World History and Culter in WoT

[mustangman]

I've always loved how James worked a mix of the world's past

cultures into the vivid and unique WoT world

 

I thought it would be interesting to list out the things

we've picked up in the story that came from real world.

 

List em up .....

 

 

1. The Wheel of Time concept itself is a Mayan belief.

 

2. Aiel use Zulu weapons and battle tatics, but have a native american

flare to their dress and food, while following Japanese traditions of "duty and honor" above all else.

 

3. Matt's spear/sword is a medieval Japanese weapon

 

4. Two Rivers long bow is from medieval England

 

5. Seanchan where Japanese style armor and chinese style ships

 

6. Rand'd sword is Samaria sword

 

7. Boderland saying "Duty is heavier than mountain Death is lighter than feather"

was the Japanese imperial navy moto in WW-II

 

8. Lots of hidden references to King Arthur from the Camelot story.

like, Artur Hawkking and King Arthur was known as the Dragon in the Camelot story.

 

9. The Source reminds of the "The Force" from the Star Wars movies.

 

10. Cairhien practice of shaving forehead is old Chinese custom.

 

 

 

What have yall seen ? ? ?

[Mr Ares]

What have yall seen ? ? ?

This thread before.

[mustangman]

hmmmm

 

Did a search before posting and couldnt find it. .........

[Mr Ares]

Then you searched for the wrong thing. Here's WOT FAQ's section on the same subject. Enjoy. http://www.siliconcerebrate.com/faqs/wotfaq/3_sources/index.html

[dholm]

The WOTFAQ doesn't list all of them.

 

The five elements in Japanese philosophy, godai, is heavily incorporated into the Wheel of Time.

 

They are Chi, Ji or Tsuchi (Earth), Ka or Hi (Fire), Fū or Kaze (Wind), Sui or Mizu (Water), and Kū or Sora (Void). The latter enables warriors to perform great feats when properly attuned.

 

You can read more on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godai

[Durinax]

Heavy calvalry also seems to be the Crusader Knights type deal, cant recall specifically which type