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You know how Genshin’s Archons have multiple names that we call them by? Well, If you’ve ever driven into Genshin Lore, you would be familiar with the words Ars Goetia, or maybe the Lemegeton. This is the book where the name of the Genshin’s Gods are derived from, like Barbatos, Marchosius, Morax, and the like, and today, I’m going to be showing you all the Demon Gods of Genshin Impact and their correlation with their mythological demonic counterparts.
Disclaimer, this compilation doesn’t include any leaked or datamined Gods; I’m just going to be talking about the ones that have been confirmed in the game’s canon. I also hopefully haven’t missed any Gods from 3.6 considering this patch is still very new, but if I did, feel free to put it down in the comments. I’m also going to be very transparent because this is just a motif analysis and not really anything deeper, I’ll only be using surface sources like Wikipedia or Britannica since I don’t think anyone here wants to see me start reading latin. But fun fact the whole PDF of a book of lucifer is apparently available and I have read it before trying to look for Paimon allegories.
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How about god if thieves?
If Paimon is the Primordial One, it will be the biggest betrayal in the game. So far, the Traveller is either deceived by some side characters, betrayed by a few friends, used as a tool, and kept in the dark by the Gods.
I think it'll get darker when we reach the final chapter of the game.
Some demon names are not real names but rather titles given by Celestia on a given God champion, worthy of being an Archon.
Love the lore/info dumps
If Paimon isn’t the Primordial one, I’m gonna be upset. So much lord dropped about how the Gods work in this Sumeru cycle, and the constant eluding to us being separated from Paimon is worrying.
Wasn't the Tsaritsa called Barnabas by Venti in some dialogue from the beta test?
i always thought of the tsartiza as gremory imo
“You do you bubu “ omg loved the Valkyrja reference 😳 that guy is a boss (no idea if it was the intención but enjoyed anyways)
"Paimon speaks with a great voice and roars as he comes"
EHE TE NANDAYO
isn't "Murata" Himeko's last name? as in the one from Honkai Impact? "Murata Himeko"?
I am very sus on Fischl, but mostly on Oz. Since Amy is in the list of Demons, which summons familiars. Ose fits Oz well since he gives true answers concerning divine and secret things (which I like to interpret, Fischl's chuunibyou lines) as well as being the thing that the conjurer desires.
There's no way they would name a normal character the same name as the Demon names right?
Fischl being in Unreconciled Stars has a significance? No way..
I need answers….
edit: nvm, Aster knew. BUT I STILL NEED ANSWERS! WHYYY!!!
The fact that Aster threw a bomb at the end
At the start of the video, I thought I heard "Louis Vuitton" 🤡
i dont know if this counts as datamining as it was found in genshin's cbt1 data (so dubiously canon but i still find it intersting and wanted to add) but the pyro archon's name is aym and the tsaritsa's is barnabus as found in unused voicelines from venti. that and in the manga, collei's god residue mentions the name "barnabus" in context of kaeya having a cryo vision. although alot of fans misattributed the name to the man from sumeru who experimented on collei.
Barbatos is still the only God with no ongoing dispute. Mostly solved by giving them their own domain to live
was the greater lord also called beur? Or ?
7:02 Yeah it always irks me when i hear this. Focalor would still be pronounced with a /k/ in french, because it's a hard c. I don't where mihoyo went to think that was the french pronunciation.
At first i thought it was a word play with "Fausse" which mean Fake and would be in tune with what seems to be her character and Fontaine.
To anyone wondering, "c" will always be a hard c in front of ⟨a⟩, ⟨o⟩ and ⟨u⟩ and pronounced /k/. Unless it looks like this "ç" (called "c cédille"), in which case it will turn into a soft c and be pronounced /s/. Additionally "c" is always a soft c in front of ⟨e⟩, ⟨i⟩ and ⟨y⟩.
Don’t forget about Amy, Fischl’s real name and a name of a demon
clears throat "shade" clears throat "primordial one"
i choked from my own spit KSGSJJSGA but also 👀
i still think orobashi is the chaddest of the gods, dude went on exile because he didn't want to fight, people ask him to become god to save them from the tyrants of enkanomia, saves them becomes their god, took them from the underground to the land, taught them everything he could sacrificed his body to make the land fertile and teach them stuff (? i think), and to save his people from demise because of forbidden knowledge he took the blame became a villain and sacrificed himself for them.
Worth adding that Baal (Hammon) was a god of ancient Phoenitians and in especially Carthaginians where he held a supreme position and the god of fertility and most notably weather. Baal itself simply means "lord" in Phoenitian language.
Did you Miss the Tsaritsa?
