaps they're closet drop ships for the Minmatar and Amarr (which would be even more bizarre) but either way the names definitely are elusive at best. The Eryx actually comes from Archaeopteryx. They're all originally birds either from real ones or mythology. It fits with Gallente because it is their symbol and their love of freedom.
Not sure how a wolf is their symbol....... |
Aeon Amadi
Mannar Focused Warfare
Gallente Federation
1429
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Posted - 2013.06.01 10:34:00 -
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GLiMPSE X wrote:wolfs?
Lions?
.....Winter is coming!
-_- |
Aeon Amadi
A.N.O.N.Y.M.O.U.S.
League of Infamy
2331
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Posted - 2013.08.02 13:00:00 -
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Panther Alpha wrote:I just give you a "like" because the great mythology lesson... i'm not really that interested in Dropships yet... 
'ey, no problem... Just kinda creeped out that this thread got revived out of no where. |
Aeon Amadi
A.N.O.N.Y.M.O.U.S.
League of Infamy
2332
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Posted - 2013.08.02 14:33:00 -
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Guinevere Bravo wrote:Dude you need a job.
Going to school for Game Design - job would interview (edit: derp. Interfere) with that.
But I do agree that I may have a bit too much time on my hands when I'm not studying. |
Aeon Amadi
A.N.O.N.Y.M.O.U.S.
2346
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Posted - 2013.08.03 04:21:00 -
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Oso Peresoso wrote:Iron Wolf Saber wrote:Gallente - Old Mythology Entities/Animals/Warriors (Babylonian, Greek, Roman)
Caldari - Eastern/Western Mythology/Non Mythos Animals
Minmatar - Weapons, Acts of Violence, Predatory Land Animals.
Amarr - Religious Terms, Catholic/Jewish/Christianity/Gothic variety. you forgot: weather phenomenon for minmatar (hurricane typhoon tempest maelstrom tornado cyclone) caldari have both mythos and non-mythos animals. Its worth noting many are bird-related. amarr include torture-related words that are not strictly religious (tomentor, crucifier, punisher, coercer, executioner, arbitrator) although these have a distinctly archaic, gothic feel. Spanish inquisition stuff. Gallente - yup
Actually - almost all Minmatar ships have to do with weapons and weather events, yes, but there's a great deal of them that have to do with Norse Mythology. In particular, the less 'nice' parts of norse mythology such as Ragnarok which was basically the end of the world. |
Aeon Amadi
A.N.O.N.Y.M.O.U.S.
2346
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Posted - 2013.08.03 05:41:00 -
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Aizen Intiki wrote:These mystery DS's are the (for fucks sakenly), the bomber Dropships, the last terrible thing that Blam! did.
"dey gets a bonus ta misser launchurs!" |
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