![]() ![]() ![]() On top of that, the pyro symbol is still *somewhat* square, after all, and it wouldn’t make much sense if they made the cultural inspirations *too* obvious, as the symbols have to be used all throughout Teyvat.Īnother possibility I have to consider for the Pyro symbol is that Natlan may not just be based on the Americas, or perhaps not even at all (though this seems extremely unlikely). However, upon seeing the first Google Images result for “Mayan glyph for fire”, I realized perhaps the cultural connection was not as absent as I thought. The Pyro symbol almost feels like the antithesis of that. It‘s flowy and looks like calligraphy, and despite their vast differences most Amerindian art I’ve found tends to favor contained and rounded pictures with clear outlines, usually tending towards more square shapes. After looking at various Amerindian art styles, the Pyro symbol just doesn’t fit. Of course, the most confusing and vague one is Pyro. The circular shape of the Hydro symbol and rounded curls line up. The Cryo symbol definitely reminds me of the radial patterns of rushnyk, and a friend pointed out that the Hydro symbol could allude to art nouveau, which was a popular style in France at the turn of the 20th century. I think it might also be taking cues from various floral patterns used in art and manuscripts, or maybe even the fleur-de-lis, even though that’s now more associated with France. I realized the Anemo symbol, while highly stylized, could represent a heraldic eagle, and I found that Germany, the main inspiration for Mondstadt, has a crest with an eagle. ![]() I dug around and found ancient Chinese artifacts which show similarities to the Geo symbol, which makes sense as it’s the element of ancient things buried in the earth. This got me thinking if the other element symbols could reference their cultures of inspiration. I always felt like the Geo symbol just “looked” Chinese, and while doing research to try to design a Sumeru vision casing, I stumbled upon the fact that Islamic art and architecture tend to feature a lot of geometric floral patterns and round shapes ending with points, similar to the Dendro symbol. Most of us are aware that the Electro symbol is a variation of a mitsudomoe, a common Japanese heraldic symbol. Tl dr I think the element symbols all reference art of the region’s culture of inspiration, not just the Electro symbol, and I try to use the confusingly vague Pyro symbol to get an idea of what Natlan could be based on.Īlso please give me your feedback on this idea, tell me if you think I might have missed a major cultural inspiration, or if they perhaps the elemental symbols have even more hidden inspirations, symbolism, or patterns behind them (or if you think this whole idea is a stretch lol). ![]()
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