6:32 ok but how does the demon buer walk, like does it spin on all its legs or 😭😭
i dont know if you’ve made a video about yae miko yet but i’d absulutely like to see what other people think about her true power and if we can actually trust her. there are so many details which makes me think if yae could end up being a villain. for example- why did she practiced raidens attacks and combat style and how is she even able to know? is it cause she’s “always watching?”in the archon quest she literally taught raiden how to place her consciousness into objects. raiden also cannot predict yaes strategy since she doesn’t reveal anything about herself at all (proof in raidens voice like about yae miko)in yoimiyas voiceline about yae it revealed that she can make illusions or make clones of herself and in her burst voiceline she also says “i’m always watching” which proves that( also, why did genshin added the line about yae ? they wanted us to question her abilities) and in the archon quest i believe, there was a part where kojou sara asked yae and the traveler to give them 3 days to return a letter (or something) and yae seemed completely calm even at the last day as if she knows how the day will end. when she saved us from scaramouche, why did she gave the gnosis away if she could’ve easily make an illusion or fight him instead or make a portal to escape without giving away the gnosis yet she still chose to gave it away. she can practice the enemy and their attacks and she was probably also there when raiden created scaramouche and she also knows raidens combat attacks and raiden is more skilled then scaramouche so so theres no way she would’ve been too weak for him. and genshin also posted on facebook a post about yae were she predicted the entire plot about sumeru and the time loop and stuff. she said it in the same way how she told us how she “defeated scaramouche and made him beg on his knees”. she also published illegal books to yae publishing house which contained secret information what just got told in a “novel” way. pls make a video about her it would be really interesting about how much power she actually has
Bartibos
between giving humans knowledge and healing all enfermities, demons having beneficial aspects to them despite being from, well, hell, is a theme that makes you really think even more so considering the western way we refer to demons and how they are portrayed in other cultures
Venti isn't unpercievable, but he blew mona away when she tried to scry, implying that demon gods are very much percievable.
I want to say that the ascension quest after you finish the boss fight you can see through a barrier the tree and the hanging things from domains expect there is no tree and only four hanging things I think that means something like the primordial dude will die or irminsul will die (pls do a theory about it)
I seriously hope we at least get a character called forneus
Also the dragons do have names from mythologies so the Fontaine dragon could likely be the leviathan or even forneus (because forneus is a sea monster)
If you think Buer's demon artwork is "butt ugly" you should see the incredibly cursed art of "Biblically Accurate Nahida."
(I was going to wonder where Amy was, and then you inserted her at the last moment. I was hoping you'd go a little more in depth just as a joke, but at least she was mentioned at all.)
Since I know you haven't been doing the Sumeru world quests, I just wanted to inform you of a couple HUGE lore drops in the recent world quest. First off, we actually see the entrance to Khaenri'ah and Katherine says we will get to explore it later. We also learn that Khaenri'ah is apparently the homeland of ALL humans, like humans originated there which means that's where the Primordial One and his shade created them. During the world quest, we are handed this book titled "Rene's Investigation Notes" where it's apparently a team of people from Fontaine investigating a Khaenri'an workshop, highly indicated after the Cataclysm. In it, we get some big lore drops. Apparently, the thing that fuels Khaenri'an tech is Azosite, which is harvested somehow from Ley Lines(although they also mention somewhere, not in this book, that what fuels their technology is from beyond the heavens and is most likely forbidden knowledge for it let's them create machines that defy this world's rules, so I dont know if they're talking about Azosite or something else they add to it). Also, at the end of the journal, we can believe that the Fontaine team in there found something that could potentially be the power source that is powering Fontaine to this day, possibly Azosite. I say this because they discovered something that could greatly help Fontaine, and since they were mentioning the Azosite power source before, I have to think it's that. Also Fontaine might have had mechanical human beings at the time??? That's just speculation though but the way they portrayed 2 of the people on the team as "children", but one of the person's teeth came in fully so that they're considered an "adult". Like first off, why would children be on that exhibition and having your teeth fully come it making you an adult isn't really a human concept. I don't know, something about that seems fishy. We also learn of this race called the Pari that was created by the goddess of flowers, who is part of an ancient race(possibly seelie) that was wiped out and transformed but she escaped the transformation somehow. The Pari fight a giant Abyss portal that apparently popped up during the cataclysm and released all the monsters. They had the help of the order of Skeptics(apparently an old Darshan at the academia that was moved by the Schwaneritter(the guard of Khaenri'ah) of how they fought to the last man defending Khaenri'an citizens, so they admired their dying wish and helped the Pari get rid of the monsters. With them, there was also a golden haired, masked swordsman, who was half monster(confirmed to be DAINSLIEF WHAAAT), and a one-armed sage(maybe Pierro?). Together, they fought and sealed the monsters off and Dainslief left with the Abyss sibling, and the one armed sage went back down into Khaenri'ah. This raises many questions because we know that Dainslief wasn't of pure blood, and he was going to turn into a monster like everyone else who lived in Khaenri'ah but didn't have pure blood, but he still managed to transform back but we don't know HOW. And did he fix it before or after he left with Abyss sibling? Also, apparently how they sealed the Abyss portal during the Cataclysm was THE ORIGINAL GOD OF HYDRO sacrificed herself while doing battle there!!!! And the God of Dendro took her body and made a tree to seal the portal off!!! And apparently later the lochfolk came later to her remains, not liking the new hydro archon, and seeing how the old hydro archon wasn't the same THAT'S when they left. So the theory of the new hydro archon killing her is apparently incorrect. But this does give an interesting theme of cleansing with hydro. Perhaps the Azosite or whatever they discovered in that workshop to get the energy source is slowly polluting Fontaine and because it's Khaenri'an, they dont know how to make it work properly. Maybe the hydro archon is scared that its from Khaenriah and thats why she is obsessed with justice, to try and act to celestia that she isnt doing anything they dont like(aka using a Khaenrian and possibly illegal power source according to celestia). Okay, those were the main huge lore drops of this quest, but there are still a bunch of interesting smaller ones too. I can't believe they revealed this much in the world quest, it makes me so excited for Fontaine! If you want to know more, you can look at all the info that released on the wiki, you can also look at playthroughs of this quest on YouTube, or you could play it yourself if you want but you said you won't do that for a while so idk. As far as I know, you don't need to do the previous world quests to do this one, because it isn't related to the previous quests and I just had to talk to Katheryne to do it. But yeah I just wanted to inform you of those super juicy lore bits!
