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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* Hombre Tigre is based on Aztec | * Hombre Tigre is based on a legend from the [[Wikipedia:Quechua_people|Quechua people]] called [[Wikipedia:Runa_uturuncu|Runa uturuncu]], also known as Uturunco, Hombre-Tigre or Hombre-Puma, where it is known to be able to transform into a large tiger or puma. | ||
* | ** He is also based on the Aztec deity of earthquakes and jaguars named [[Wikipedia:Tepēyōllōtl|Tepēyōllōtl]]. | ||
* Hombre Tigre, through his origins in Tepēyōllōtl, has strong connections to {{Transient icon|Tezcatlipoca}}. | |||
** Tepēyōllōtl was known to be worn by Tezcatlipoca as a disguise to trick the other gods into not knowing who he was. | |||
** The Aztec deity was known to be depicted as a jaguar leaping towards the sun; with Tezcatlipoca known as the first sun. | |||
** Tepēyōllōtl's name is derived from two Nahuatl words that mean "mountain" and "heart", as a connection to how in-game Hombre Tigre's heart was sacrificed for Tezcatlipoca and replaced with his [[Sacred Artifact]]. | |||
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