Start here for a quick overview of the site Anybody can answer Asclepius was the son of the more commonly recgonized Apollo. Fullmetal Alchemist features a range of killer characters, symbols, mythology, and magic elements that make bad ass tattoo applications. This symbol is known as an How it relates to the Homunculi of the show is pretty self-explanatory. Scar fights Wrath. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.Hohenheim uses alchemy in order to walk across water.

An Ishvalan survivor of the Ishvalan Civil War, Scar's moniker comes from the large X-shaped scar on his forehead and sports a conspicuous and intricate alc… More to come...Thanks a lot everyone, I'm glad you found it interesting. Yeah, that's an example of the rebirth process. So altogether they carry Roman (christinaty), Greek and Persian (Zoroastriaism) power.it's very interesting & i have learned so many thing's when u discuss this topic..i'd really like this anime and i think there are so many thing's to be discover on this anime..funny how this writer of this anime could make a manga like this it's awesome !..that guy have a different side of imagination but not only that but also has a different perspective of what's real in this world.In the old series, on the opening, where they show the picture of Edward and alphonse when they were little, you will find there is a book cover slightly seen, which says "Dawn" at the end, actually it refers to a very old alchemical book regarding the philosopher's stone, "The age of the golden dawn".....another symbol is that Edward's look,He has gold coloured eyes and hair, which according to early alchemists, the philosophers stone was supposed to make, he is highly intelligent , joined the millitary at a very young age, his long coat is the colour of the philosopher's stone, and the black jacket and white / silver ends are also the colour that takes part in the reaction, in short he represents the philosopher's stone... his attitude is exactly the same as an alchemist named paracelsus von hoenheim, who in this series exist as his father.In brotherhood, Bradley is Wrath and his son is Pride.I remember reading this months ago before I knew about hubpages! Saved by Armando Diaz. Knowing full well that his actions go against many of the teachings of his religion, he still fashions himself an agent of However, vestiges of his former life's kinder nature are prone to seep through. So probabely the author wanted to transfer some meaning considering real historical and current events happening in the world. The secrets of life are only hidden from those not willing to seek them out.

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Fuehrer King Bradley doesn't like God. Voted Up and awesomeVery interesting comparisons, indeed.

Well the arm with the tattoo is acually his brothers arm and has a transmutation circle to create the philosophers stone.Yeah, I felt sad too, but I went on with the rest of the series. It's probably the least subtle of the series' themes, so let's get it out of the way first: The main antagonist's name is Father, he dresses entirely in white, he fulfills the role as a powerful creator, and he kind of has a Jesus haircut going there. As the truth is little more than our interpretation of life given the knowledge we seek out for our selves. For oneself. ... Fullmetal Otaku.

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His solution? In Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, the bloody Ishval Civil War is the focal point for the series' darkest themes, war, hatred, sacrifice -- it's a tragic affair. Of course, these seven concepts have been popularized as sins by the historic poet Dante (which is probably why in the 2003 series the counterpart to the Father character is named as such), but their origin actually far pre-dates Dante's In the fourth century, there was a Christian ascetic monk by the name of Evagrius Ponticus.His list was a little bit different than the list we have today. But then the Amestrian army came to kill Ishbalans.

In the same way dwarf in the flask tried to be perfect but for all his boasting was not and in the end was condemned for it. Sounds like something Old Testament.Owen Sanders, you comment made me realize something.

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