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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* Oz and his partner Zo are two different lions from different mythologies joined into one body. | * Oz and his partner Zo are two different lions from different mythologies joined into one body. | ||
** Oz is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Cowardly_Lion| | ** Oz is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Cowardly_Lion|Cowardly Lion]] from the story [[Wikipedia:The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz|The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]] written by American author [[Wikipedia:L._Frank_Baum|Lyman Frank Braum]], with [[Wikipedia:Land_of_Oz|Oz]] being the name of the land the story occurs in and is also a moniker the Wizard uses, whose real name was [[Wikipedia:Oscar_Diggs|Oscar Diggs]]. | ||
*** Oz's [[ | *** Oz's [[Sacred Artifact]], the Emerald Bottle, is both a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Emerald_City|Emerald City]] where the main group had to reach to talk to the Wizard and the dish of an unknown liquid the Wizard gives the Cowardly Lion, saying that it was "liquid courage". | ||
*** His desire of reaching space is a reference to the song of "[[Wikipedia:Over_the_Rainbow|Over the Rainbow]]" where the main protagonist [[Wikipedia:Dorothy_Gale|Dorothy]] longed for a place far from troubles, somewhere beyond the rain and behind the moon. | *** His desire of reaching space is a reference to the song of "[[Wikipedia:Over_the_Rainbow|Over the Rainbow]]" where the main protagonist [[Wikipedia:Dorothy_Gale|Dorothy]] longed for a place far from troubles, somewhere beyond the rain and behind the moon. | ||
** Zo is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Nemean_lion|Nemean Lion]], a creature born from [[Typhon]] and his consort [[Wikipedia:Echidna_(mythology)|Echidna]]. One of the most famous stories involving the Lion was in the [[Wikipedia:Labours_of_Hercules|Twelve Labours of Heracles]]. The Lion was the first trial [[Heracles]] had to face and turned into a loincloth after its defeat. | ** Zo is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Nemean_lion|Nemean Lion]], a creature born from [[Typhon]] and his consort [[Wikipedia:Echidna_(mythology)|Echidna]]. One of the most famous stories involving the Lion was in the [[Wikipedia:Labours_of_Hercules|Twelve Labours of Heracles]]. The Lion was the first trial [[Heracles]] had to face and turned into a loincloth after its defeat. | ||