Plane chart
From KanzakaDex
The image shown in the thumbnail appeared in the opening credits of Slayers TRY.
It shows images representing the Lord of Nightmares, Chaotic Blue, Death Fog, Ruby Eye Shabranigdu, and Dark Star Dugradigdu. Below Ruby Eye Shabranigdu, images are shown representing Hellmaster Fibrizo, Greater Beast Zelas Metallium, Dynast Grausherra, Chaos Dragon Garv, and Deep Sea Dolphin.
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[edit] Futhark Runes
This diagram was provided by Xelloss of Slayers Universe.[1] He did not note his specific source for the image. It contains Futhark runes; in theory, these could be translated to provide romanized spellings.
There are a few problems in translating this diagram. The first difficulty is posed by the fact that the runes are not carefully oriented. Specifically, the "D" used in Deep Sea Dolphin's name is sideways, and the rune used for "A" (drawn from Danish Futhork) is drawn reversed in several situations, turning it into an "N" in the same alphabet.
Secondly, letters from several different runic alphabets are used, making the alphabet unique to Slayers. In particular, the diagram appears to draw most of its letters from a combination of Elder Futhark, Medieval Futhark, and Younger Futhork. This poses additional problems in translating, as different characters are drawn in similar ways in different alphabets and over time. The explanation below explains which runes are presumed to be used in this diagram, and in which alphabet the rune originates.
As a further oddity, the runes for Ruby Eye Shabranigdu spell out his name, Shabranigdu, and not his title, Ruby Eye. However, the runes for Dark Star Dugradigdu spell out the title, Dark Star, and not his name, Dugradigdu.
[edit] Futhark Runes In This Diagram
- A: drawn from the Younger Futhork version of Jēran[2] (specifically appearing in Danish Futhork[3]). In several situations, this rune appears to have been erroneously reversed, turning it into the letter "N". These will be noted below.
- B: drawn from the Elder Futhark Berkanan[4]. This rune is oriented correctly and used consistently throughout.
- D: drawn from Dagaz[5], but drawn sideways in some of its occurrences. No other rune looks like Dagaz, however, so all of these will be interpreted as simple errors in rendering the rune. All such errors are noted below.
- E: drawn from Ehwaz[6]. This rune is oriented correctly and used consistently throughout.
- F: drawn from Fehu[7]. This rune is oriented correctly and used consistently throughout.
- G: drawn from Gyfu[8]. This rune is oriented correctly and used consistently throughout.
- H: derived from Haglaz[9], but appears as the Younger Futhork version of the rune common to Danish and Norwegian Futhork.[10]
- I: drawn from Isaz[11]. This rune is oriented correctly and is used consistently throughout.
- K: derived from Kaunan, but specifically matches Kaun in Old Norse.[12] It is a form common to three of the Younger Futhork alphabets: Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish-Norwegian Futhork.[13] This rune is oriented correctly and used consistently throughout.
- L: drawn from Laguz[14]. This rune is oriented correctly and is used consistently throughout.
- M: derived from Mannaz, but specifically matches Maðr in Old Norse.[15] The version used is one from the Norwegian version of Younger Futhork[16], and the rune is oriented correctly and used consistently throughout.
- N: drawn from Naudiz[17]. This rune is oriented correctly throughout. However, on several occasions, the rune used for "A" is reversed, making it match "N". Therefore, while all occurrences of "N" appear to consistently use this rune, not all uses of this rune appear to be intended to be read as "N".
- O: derived from Ansuz, which was originally usually transliterated as "A". However, in Old Norse, this rune was called "Óss", and is properly transliterated as "O".[18] Because of its consistent usage as "O" in the Plane Chart diagram, this letter has been transcribed as "O" where it appears.
- P: drawn from Peorð.[19] This character is used once, and is oriented correctly.
- R: sometimes drawn from Raido[20], and written in correct orientation when used. Other appearances of "R" derive from the Yr Rune in Younger Futhork[21].
