A biblical link to Nightfall and Kormir

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Proverbs 27:20 - Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and people's eyes are never satisfied.

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Probably where they got the inspiration for it.

Drake Keyotte

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Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied

phoo slaya

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Sheol refers to hell and abaddon refers to satan. The first part means satan always wants more souls. The 2nd part probably means people are greedy(and thus hell will continue to gain more souls)

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Abaddon can also be translated "place of destruction."

Abaddon is also the name of the angel, actually the archangel Michael, that abysses Satan.

Abaddon is Hebrew and can also mean "Destroyer."

If you want to be biblical, then there you go. Although, I doubt this is something that you want talked about here...

And yes, more then likely, that's where they got the inspiration for the name and all that.

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He means the "Abbadon will eat your eyes" bit I think Katsumi.

Nice, I like it

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocrypha


somewhat related to the topic, I also found to be very interesting ^^

My main chars name means (essentially) "hidden song" in latin and I didnt even know it! How cool!

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Oh, yeah. I am very aware of the Hebrew meaning of Abaddon and the point the author was trying to make . I just think that there is an interesting literal connection between the passage and Nightfall.

beregond

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Wow...that's interesting. What version was that?

nebuchanezzar

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Sheol is not hell in the Christian sense. It is where ALL souls go. Purgatory is a much newer concept.
The rest of the translations are good though.
btw, everything is a reference to something else. If you try hard enough you can always find the source/inspiration used.
Even binary, while credited to Louis Pascal, was used by the I Ching for thousands of years in the orient. They used full or broken lines, crossed or uncrossed sticks, even coin tosses but in the end they are still representations of 1 and 0.

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I wouldn't be surprised to see a religious link.

If you go back to Prophecies, you'll see real life has a Rurik and an "Ashkelon" city.

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Quote:
Originally Posted by beregond
Wow...that's interesting. What version was that?
I think it was the New American Standard Version. You can check different versions here. Sheol and Abaddon are the Hebrew words. Most translations have "grave" and "[place of] destruction". Loses their proper noun meanings, but catches the drift.

Konig Des Todes

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Seeing how Abaddon is one of the seven aliases of Satan in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, I am not surprised that they also make a reference to what people view as hell, even though Judaism doesn't technically have a hell. And as nebuchanezzar said, you can find a reference in everything, especially from things made nowadays.