A Question Regarding Ah My Godess....

Moonlight Soldier · Post by **Moonlight Soldier** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 9:03 am

It occured to me the other day that the names of most of the godesses in Ah My Godess fit with Norse mythology....Skuld, Urd and Verdandi *the three Norns*, I was just wondering if this has anything to do with the actual anime, or if it's just some coincidence/clever attempt by the creators.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 11:13 am

Uh...

Of course!

You'd think it'd be a bit obvious

They are indeed named after the goddesses, and, I take it you haven't seen the movie - where further references to Norse mythology are made.

Why is Belldandy's name 'off'?

Because Japanese makes no distinctions between english sounds [v] and and [r] and [l], therefore...

Verdandi = Beldandi. Then just tweak the spelling to look better, and you get Belldandy.

And she's hawt

Nestorath69 · Post by **Nestorath69** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 4:11 pm

Belldandy's rectal purity can only be assured by me!

Nestorath69 · Post by **Nestorath69** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 4:13 pm

P.S. You ever notice that her eyes are wider apart than any other characters?

Fish eye! Fish eye! HA HA HA HA HA HA

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 4:48 pm

Eh, eh

Keep your pants on, and their supposed contents away from my Belldandy

Moonlight Soldier · Post by **Moonlight Soldier** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 6:58 pm

Otohiko wrote:Uh...

Of course!

You'd think it'd be a bit obvious

They are indeed named after the goddesses, and, I take it you haven't seen the movie - where further references to Norse mythology are made.

Why is Belldandy's name 'off'?

Because Japanese makes no distinctions between english sounds [v] and and [r] and [l], therefore...

Verdandi = Beldandi. Then just tweak the spelling to look better, and you get Belldandy.

And she's hawt

I meant the actual storyline

I'm contemplating adding the movie to my "to buy" list for the convention...

That's right...I HAVE A LIST

And it keeps growing ~_~

Mroni · Post by **Mroni** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 7:59 pm

Um yes Belldandy urd and skuld are the three fates not as evil as the real viking ones though. Could you imagine Skuld writing Keichis fate in her book. Thats the power she has. She could have just killed him off.

Mr Oni

~nekoa nya~ · Post by **~nekoa nya~** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 8:08 pm

hehe ^-^ i have a list too lol

about the norse god thing, ill admit i didnt realise it till i found another series called ' matantei loki ragnarok a.k.a mythical (or demon) detective loki ragnarok which is also based around the norse god theme and it was only then i made the connection lol

id sooooooooooooo recommend the movie to be watched because alot of the loose ends get tied up in there......... hehe PLUS its ultra cool

Moonlight Soldier · Post by **Moonlight Soldier** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 8:25 pm

Mroni wrote:Um yes Belldandy urd and skuld are the three fates not as evil as the real viking ones though. Could you imagine Skuld writing Keichis fate in her book. Thats the power she has. She could have just killed him off.

Mr Oni

I'm asking if, besides the name thing *that's how I detemined the whole NORSE CONNECTION* IF the anime has mythological subplots =/

Org Profile · Post by **LantisEscudo** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 8:29 pm

Moonlight Soldier wrote:
Mroni wrote:Um yes Belldandy urd and skuld are the three fates not as evil as the real viking ones though. Could you imagine Skuld writing Keichis fate in her book. Thats the power she has. She could have just killed him off.

Mr Oni
I'm asking if, besides the name thing *that's how I detemined the whole NORSE CONNECTION* IF the anime has mythological subplots =/

The anime, not so much (since there's not much of it ^_^), but there are pretty heavy Norse mythology influences in the manga. There's some references in the movie, but for a lot of references and influences, you want the manga.