Inspirations for the mod (The Aether)

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Much of the Aether mod has inspiration from extinct creatures and mythology. Below is a list of some examples.

The Aether

The name of the dimension comes from Aether (Ancient Greek: Αἰθήρ, lit. "brightness"), a primordial deity in Greek mythology who was the personification of the upper sky. According to Hesiod, he was the son of Erebus (Darkness) and Nyx (Night), and the brother of Hemera (Day). Aether personified the pure essence that the gods breathed, filling the space where they lived (also called "Aether"), analogous to the air breathed by mortals.

The Aether dimension itself is based on the cancelled sky dimension that was scrapped.

Zephyr

The word "Zephyr" comes from Zephyrus (Ancient Greek: Ζέφυρος, lit. "westerly wind"), a god and personification of the west wind in Greek mythology. He was the son of the dawn goddess Eos and is said to be the most gentle of the winds, associated with flowers, springtime and even procreation. In myths, he is also known for his love for the Spartan prince Hyacinth.

Moa

Moa are an extinct species of flightless birds formerly endemic to New Zealand. Moa extinction occurred within 100 years of human settlement of New Zealand, primarily due to overhunting.

The word "moa" itself is a Polynesian term for domestic fowl. The name was not in common use among the Māori by the time of European contact, likely because the bird it described had been extinct for some time, and traditional stories about it were rare. The earliest record of the name was by missionaries William Williams and William Colenso in January 1838; Colenso speculated that the birds may have resembled gigantic fowl. In 1912, Māori chief Urupeni Pūhara claimed that the moa's traditional name was "te kura" (the red bird).

Cockatrice

Cockatrice are mythical creatures traced back to the Greeks and Romans, albeit under the name "basilisk". First century CE Roman author Pliny the Elder writes about them in his book, the Natural History.

The modern word "Cockatrice" is first attested 1382 as Middle English cocatrice (“basilisk”), from Old French cocatriz, from Late Latin calcātrīx (“she who treads upon something”), from Latin calcō (“tread”), from calx (“heel, hoof”).

Valkyrie

In Norse mythology, Valkyries were a host of female figures who guided souls of the dead to the god Odin's hall Valhalla. Valkyries also appear as lovers of heroes and other mortals, where they are sometimes described as the daughters of royalty, sometimes accompanied by ravens and sometimes connected to swans or horses.

The word "Valkyrie" derives from the Old Norse valkyrja (plural valkyrjur), which is composed of two words: the noun valr (referring to the slain on the battlefield) and the verb kjósa (meaning "to choose"). Together, they mean 'chooser of the slain'.

Armor of Neptune

In Roman mythology, Neptune was the god of the sea and the Roman equivalent to the Greek god Poseidon.