Greedfall completely passed me by so it's been interesting to get this analytical look at it, learning about Celtic mythology and a game at the same time. The mention of height as an otherworldly trait is interesting.
Also I've conditioned myself to immediately associate any mention of obsidian with Aztec culture and Tezcatlipoca. Obsidian mirrors were a tool of divination and part of the iconography of Tezcatlipoca (essentially the most important deity), an Aztec obsidian mirror was also appropriated by John Dee as a tool for communicating with spirits, so it has a part in western occultism as well. I think that can tie into the otherworld themes as well.
Glad you got something out of it! Let me know if you give it a run yourself!
Since I don't know enough about Aztec use of obsidian I hadn't mentioned any specifics about it, but thank you for sharing about that belief. I would have liked to have had a little more explanation about the use of obsidian on Native weapons and armor in Teer Fradee (outside of the fact they use it because they live on a volcanic island), but I wonder if the devs would have considered that at any point in the conceptual stage.
Greedfall completely passed me by so it's been interesting to get this analytical look at it, learning about Celtic mythology and a game at the same time. The mention of height as an otherworldly trait is interesting.
Also I've conditioned myself to immediately associate any mention of obsidian with Aztec culture and Tezcatlipoca. Obsidian mirrors were a tool of divination and part of the iconography of Tezcatlipoca (essentially the most important deity), an Aztec obsidian mirror was also appropriated by John Dee as a tool for communicating with spirits, so it has a part in western occultism as well. I think that can tie into the otherworld themes as well.
Glad you got something out of it! Let me know if you give it a run yourself!
Since I don't know enough about Aztec use of obsidian I hadn't mentioned any specifics about it, but thank you for sharing about that belief. I would have liked to have had a little more explanation about the use of obsidian on Native weapons and armor in Teer Fradee (outside of the fact they use it because they live on a volcanic island), but I wonder if the devs would have considered that at any point in the conceptual stage.