More Mythology in Geass

[inulovinkit.livejournal.com]

While re-watching Turn 1 again, I noticed that Lelouch was reading the Divine Comedy (I have to say, that along with The Prince and Hamlet...Lelouch is quite well read, isn't he?) so, being like I am, I went and looked it up.

And I found something interesting...You know how we're always seeing Jupiter pop up randomly whenever we get those freakout!Geass scenes?

According to Wikipedia:

Sixth Sphere of Heaven. The sphere of Jupiter is that of souls who personified justice, something of great concern to Dante (Cantos XVIII through XX). The souls here spell out the Latin for "Love justice, ye that judge the earth," and then arrange themselves into the shape of an imperial eagle.

Jupiter, justice, eagle...I see a pattern here.

Which brought me to another thought...When C.C. says her name in that episode (was it 11? 12? I can't remember. D: ) Lelouch instantly recognized it. Given the hints, could we suppose perhaps she's someone from the Divine Comedy?

So, along with Celtic mythology (geis), Arthurian Legends, and Norse mythology (Ragnarok and Yggdrasil) and probably a little more interspersed here and there that I can't think of, now we're bringing medieval texts into it. Sunrise really did their research.

Comments

[honou-no-izumi.livejournal.com]

The Ganymede had been a prototype made by Nina's grandfather's company, at which one of the prototype was piloted by Lelouch's mother. But because of something I forgot... the production of Ganymede was discontinued therefore the prototype Ganymedes were destroyed save that one the Ashford kept. So in a way I'm not surprised that Nina wanted to complete it

[fox-holland.livejournal.com]

Nina's grandfather's company?

[honou-no-izumi.livejournal.com]

Yeap. I think it was mentioned in one of the Picture Drama. The one where the girls in the bath.

[honou-no-izumi.livejournal.com]

Oh wait... my mistake. Milly's grandfather's company. Nina's grandfather was among the people who worked on the Knightmare. Just checked the Picture Drama.