It would appear someone has managed to pop open Master Odin’s hood in DR’s sprite files. Rather handsome old chap I’d say:
It was already heavily implied, but this pretty much confirms that Odin indeed has a missing eye, staying true to his Norse namesake All-Father, One-Eyed god. For those unaware, I’ll quote Neil Gaiman’s description of the Norse god Odin (via his re-telling of the Prose/Poetic Edda): “Odin knows many secrets. He gave an eye for wisdom. […] He travels from place to place in disguise, to see the world as people see it. When he walks among us, he does so as a tall man, wearing a cloak and hat.”
I’m far from an authority on Norse mythology, but at this point it’s undeniable that its influence on Nomura’s writing for KH goes beyond superficial character name inspiration (which we could already deduce, e.g. Ragnarok = Keyblade War, etc).
Maybe at some point I’ll make a proper thread with more thoughts on the Norse influence pervading KH (as it does FF7), but for now this missing eye revelation reaaaaally makes me wonder whether the eye in the No Name Keyblade isn’t, in fact, actually Master Odin’s, and the Master of Masters—in the spirit of Loki—has been playing us all like fools. After all, the MoM plays the part of the charismatic, cunning trickster Loki much more convincingly than that of the wise, stern all-father Odin, only the latter of whom is known to have a missing eye. And it would be very much in-character for Loki (and the MoM, for that matter) to convince others the eye is his when, well, it’s not. Who knows what the motivation could be; but Odin and Loki are blood brothers and rivals. Should Loki indeed be the inspiration for MoM (which appears to be increasingly likely, in my opinion), it would also beg many other questions (like, who is Thor’s counterpart??).
For what it’s worth, in Norse myth Odin gives up his eye to his uncle Mimir, the wise giant, who is known as the guardian of memory and who keeps a well with waters which contain knowledge of the future (and the past). Odin‘s eye is placed in those waters. Seems to me quite likely to be the inspiration for the No Name eye which can see the future.
Yet to be seen how closely the new character relationships will follow their Norse archetypes, but certainly makes for some fun speculation. Odin’s missing eye is gonna be a big deal, mark my words.
It was already heavily implied, but this pretty much confirms that Odin indeed has a missing eye, staying true to his Norse namesake All-Father, One-Eyed god. For those unaware, I’ll quote Neil Gaiman’s description of the Norse god Odin (via his re-telling of the Prose/Poetic Edda): “Odin knows many secrets. He gave an eye for wisdom. […] He travels from place to place in disguise, to see the world as people see it. When he walks among us, he does so as a tall man, wearing a cloak and hat.”
I’m far from an authority on Norse mythology, but at this point it’s undeniable that its influence on Nomura’s writing for KH goes beyond superficial character name inspiration (which we could already deduce, e.g. Ragnarok = Keyblade War, etc).
Maybe at some point I’ll make a proper thread with more thoughts on the Norse influence pervading KH (as it does FF7), but for now this missing eye revelation reaaaaally makes me wonder whether the eye in the No Name Keyblade isn’t, in fact, actually Master Odin’s, and the Master of Masters—in the spirit of Loki—has been playing us all like fools. After all, the MoM plays the part of the charismatic, cunning trickster Loki much more convincingly than that of the wise, stern all-father Odin, only the latter of whom is known to have a missing eye. And it would be very much in-character for Loki (and the MoM, for that matter) to convince others the eye is his when, well, it’s not. Who knows what the motivation could be; but Odin and Loki are blood brothers and rivals. Should Loki indeed be the inspiration for MoM (which appears to be increasingly likely, in my opinion), it would also beg many other questions (like, who is Thor’s counterpart??).
For what it’s worth, in Norse myth Odin gives up his eye to his uncle Mimir, the wise giant, who is known as the guardian of memory and who keeps a well with waters which contain knowledge of the future (and the past). Odin‘s eye is placed in those waters. Seems to me quite likely to be the inspiration for the No Name eye which can see the future.
Yet to be seen how closely the new character relationships will follow their Norse archetypes, but certainly makes for some fun speculation. Odin’s missing eye is gonna be a big deal, mark my words.
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