- S: drawn from the later version of Sowilo in Elder Futhark.[22] This rune is oriented correctly and used consistently throughout; a reversed version of this rune (the Anglo-Saxon version Sigel, derived from this rune) appears to be used in place of "Z".
- T: drawn from Tiwaz.[23] This rune is oriented correctly and used consistently throughout.
- Th: drawn from Thurisaz.[24] This rune may have been used correctly in the spelling of Death Fog; if so, it is drawn poorly, so that it looks more like Wynn[25], which is also used in this diagram in the Futhark spelling of Dynast Grausherra.
- U: drawn from Ur.[26] This is drawn correctly (though the form more closely matches that shown on this page than that shown on wikipedia) and used consistently throughout.
- W: drawn from Wynn[27], and apparently used once in this diagram. Note that the single use of Thurisaz[28] for Th in the diagram is drawn poorly, and looks very much like the single usage of this rune.
- Z: drawn from the later version of Sowilo in Elder Futhark[29], the rune apparently used to represent "Z" is a reversed version of the rune used to represent the letter "S" in the diagram. A more standard version of Z in Elder Futhark would be Algiz[30], but this developed over time into an "R" sound (Yr) and has already been used in the diagram to represent the letter "R" in some appearances. Because this letter is used consistently in places where Katakana versions of names would lead the letter "Z" to be expected, it is assumed below that the reversal of the rune is intentional and intended to change the interpretation of the letter.
[edit] Translation
- Load of Nightmare (Literal translation: Loadofnightmnre. The letter "D" is incorrectly oriented, and the reversal of the character used for "A" in the final word is assumed to be an error. The first word would normally be assumed to read "Lord", but the character used is clearly an "A", not an "R" in any form. With these changes, the name is rendered as Loadofnightmare.)
- Kaos (Literal translation: Knos. The reversal of the character used for "A" is assumed to be an error, and thus this is rendered as Kaos.)
Starting at the top, then proceeding clockwise:
- Kaotik blue (Literal translation: Kaotikblue)
- Dark star (Literal translation: Darkstar. The first "R" is derived from Yr, the second from Raido).
- Shabraigdu (Literal translation: Shnbraigdu. The reversal of the character used for "A" is assumed to be an error, and thus this is rendered as Shabraigdu. The letter "R" is derived from Yr.)
- Death fog (Literal translation: Deawfog. The rendition of Thurisaz ("Th") is sloppy, leading it to look more like Wynn ("W"). This is presumed to be unintentional, and the translation is therefore assumed to be intended to read Deathfog.)
Beginning in the upper right hand corner beneath the symbol for Ruby Eye Shabranigdu, proceeding clockwise, then moving to the center:
- Glowsherah (Literal translation: Glowsherah. The symbol used for "W" looks the same as that apparently used for Th in "Deathfog." However, here it is assumed to be correctly drawn and represent Wynn, and is therefore read as "W". The letter "R" is derived from Yr.)
- Zelas metaeum (Literal translation: Selasmetneum The reversal of the character used for "A" is assumed to be an error, but the reversal of the "S" is consistent with its usage in Hellmaster's name, and is therefore presumed to be an attempt to represent "Z". This is therefore assumed to read Zelasmetaeum.)
- Gahrf (Literal translation: Gahrf. The letter "R" is derived from Yr.)
- Dalphin (Literal translation: Dnlphin. The image is the least clear for these runes, so the translation is made based on best attempts to read them. The rune for "D" is oriented incorrectly, and the reversal of the character for "A" is presumed to be unintentional. The character used where the terminal "N" should be is very sloppy, and looks like the rune used for "G". However, the image is not clear enough to conclude that "G" is the intended reading, and the reading of "N" cannot be ruled out. This is therefore assumed to be intended as Dalphin.)
- Fibrizo (Literal translation: Fibriso. The letter "R" is derived from Yr. The reversal of the rune for "S" is consistent with that used for Zelas Metallium, and is therefore believed to change the intended reading to "Z". The runes are therefore interpreted as Fibrizo.)
[edit] Ars Goetia
The diagram also shows images from the Ars Goetia that correspond to the different mazoku sublords.
