Names & Origins |
Name
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Origin
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Adaman |
Adaman(t) is a stong mineral used to make powerful weapons
and armor. |
Agito |
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Agni
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Agni is one of the most important of the Vedic gods. He
is the god of fire, the messenger of the gods, the acceptor of sacrifice.
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Akiko |
Common Japanese girl name. |
Algol |
Or the Algol Star System. The star system that contained
the three planets Moto/Motovia, Dezo/Dezoris/Dezolis and Palm/Palma/Parma. This
was the star system where the Dark Force originally resided. There was also a
4th, Rykros, planet in this solar system but because of it's abnormal orbit it
was only within reach every 1000 years, and for a very short time. |
Amplam Umbra |
Big shadow. |
Andhaka |
A Hindu demon. |
Apsaras |
The Apsaras were nature spirits, the mates of the Gandharvas.
They sometimes were water nymphs, and other times were beings of the forest. |
Aqhu |
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Ashvinau |
From Asvins.
In Hindu myth, the twin sons of Saranyu and Surya, and known as the "Divine
Physicians". They represent the morning and evening stars. |
Asuka |
Asuka is a common old Japanese name, like Musashi and Yamato
probably. In Kanji it is written as "flying bird". |
Bana |
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Bhima |
Hindu warrior god. He is one of the heroes of the Mahabharata
and a prince of the Pandu family. He is the son of the wind god Vayu, and a brother
of Arjuna. His name means "the terrible one". |
Bhirava |
Or Bhairava. Means terrifying |
Byakko |
Genbu, Seiryu, Shuzaku and Byakko are the four guardian
animals.Byakko is the Japanese name of Bai Hu, which is a White Tiger God of the
West and Wind in Chinese lore. |
Cadeceus |
The herald's staff or wand of Hermes. It is usually depicted
as a winged rod with two serpents intertwined about it. As a group of fertility
symbols, it is emblematic of the magic potency of the deity, and of the prosperity
of peace. It's spelled Caduceus. Also, it is now used as the symbol for the medical
profession. |
Castor |
Castor was a great soldier and horse tamer and competed
in many Olympic games and won many of them. Castor was worshipped as gods by other
athletes. Both were Argonauts on Jason's quest for the golden fleece.Castor and
Polydeuces (or Pollux), the twin sons of Leda and Zeus and the brothers of Helen
of Troy. Because Zeus came to Leda in the form of a swan, they are sometimes presented
as having been born from an egg. Pollux was a formidable boxer, and Castor was
a great horseman. Together, they were the "Heavenly Twins," often associated
with the constellation Gemini. |
Chao |
Small winged creaturs from the "Sonic: The Hedgehog"
games series. |
Chu Chu |
Chu Chu is the name given to the mouse creatures in Chu
Chu Rocket |
Churel |
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Dagon |
Dagon, the name means "corn", is an ancient Mesopotamian
vegetation god, father of Baal in his father's attributes. He is the god of crop
fertility and the inventor of the plough. He passed this knowledge to mankind
to let them better till the soil and produce food. |
Dezo/Dezolis/Dezoris |
The 2nd planet in the Algo/Algol star system. Known for
its cold climat and huge barren icelands. It was the only known place where the
ore "Laconium" was mined. The Espers, keepers of the Elysion also lived
here, along with the Lutz/Noah. The Elysion stayed in Esper Mansion. |
D.B. |
Initials for a Hunter from P1 named Dolph Bonz or Donoph
Baz from P2. |
Deva |
In Hinduism, the generic term for a divine being, degraded
into an evil spirit in Zoroastrianism. |
Diwari |
Four walls. |
Durga |
In Hindu mythology and religion, a malignant form of Devi,
the inaccessible, represented by a yellow woman riding a tiger. Also Kali or Parvati.
She is the consort of Shiva. |
Elysion |
The Elysian
Fields, Elysium. In Greek mythology, the abode of the blessed, paradise. Situated
at the end of the world it is here that those chosen by the gods are sent to.
This was the legandary sword that the past Champions used to defeat Dark Force,
and the Profound Darkness. Elysion is known as Elsydeon in Phantasy Star 4. Also,
Elsydeon houses the memories of all the past Protectors, and these memories can
be transfered to one who weilds Elsydeon, such as what happened to Chaz in PS4. |
Fatsia |
Any shrub of the araliaceous genus Fatsia, esp. F. japonica,
with large deeply palmate leaves and umbels of white flowers |
Garuda |
The Garuda is a golden-bodied bird recorded by the Buddhist
culture. Garuda is possibly the oldest of the great birds. The beneficent Garuda,
also called the "Bird of Life", is the mount of Vishnu. Garuda |
Genbu |
Genbu, Seiryu, Shuzaku and Byakko are the four guardian
animals.Genbu is a black turtle of the North and Earth in Chinese lore. |
Guardianna |
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Guld |
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Harisen |
The type of fan that this weapon's shape is taking. |
Heathcliff Flowen |
Legandary Hunter aboard P1. Deputy Commander, Heathcliff Flowen. He's one of the military's most famous
heroes. |
Hitogata |
Hitogata literally means "Human form". They are
little paper prayer dolls. |
Ila |
In Samoan myth, the name of the first woman on the island
of Tutuila (American Samoa). |
Indra |
In Vedic times, Indra was the supreme ruler of the gods.