alright there’s no way that paimon from the ares goetta can reveal all secrets of “earth wind and the abyss” and the fact mondstadt and liyue were the first regions we went to is a coincidence.
aster im just curious, are you filipino?
Summoning demons with Aster
Fun fact: if i remember correctly, It is said in the Wikipedia page for Barbatos that He, Aamon, and two other demons work for Astaroth so i wonder if Astaroth, Aamon, and Barbatos have some sort of connection.
I always thought the name Orabashi referred to Ouroboros
as a gundam fan i love their demon names
Bruh did you change your pfp again?
Apep is also another name for Apophis, who was an Egyptian god of chaos who appears as a giant serpent. Apophis/Apep opposes Ma'at, which stands for order and truth. I thought this was an interesting correlation because in Nahida's story quest we're essentially purging Apep of the destructive chaotic energy, and trying to make Apep come to terms with the truth that she should let go of the past. So perhaps in addition to taking inspiration for Apep from the Ars Goetia, maybe Hoyoverse also tried to tie it in to Egyptian mythology (which also ties in with the Sumeru region)
Throughout the 3.6 World Quests and new artifacts, we never learn of the og Hydro Archon’s Goetic name. She is only described as the Lord of Amrita, Lord of sweet dew, ruler of the realm of water, and in the tree form crafted by Rukkhadevata from her remains: Harvisptokhm.
Personally I don't think King Deshret's Ars Goetian name is Aamon. I say this because Apep calls him Amun, which is the egyptian God of air and one of the eight Primordial egyptian deities. I feel like if he did have an Ars Goetian name that Hoyo came up with, it wouldn't be the one similar to a name he already has
Btw someone also named ‘The sustainer of heavenly principles’ as Asmodeus! 😂
Iirc, Astaroth is just the "demonized" version of Astarte (who is correlated to Ishtar and Innana as well), basically from back then when Christianism had to make every other deity into demons and false idols.
"You do you booboo"
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For Tsaritsa I hope it’s Berith!
Here are some theories I have about everyone: Baal (Makoto) is at the top as the 1st King of Hell, which leads me to think she was the oldest and most powerful of the Seven. The Tsaritsa may have had the strongest connection to her as they both seem(ed) to care more about their land and people. Her loss may have been what triggered her vow of vengeance against Celestia. Next is Paimon as the 2nd King of hell, so there’s definitely more to our silver floaty friend than meets the eye.
Barbatos (Venti) is the third on the list as the 4th Earl/Duke of Hell, which makes sense because there have been several accounts of him being extremely powerful and reshaping the land around Mondstadt. Then comes Astaroth (Istaroth – one of the shades of Phanes the Primordial One) as the 14th Duke of Hell and Focalor (Hydro Archon) as the 15th Duke of Hell.
Naberius, which is mentioned as having a connection to Rhinedottir (Gold and “R” of the Hexenzirkel), is the 4th Marquis of Hell. Marchosias (Guoba) is the 7th Marquis of Hell. Decarabia (Decarabian), the 15th Marquis of Hell, was the one who founded the region of Mondstadt 2600 years ago but trapped his people behind a barrier of wind (Stormterror’s Lair area). They rebelled against him and that was when Venti (Barbatos) rose to archonhood.
Next is Buer (Nahida), the 2nd President of Hell. Morax is the 4th President/Count of Hell. I think Murata might be based on Malphas, the 7th President of Hell.
Interestingly, Amy is listed as the 11th President of Hell. That’s Fischl’s true name. Just above her on the list is Ose (Oz?), the 10th President of Hell.
I think that the Tsaritsa is Beleth, the 3rd King of Hell, and that she’ll be a catalyst user as it’s mentioned that he uses a hazel wand.
What is interesting about Deshret's title is that "Amun" is also part of the word of one of the most highly recorded and venerated Egyptian Gods, Amun-Ra who was regarded as a supreme creator deity "par excellence", and was the chief deity of the Egyptian Empire. Which also matches the reverence for Deshret by the Eremites but interesting how it also matches with a name in here