Wolf and lamb inspired by Hel?

Boomerangbro·Sep 14, 2015·2 votes·2,883 views

This is Hel. https://www.smitefire.com/images/god/card/hel.png Norse goddess of the underworld. She is one being with split conflicting personalities. A light side and a dark side. The light side is caring and forgiving and loving, while her dark side is hate filled and judgmental.

With the new lamb and wolf trailer released, I can't help but wondering if this champ was inspired by Hel. Light and dark. An entity with conflicting split personalities that is speculated to be related to the dead, just like Hel. Heck, she even has a wolf as part of her outfit.

This is a pretty reasonable conclusion to draw, as they are almost one and the same. It would be great to see a champ with a conflicting personality. I can't wait.

15 Comments

BoulderoxSep 14, 20156 votes

to be fair, it was teased that "everyone met them" and was hated. death is the large thing i walk away from with. and the teaser in pbe occurs on death... so i'm game.

JubbinautSep 14, 20151 votes

To be fair, this dualistic idea tends to be pretty common with death deities.

SexySoapTurtleSep 14, 20152 votes

I wasn't aware smite patented all light and dark characters

BoomerangbroSep 14, 20156 votes

I wasn't aware that you didn't know that Hel is an actual goddess in Norse mythology and that Smite only takes said mythology and turns it into art.

SexySoapTurtleSep 14, 20151 votes

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I wasn't aware that you didn't know that Hel is an actual goddess in Norse mythology and that Smite only takes said mythology and turns it into art.

I have played smite... And i do know who hel is.

redniwediSSep 14, 20152 votes

Then why bring up Smite when the OP is talking about Norse mythology only?

SexySoapTurtleSep 14, 20152 votes

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Then why bring up Smite when the OP is talking about Norse mythology only?

Shit you're right. I'm sorry for being a dumbfuck. I admit i was wrong.

ShortySep 14, 20151 votes

I mean it's about as inspired by Hel as it is by the ice climbers

If anything it's actually inspired by horrific old fashioned fairy tales

BurserkRexSep 14, 20151 votes

iv been looking but havent been able to find the lore of a lonly person splitting into two people or a wolf and a lamb to be more specific. this is the second time iv ever seen something use this type of history makeing me think that this is some form of fable/legend. if any one watches bleach then they had a character just like this trailer. he was so strong that those around him died becuase they could not handle being near him. so out of lonlyness he split himself in two so he had a companion that could always be near him and at the same time weaken him so that he didnt hurt all those around him. im speaking of coyote stark from bleach.

CaptnJakSparrowSep 15, 20151 votes

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iv been looking but havent been able to find the lore of a lonly person splitting into two people or a wolf and a lamb to be more specific. this is the second time iv ever seen something use this type of history makeing me think that this is some form of fable/legend. if any one watches bleach then they had a character just like this trailer. he was so strong that those around him died becuase they could not handle being near him. so out of lonlyness he split himself in two so he had a companion that could always be near him and at the same time weaken him so that he didnt hurt all those around him. im speaking of coyote stark from bleach.

It's scottish lore.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wolf_and_the_Lamb

I'm surprised nobody knows of Aesop.

BurserkRexSep 15, 20151 votes

i saw that when looking but i didnt see anything in that lore about a tale of lonlyness where one split into two beings.

CaptnJakSparrowSep 15, 20151 votes

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i saw that when looking but i didnt see anything in that lore about a tale of lonlyness where one split into two beings.

The particular loneliness is not in any lore.

However, lamb and wolves are and have a major impact on most religions and death in general.

The character in question is death.

Death split himself in two.

His personality took on two different aspects.

The wolf:

Childish, misunderstood, only doing what its instincts tell it to do. Prone to anger and violence ((ID))

"The lone wolf."

Lamb:

The sacrificial part of death. Calm, collected, reasoning.

The original character is in fact the wolf.

the lamb was created when he "chopped himself" in half.

JubbinautSep 15, 20151 votes

That story, though, isn't even remotely similar to these references.

Ironclad DragonSep 15, 20151 votes

Dualistic characters are a common trope.

SEKAISep 15, 20151 votes

Meh I have seen better fleshed out duality personality in yandere tropes.

I think Lamb and Wolf actually has a slight role reversal, where the Lamb sounds somewhat evil while the Wolf seems to be a loyal and unthinking brute who follows the former.