Dragon ball Super taught me something. :p
By N.B. Yomi
@Hanyouyomi (2187)
Dallas, Texas
November 6, 2016 4:03pm CST
I must confess that I harbor an enthusiasm towards researching religious mythos. Not sure if it has something to do with my own theism, but it's something I dabble in occasionally, as it makes a good muse for writing fiction. But since I was roughly fourteen years old, I noticed in asians art dedicated to their deities the deities would have this ring behind them that in some pieces of art would radiate like a small sun. And there are even some catholic and christian pieces of art where Jesus has a "small sun" radiating behind him. I saw this depicted in the video game "Asura's Wrath," as some of the characters at full power would have those "exotic divine rings" as I've come to call them for lack of a better term. A variation on this seems to be lie with Whis and his sister Vados from Dragon Ball Super who have big blue rings floating around their necks, and a priest in Omni-king's castle that has a blue ring the width of his hair floating above his head. This began to bug me as I'd keep asking:"What are those?"
Well as the title implies, I found out by watching Dragon Ball Super. In episode 65,(which aired today) One of those rings appeared behind the fused Zamasu, and his master "Gowasu," referred to it as a "halo." This caused me to deduce that that's how asian religions depict halos. I even looked it up online to double check, and yes that's how asian religions depict halos, unlike Abrahamic religion, Judaism, Catholicism, and Christianity who has these small rings above an angel's head. So yeah after roughly 18 years, I finally got the answer to a nagging question.
Zamasu's halo:
Asura's Wrath, Yasha's halos: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/r55UinWd7DA/maxresdefault.jpg
Omni-king priest's halo: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GrDWRvtG5hw/maxresdefault.jpg
Whis and Vados(Whis on the left and Vados on the right):http://pm1.narvii.com/6050/04630f60195baa784c19058d286980328fd95c81_hq.jpg
https://cdn.mobipicker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dragon-ball-super-episode-65-episode-64-vostfr-730x275.jpg?x22722
3 responses
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32748)
• Calgary, Alberta
9 Nov 16
I remember ancient aliens tv show talking about the halo. So you already catched up with the most recent episodes?
@Hanyouyomi (2187)
• Dallas, Texas
9 Nov 16
@CaptAlbertWhisker Yep, I even caught up on the filler when I got my computer reformatted a few weeks back. But I never thought Dragon Ball would teach me anything about asian culture aside from the Japanese love or rice and use of chopsticks.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32748)
• Calgary, Alberta
9 Nov 16
@Hanyouyomi Super also thought me about the science of time travel and the multiverse.
@Hanyouyomi (2187)
• Dallas, Texas
22 Nov 16
@CaptAlbertWhisker I kinda thought Flashpoint Paradox would've taught you that, but I can how DBZ did that. Especially since I didn't get what was going on until Gohan in DBZA explained Multiverse theory. And the kicker is I first saw the Android Saga in Japanese in 1999 on a channel called "The International Channel."
@shan1992 (10)
• Karawaci, Indonesia
14 Dec 17
Shiva is one of the most widely known and revered Hindu gods. Shiva is often worshipped as one member of the Holy Trinity of Hinduism, with the gods Brahma (the Creator) and Vishnu (the Protector) being the other deities.
@snew1944 (11)
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22 Dec 17
he Tandava he performed when his wife Mata Sati jumped into the fire as she could not bear the disrespect of her husband by Raja Daksh (he was the father of Sati ) during a havan. This was the moment when Shiva was about to destroy the world. Thus he is known as "Mahakal". Rather than just bad elements he is the destroyer of enemies.
@bela360 (2006)
• Saint Lucia
10 Apr 17
wow your piece was interesting i just realised what you said.
@Hanyouyomi (2187)
• Dallas, Texas
14 Apr 17
@bela360 Yeah for 18 years I finally learned what those rings were. I also forgot to mention that halos apparently originated in Paganism, as I'm guessing European and Asian painters liked the idea of adding halos to their depictions of deities.
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