He was the leader of the Devas, the god of war, the god of thunder and storms,
the greatest of all warriors, the strongest of all beings. |
Iristita |
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Kabanda |
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Kaitabha |
The Hindu demon which tried to attack Brahma. |
Kalki |
"Time". The tenth and last incarnation of Vishnu,
who will come from the sky upon a white horse and wreak final destruction upon
the wicked, renew creation and restore righteousness. |
Kama |
The god of love in Hindu myth. He is a son of Lakshmi. Kama
is represented as a winged youth bearing bow and arrows (similar to the Greek
Eros). |
Kapu Kapu |
Kapu Kapu is the name given to the cat enemy creatures in
Chu Chu Rocket |
Kamui |
Kamui means the pressure of god |
Kumara |
Guardian of the Divine Fire or Polynesian sweet potato.
Kumari is the virgin god of Nepal. |
Laconium |
Laconia. Laconium (Laconia) is the precious metal that all
powerful weapons in the PS series are made from. Legandary metal of immessurable
stregnth. It's only known mining location is on the planet Dezo/Dezolis/Dezoris.
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Lafuteria |
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Lutz/Noah |
The legandary leader of the Espers and keeper of the Elysion.
His memory was stored in a memory sphere and a new Noah/Lutz was given his wisdom
when the time was right. |
Madhu |
Name in Indian/Hindu culture. |
Mahu |
Polynesian deity (sometimes male, sometimes female) of
fire (ahi) and earthquakes. In the underworld she is charged with the task of
keeping the fires burning. The hero Maui persuaded her to give him fire. |
Marica |
An Italian nymph, the consort of Faunus and mother of Latinus
(Virgil VII, 47). According to others, she was the mother of Faunus. She possessed
a sacred forest near Minturnae (Minturno) on the border of Latium and Campania
(Livius XXVII, 37,2). |
Marina |
Marina is a nurse from v1 |
Marutah |
From Maruts.
The Maruts were minor storm deities who in Vedic times were the sons of Rudra
and the attendants of Indra. |
Milla |
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Mitra |
Mitra is a Vedic god who stood for the sun, and was, with
his brother Varuna, the guardian of the cosmic order. He was the god of friendships
and contracts, and watched over the daytime hours. |
Monkey
King |
The divine ape in Chinese mythology who was born from an
egg which was impregnated by the wind. Being very skilled in the use of magic,
he can even trick the gods. Thus he managed to obtain the peach of immortality.
He is also known as Sun Wu-kong. |
Moola |
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Motav |
A reference to the planet Mota/Motovia, the planet where
the post champions after Palma resided. It was also the central planet in the
Algo/Algol solar system. Alis Landale, Odin, and Noah were from Palma. Myau was
found on Motavia but it seems he was from Palma as well, or perhaps Dezolis where
he later resettled with the remainder of the Musk Cat population. It was later
that Motavia was irrigated and further colonized by humans (Palmans), so only
the Protectors after the first four were from Motavia. In PS2 it is called Mota,
not Moto. |
Naga |
In Hindu myth, nagas are a primeval race of divine serpent-people
that play an important part in religion. They are half human and half snake, and
are still worshipped as the bringers of fertility, especially in southern India.
|
Namuci |
One of the greatest of the Hindu Asuras.
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Nandin |
In Hindu mythology the offspring of Surabhi, the cow of
plenty belonging to the sage Vasishtha. |
Naraka |
In Hindu mythology and Buddhism, the place of torture for
departed evil-doers. It consists of many kinds of hells, hot and cold. |
Nei |
Legandary Newman born on the planet Moto/Motovia. In the
year AW 1285 Nei seperated herself from Neifirst her "sister" and left
the Biosystems lab where Mother Brain created them. |
Nelgal |
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Nidra |
Means sleep. Possibly from Yoga Nidra.An expression widely
used to denote the highest state of consciousness. |
Opa Opa and Pian |
Names from old Sega games Fantasy Zone and NiGHTs into dreams. |
Palm/Palma/Parma |
The third and most advanced planet in the Algo/Algol solar
system. It was destroyed in AW1286 when the Gaira space satalite crashed into
it. 400 world ships escaped with survivers aboard them. |
Pian |
Names from old Sega games Fantasy Zone and NiGHTs into dreams. |
Pitri |
From pitri-tarpana or ceremonial Hindu offerings to departed
ancestors, |
Pollux |
Pollux (Polydeucus) is one of the "Heavenly Twins",
brother to Castor. See Dioscuri. The Disocuri were Castor and Polydeuces (or Pollux),
the twin sons of Leda and Zeus and the brothers of Helen of Troy. Because Zeus
came to Leda in the form of a swan, they are sometimes presented as having been
born from an egg. Pollux was a formidable boxer, and Castor was a great horseman.
