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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
* Otter is based on | * Otter is based on an otter in Ainu mythology that was tasked by the creator god to pass on a message to the deity that will be taking their place in creating the perfect humans, the otter agreed but due to its nature, it quickly forgot and caused the humans to be made imperfectly, as punishment, the creator god cursed otters with short memory and the Ainu people were warned to not eat the heads of otters lest they acquire the curse. | ||
** Due to being disliked in his world, Otter took on the persona of an animal (usually a mongoose or otter) that is related to the Egyptian goddess Wadjet, who was venerated as a great goddess with her domain being the Nile Delta. | ** Due to being disliked in his world, Otter took on the persona of an animal (usually a mongoose or otter) that is related to the Egyptian goddess Wadjet, who was venerated as a great goddess with her domain being the Nile Delta. | ||
*** Wadjet, known as the protector of kings and childbirth, was said to be [[Horus]]'s nurse and protected him, together with his mother Isis, from Seth as they took refuge in the swamps of the Nile Delta where one of his sanctuaries exist. | *** Wadjet, known as the protector of kings and childbirth, was said to be [[Horus]]'s nurse and protected him, together with his mother Isis, from Seth as they took refuge in the swamps of the Nile Delta where one of his sanctuaries exist. | ||