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Name : Lockon Stratos (Neil Dylan)
Birthplace : Ireland
Age : 24
Birthdate : Mar. 3, 2283
What is the history of the Celtic cross?
The Celtic cross is essentially a traditional Christian cross with a circle overlying the point where the lines meet. This symbol evolved in the British Isles, and the earliest forms date from the seventh to ninth centuries in Ireland, Wales, and Scotland.
The oldest Celtic crosses were carved into large slabs of rock that lay flat on the ground. Later versions stand in an upright position, with rock carved away from the cross. Tenth-century Irish crosses were sometimes capped with a pitched roof. Celtic crosses were often decorated with interlaced knot work, spirals, key patterns, animal figures, foliage designs, and Biblical stories. Some crosses were memorials, inscribed with names of individuals; modern Celtic crosses are often used as tombstones in Irish churchyards.
Some suggest that the Celtic cross is derived from the Chi Rho symbol popularized by the Christian Roman emperor Constantine. “Chi” and rho” are the first two letters of “Christ” in Greek, and the overlapped letters are similar to the equal-limbed cross at the center of the Celtic cross.
An Irish legend tells how St. Patrick created the first Celtic cross by drawing a circle over a Latin cross to incorporate a pagan moon goddess symbol. For an Irish Catholic, the circle in the Celtic cross may be a symbol of eternity and the endlessness of God’s love. It can even represent a halo emanating from Christ.
Haro, like an angel?
In Gundam 00, the Gundam Meister Lockon Stratos has an Orange Haro that accompanies him in the Gundam Dynames’s cockpit, usually performing radar-like duties by detecting and warning Lockon of any incoming enemy units or attacks.
See also :
- Lockon Stratos no Requiem
- Irish Space Pirate Harlockon
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January 4, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Heh, nice Haro/Halo link there. Sunrise seem to be working hard to push the religious undertones (and overtones?) in Gundam 00.
The pilots themselves seem to consider themselves angels, sent by [a] Celestial Being, descending from the sky to end war (by pwning everyone . . . yeah, could be a problem there).
January 5, 2008 at 2:47 am
Maybe Haro is a cherubim