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*He is based on Gautama Buddha Siddhartha, founder of Buddhism whose teachings sought a path to freedom from ignorance, craving, rebirth and suffering. | *He is based on Gautama Buddha Siddhartha, founder of Buddhism whose teachings sought a path to freedom from ignorance, craving, rebirth and suffering. | ||
*The name is derived from Willis George Emerson's novel, '''''The Smoky God''''', or '''''A Voyage Journey to the Inner Earth'''''. | *The name is derived from Willis George Emerson's novel, '''''The Smoky God''''', or '''''A Voyage Journey to the Inner Earth'''''. | ||
**The novel describes the adventures of Olaf Jansen, a Norwegian sailor who sailed with his father through an entrance to the Earth's interior at the North Pole and encountered a civilization named Agartha. | **The novel describes the adventures of Olaf Jansen, a Norwegian sailor who sailed with his father through an entrance to the Earth's interior at the North Pole and encountered a civilization named Agartha. | ||
** The name Agartha is conflated with the name Shambhala, which is a Buddhist kingdom akin to a paradise. This could tie-in another connection between the literary and Buddhist references of Smoky God. | |||
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