Together, they were the "Heavenly Twins," often associated with the
constellation Gemini. |
Preta |
Preta in Buddhist tradition is a hungry ghost. They are
pictured in a human shape, with huge bloated bellies and tiny mouths, thus unable
to quench their thirsts. |
Pushan |
Or Puchan. The Hindu god of meeting. |
Ravana |
The ten-headed demon king of Ceylon in Hindu myth. With
his forces of Rakshas he kidnappes Sita but she is rescued but Rama, who kills
Ravana. |
Rati |
The Hindu goddess of sexual desire. She was the daughter
of the sun god Daksha and the wife of Kama, the god of love. |
Ribhava |
Character in Hindu myth that appears in the Vedas |
Rika |
Newman born aboard the space ship SEED in the year AW 2283.
The computer SEED used 998 years between the birth of Nei and when Rika was created
to refine genetic details and create a supior being. |
Rudra |
In ancient Vedic myth, Rudra ("howler") is the
malignant god of storm and wind, and is also considered to have been the god of
death. He is the personification of the uncultured nature. |
Rukmin |
The Hindu wife of Krishna. |
Rykros |
The 4th planet in the Algo Star System, it only is reachable
every 1000 years. |
Sange |
Sange means flowers that are falling apart |
Sato |
Sato is pronounced "Shato" in Japanese which means
sugar. |
Savitri |
In Hindu myth, one of the Adityas, the guardian deities
of the months. He is primarily a sun-god, and evidently the same as Surya. |
Seiryu |
Genbu, Seiryu, Shuzaku and Byakko are the four guardian
animals. Seiryu isa green(or blue) dragon of the East and Water in Chinese lore.
|
Sita |
The wife of Rama, who was kidnapped by Ravana. As Rama was
an incarnation of Vishnu, so Sita was an incarnation of Lakshmi or Sri. In the
Vedas, Sita is "the Furrow", the personified goddess of the female principle
of fertility. |
Soma |
Soma is a very difficult deity for many outside of India
to comprehend. He works on numerous levels, all of which are tied together rather
strangely. As the blood of animals and the sap of plants, Soma courses through
all living things. He is Inspiration to those who seek it, and so is the god of
poets. He is also the god of the moon. He is the dwelling place of the venerated
dead, as well as the divine cure for evil. The ancient Hindus did not differentiate
between these divergent aspects; all were the god Soma.
|
Soniti |
Soniti in Japanese is Sonichi - Sonic Team (sonikku chi-mu)
in short. |
Sumba |
The magic that a Filipino Mannumbo uses. |
Surya |
In India, he corresponds to the Greek Helios - he is the
special god who dwelt in the body of the sun. Surya is described as the husband
of dawn, as well as her son. He is also the guardian of the south-west quadrant,
|
Suzaku |
Genbu, Seiryu, Shuzaku and Byakko are the four guardian
animals. Shuzaku is a red phoenix of the South and Fire in Chinese lore. |
Talis |
The bone of the ankle that articulates with the tibia and
fibula to form the ankle joint. Also called anklebone, astragalus |
Tapas |
Penance in Hindu |
Tsumikiri |
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Ushasu |
Or Ushas. The goddess of the dawn in Hindu myth, and the
breath of life in the Vedas. |
Varaha |
The boar incarnation or avatar of Vishnu, assumed in order
to deliver the world from the power of the demon Hiranyaksha. |
Varuna |
Though he only has about a dozen hymns addressed to him
in the Rig Veda, Varuna seems to be one of the most important of the Vedic gods.
In pre-Vedic times, he was the supreme lord of the cosmos, the keeper of divine
order, the bringer of rain, the enforcer of contracts. |
Vayu |
An early deity of the wind or wind spirit in Hindu myth.
Allied to him are the Maruts, the storm devils. |
Vajulla |
Valhalla, Hall of the Slain, in Norse mythology is the hall
presided over by Odin. It is here that the Valkyries, Odin's messengers and spirits
of war, bring half of the heroes that died on the battle fields . These heroes,
the Einherjar, are prepared in Valhalla for the oncoming battle of Ragnarok. When
the battle commences, eight hundred warriors will march shoulder to shoulder out
of each door.
|
Vritra |
Vritra was one of the asuras, perhaps the most powerful
of them all. His name means "Enveloper." He was a dragon or serpent
who was said to be so huge that his coils surrounded mountains, and his head touched
the sky. He was the bringer of drought, and his chief enemy was Indra.
|
Yaksa |
In Hindu myth, Yakshas are chthonic semi-divine beings,
half god and half demon. They live under the earth in the Himalayas where they
guard the wealth of the earth (gems, gold, silver, etc.). |
Yasha |
A vampire-bat from Japanese mythology. It is believed that
it is the spirit of a woman whose anger lowered her status in rebirth. |
Yamigarasu |
Means "Dark Raven". |
Zumiuran |
Take on the spelling on Zuriman, an ancient indian practioner
of the black arts. |
Genbu, Seiryu, Shuzaky, Byakko, Soniti, Sange, Kamui, Yasha, Agito, Harisen,
Akiko, Asuka, Sato, Marina, Opa Opa, Pian and Yamigarasu from Navi.