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 Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 4:29 pm
I was talking to my dad about FMA, and mentioned how the antagonists (aka da evil peeps) have really weird, and kinda stupid names. (c'mon now, we all know they do xD) When I told them to him, he said that those were the 'sins' that are in Dante's Inferno, part of the Divine Comedy. If you aren't familiar with it, The Divine Comedy is a poem written by Dante Alighieri (he was Italian) sometime between 1308 and 1321 (which is when he died). It's about the poet's vision of the Christian afterlife, but from someone's standpoint that lived in the medieval timeframe. There are 3 parts to the poem-Inferno (hell), Purgatorio (purgatory), and Paradiso (paradise). The poem is written in the first person, and is about Dante's journey through the three realms of the dead-lasting from the night before Good Friday to the Wednesday after Easter in the spring of 1300. The part that's related to FMA is the Inferno, which as I kind of mentioned before is largely the medieval timeframe's concept of hell. In this part of the poem, Dante is guided by Viril, who's a Roman poet. There he goes through 9 circles of hell, each one pertaining to a specific sin. And of course, as we all know, the homunculi are referred to the alchemist's sin. The first 5 circles are for the self-indulgent sins, 6-7 for the violent sins, and 8-9 for the malicious sins. The 9 sins include:: incontinence, lust, gluttony, avarice (greed), wrath, heresy, various forms of violence (blasphemy, usurer, sodomite, suicide, etc), fraud, and being a traitor. So, because I don't feel like typing all of that again, I've underlined the ones that are the names of some of the homunculi :3 And of course, Dante. Basically, this is a theory XD My other shorter, easier theory is that the humunculi are named after the seven deadly sins [see here]because those fit perfectly ~ just wanted to let you guys know my opinion on this ^0^
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Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 6:20 pm
um.....yes thats the point O_o
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Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 5:14 am
XD Like hiper said....
I kinda thought it was obvious... Although some people call "Wrath" by the name "Anger", cause really, that's all that means... I've heard "Anger" more than I've heard wrath, but it might be cause of the bible I read... (There are different types of bibles, for those who didn't know)
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Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 8:13 am
well excuse me for not googling very anime i watch -w-;
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Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 8:05 pm
XD Well you don't have to...
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Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 3:57 am
uhhhh >> i was one of the many people who googled their favorite anime xd
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Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 1:53 pm
Well, I figured it out mehself, so I'm smart and stupid at the same time >=[
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Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 8:04 pm
Fai o3o I was talking to my dad about FMA, and mentioned how the antagonists (aka da evil peeps) have really weird, and kinda stupid names. (c'mon now, we all know they do xD) When I told them to him, he said that those were the 'sins' that are in Dante's Inferno, part of the Divine Comedy. If you aren't familiar with it, The Divine Comedy is a poem written by Dante Alighieri (he was Italian) sometime between 1308 and 1321 (which is when he died). It's about the poet's vision of the Christian afterlife, but from someone's standpoint that lived in the medieval timeframe. There are 3 parts to the poem-Inferno (hell), Purgatorio (purgatory), and Paradiso (paradise). The poem is written in the first person, and is about Dante's journey through the three realms of the dead-lasting from the night before Good Friday to the Wednesday after Easter in the spring of 1300. The part that's related to FMA is the Inferno, which as I kind of mentioned before is largely the medieval timeframe's concept of hell. In this part of the poem, Dante is guided by Viril, who's a Roman poet. There he goes through 9 circles of hell, each one pertaining to a specific sin. And of course, as we all know, the homunculi are referred to the alchemist's sin. The first 5 circles are for the self-indulgent sins, 6-7 for the violent sins, and 8-9 for the malicious sins. The 9 sins include:: incontinence, lust, gluttony, avarice (greed), wrath, heresy, various forms of violence (blasphemy, usurer, sodomite, suicide, etc), fraud, and being a traitor. So, because I don't feel like typing all of that again, I've underlined the ones that are the names of some of the homunculi :3 And of course, Dante. Basically, this is a theory XD My other shorter, easier theory is that the humunculi are named after the seven deadly sins [see here]because those fit perfectly ~ just wanted to let you guys know my opinion on this ^0^
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