Norea
Norea was a daughter of Eve in Gnostic myths. When Noah didn't let her board the ark, she burned it down and he had to re-build it. GWitch's Norea attacking the school is a retelling of this.
The mythic Norea is later attacked and rescued by a figure named Eleleth. Eleleth -> Elan 5
Wikipedia has a good summary: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norea
Sophie is a ref to Sophia, a huge figure in Gnosticism, but I'm not sure how to interpret her Gundam counterpart.
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WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
I don't know enough about Gnostic myth to comment on this, but it's cool that you seem to have posted this from Mastodon but it's showing up here.
preston@possumpat.io · 2 pts · 3y
Oh, nice catch on the connections there! I've always found it fascinating how often anime and other Japanese media take inspiration from Gnosticism and other weird aspects of Judeo-Christian myth. The Xeno RPGs (Gears/Saga/Blade) are some of my favorites because how much they also play around with these old ideas in a modern way.
duckweed@mindly.social · 1 pts · 3y
@gundam I noticed this and was surprised that no one else seems to be talking about it. There's a lot of references to other things in this show. I don't know if there are other Gnostic inspired characters besides these three. I'm going to look into it more.
#WitchFromMercury #Anime #Gnostic