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Twelve trees and green suns; refrences to a real world mythology?
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<blockquote data-quote="Bohandas" data-source="post: 7923432" data-attributes="member: 7015707"><p>There are a couple of inexplicable tropes I've seen in multiple unrelated series as symbols of evil, and I was wondering if anyone here knows if they're refrencing some real world mythology that I'm unfamiliar with</p><p></p><p>1.) <strong>The Green Sun</strong>- This appears in at least two unrelated places, the first is in <em>Exalted</em> where it is a manifestation of the third-circle demon lord Ligier, who is the heart and soul of the demon king Malfeas. The second in in <em>Homestuck</em> where there is a green sun that empowers the world destroying supervillains Lord English, Doc Scratch, and Bec Noir</p><p></p><p>Now the first one could possibly be a refrence to the general tendency of the sun to turn unnatural colors in doomsday literature (although I've never heard of green specifically; its usually black or red), but the second one is harder to explain</p><p></p><p>2.) <strong>Twelve Trees in a Perfect Circle</strong> - This one also appears in at least two places. The first is in <em>Dungeons & Dragons</em> as the abyssal layer "Twelvetrees". The second is in <em>Twin Peaks</em> as Glastonbury Grove, the entrence to the demonic Black Lodge.</p><p></p><p>That one doesn't make a lick of sense; it seems too arbitrary and too specific for two different groups to both have randomly decided on it</p><p></p><p>So does anyone know? Are either of these things refrence to an earlier mythology?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bohandas, post: 7923432, member: 7015707"] There are a couple of inexplicable tropes I've seen in multiple unrelated series as symbols of evil, and I was wondering if anyone here knows if they're refrencing some real world mythology that I'm unfamiliar with 1.) [b]The Green Sun[/b]- This appears in at least two unrelated places, the first is in [i]Exalted[/i] where it is a manifestation of the third-circle demon lord Ligier, who is the heart and soul of the demon king Malfeas. The second in in [i]Homestuck[/i] where there is a green sun that empowers the world destroying supervillains Lord English, Doc Scratch, and Bec Noir Now the first one could possibly be a refrence to the general tendency of the sun to turn unnatural colors in doomsday literature (although I've never heard of green specifically; its usually black or red), but the second one is harder to explain 2.) [b]Twelve Trees in a Perfect Circle[/b] - This one also appears in at least two places. The first is in [i]Dungeons & Dragons[/i] as the abyssal layer "Twelvetrees". The second is in [i]Twin Peaks[/i] as Glastonbury Grove, the entrence to the demonic Black Lodge. That one doesn't make a lick of sense; it seems too arbitrary and too specific for two different groups to both have randomly decided on it So does anyone know? Are either of these things refrence to an earlier mythology? [/QUOTE]
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