Legendary and Mythic References in Overwatch

FPS of Blizzard, Overwatch has become popular and dear to the hearts of many players through its universe and its characters.

If the universe of the game wants to be modern or even futuristic with fantasy, we can however find some inspirations from legends and myths mainly in the some character skins.

Anna

Bastet : this skin is named after the egyptian pussy goddess, protector of homes and women.

Ghoul : a reference to fearsome ghouls of Arabian and Persian mythsof the scavenger demons.

Horus : another name of egyptian godthat of son of’Osiris and D’isis.

Baptist

Vampire : the name of the vampires, formidable creatures of the nightdrinking the blood of their victims,

Cassidy

Undead : we can see an allusion to the zombiethe most famous undead.

Van Helsing : if the name does not come from a legendary character but from theauthor Bram Stockerit is associated with that of Draculaalso an invented character but having its origins in the terrible Count Vlad Tepes.

D.va

Shin Ryeong : if the name does not come from a precise mythical creature, gods and spirits are called shin in Korean.

Echo

Vampire : with this skin Echo becomes a vampire, one of those famous creatures of the night.

Genji

Baihu : this is the name of White Tiger, one of the four Chinese constellation symbols.

Oni : this skin is named after the race of ogres from Japanese folklore.

Hanzo

Dai Tengu : we find in the name a mention to tengu them raven-men from japanese folklore.

Devil : a generalist name, that of demonstraditionally placed creatures opposite of angels In Occident and chiefly gods as in theHinduism.

Dragon : a reference to the most famous legendary creatures, in the case of Hanzo with chinese dragonwith very different descriptions and symbols from Western ones.

Okami : this is not a reference to another game, but to the japanese kamithe white wolf god sometimes at fire skin.

Kiriko

witch : a skin whose name means witch in French.

May

Exchange : it is the name of the companion of the famous Houyi (Where archer Yi) of the chinese legends who resides forever on the moon.

jiangshi : this is the name of chinese legendary creatures, sucking life energy from their victims.

Mercy / Angel

Devil : a skin in opposition to what Mercy normally is, making her look from angel to demon.

Dragon : a skin giving it the look of dragon.

Sigrun : Mercy being often associated or compared to Valkyriesone of his skins is named after one of them, mentioned in theEdda.

Valkyrie : the name of Valkyries, warriors in the service ofOdinresponsible for choose the warriors who will join the Valhalla while waiting for Ragnarok.

Witch: healer, Mercy could be seen in other contexts as a witchhence the name of this skin.

Moira

banshee : Celtic spirit, the banshee is a returning whose cry freezes the blood and announces imminent death.

Pharah

Anubis : the name of Egyptian embalming god Anubis with jackal head.

Quiglong : the name of eastern chinese azure dragonalso belonging to chinese zodiac.

Thunderbird : with this skin Pharah abandons ancient Egypt for thethunderbird from Native American myths.

Reaper / Reaper

Dracula : this skin is named after the Vampire by Bram Stockerwhich has its origins in thestory of Count Vlad Tepes.

pumpkin : with a pumpkin on the headthis skin refers to the character Jack O’Lantern from a irish tale.

Symmetra

Devi : this skin giving him a divine look bears the name of Devasthem hindu gods.

Dragon : this skin makes Symmetra look like hand strap.

Winston

werewolf : the English name of lycans Where werewolves.

wukong : this skin is named after Sun Wukongthe famous monkey king from chinese story Journey to the West.

Wrecking Ball / Bouldozer

Jack O’Lantern : this skin is named after the Celtic tale character, Jack O’Lantern at the origin of the pumpkin tradition of Halloween.

Zarya

Xuanwu : this skin is named after the one we also know as xuandione of chinese deities of taoismmastering the elements.

Zenyatta

Djinnyatta : the name of this skin is based on jinnthe name of arab spirits.

Ifrit : this skin is named after fire jinn from arabic myths.

Ra : With this skin, Zenyatta takes the form of Rathe egyptian sun god.

Sanzang : in the Chinese tale the Journey to the WestSanzang is the monk to complete an initiatory journeyaccompanied among others by Sun Wukong.

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