{"id":185788,"date":"2021-02-04T20:35:46","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T20:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/persona-5-hanged-man-arcana\/"},"modified":"2021-02-04T20:35:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T20:35:46","slug":"persona-5-myths-and-meaning-of-the-hanged-man-arcana-game-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/02\/04\/persona-5-myths-and-meaning-of-the-hanged-man-arcana-game-rant\/","title":{"rendered":"Persona 5: Myths and Meaning of the Hanged Man Arcana | Game Rant"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

<\/figure>\n

The Hanged Man often has the reputation of being the ill omen of the tarot’s major arcana, and while\u00a0the card isn’t inherently sinister, it represents trials, sacrifice, and the wisdom earned from both. So even though the Hanged-Man arcana is superficially associated with outlaws, its values more accurately apply to martyr figures.\u00a0Persona 5<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Persona 5 Royal<\/em><\/strong> feature Munehisa\u00a0Iwai as the arcana’s confidant, the owner of the Shibuya’s model gun shop,\u00a0Untouchables. As a representative of the\u00a0Hanged Man, Iwai’s history with the yakuza represents hard\u00a0won wisdom and underworld insight. And, as usual, his\u00a0predicament represents\u00a0a reversal of the Hanged Man’s virtues, which includes naivete\u00a0and selfishness.<\/p>\n

Despite Iwai’s yakuza experiences, he believes that he can outmaneuver his old rival, Tsuda, and keep his past a secret from his adopted son, Kaoru. In a sense, Iwai is trying to selfishly protect himself from Kaoru’s judgment, but frames his decision as a means of protecting Kaoru from the dangers of his past. Joker manages to sort things out with Tsuda via a change of heart, and his interactions help Iwai open up to Kaoru. The\u00a0Persona<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>series has a history of Hanged-Man confidants who are torn between two opposing\u00a0forces, like\u00a0fighting parents, or baseless guilt tugging at a survivor.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Persona 5: Spin the Wheel of Fortune Arcana<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Most of the personas in the Hanged Man are based on demons, and they are notable for their high survivability and abilities that allow them to endure a gauntlet of abuse. If Joker seems fragile, adding a Hanged Man persona to his roster may help. Most of the mythology surrounding the personas also pertain to truly savage punishment or major league body horror, and the following stories are not for the squeamish.<\/p>\n

<\/figure>\n

According to Greek mythology, Hecatoncheires were monstrous\u00a0triplets\u00a0born from the union of the titans, Uranus and Gaia. Their names were\u00a0Briareus (the vigorous), Cottus (the furious), and Gyges (the large-limbed), but they all shared the same distinction of being giants with fifty heads and one hundred arms apiece. The name Hecatoncheire literally translates to “hundred-handed ones.” At first blush, the lore behind them seems fairly standard; Greeks attributed earthquakes and tsunamis to their monstrous strength, as they supposedly dwell in the depths of Tartarus, and their absence from\u00a0Hades<\/em> is quite a missed opportunity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Even though the Chariot, Emperor, and Justice personas have some grim histories<\/a>, they pale in the face of the Hanged Man’s demonic offerings, and how the hundred-handed ones ended up in the underworld is quite a story. When the terrible triplets were born, their father, Uranus, immediately sensed their immense power and malignant nature.\u00a0Sanitized accounts of the story describe Uranus\u00a0immediately banishing his children to Tartarus, but another version of the story states that Uranus forcibly put them back into Gaia’s womb, and Gaia was subsequently banished to Tartarus through Cronus’ trickery. Zeus later frees the monsters from Tartarus in his war against the Titans.<\/p>\n

It is unclear what forbidden knowledge Hecatoncheires is supposed to have received from their hardships, but they are consistent with Persona<\/em>‘s themes\u00a0for Hanged Man\u00a0personas possessing major staying power and big league body horror.<\/p>\n

<\/figure>\n

Moloch is a famous demon whose name has become synonymous with evil, much like Lucifer and Satan. And for good reason. Moloch was an ancient Canaanite deity, condemned in the Old Testament as a false idol for his believers practicing ritualistic child sacrifice.\u00a0There is actually an ongoing debate between religious theologians as to whether Moloch’s name refers to a specific deity, or the specific means of ritual sacrifice via fire.\u00a0\u00a0While extremely dark, even by Persona<\/em>‘s transgressive standards<\/a>, Moloch is a good thematic representative of the Hanged Man, as he would supposedly bless his followers with magical abilities, forbidden wisdom, and other deal-with-the-devil-grade rewards in exchange for their sacrifices.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Persona 5: The Secrets of the Reclusive Hermit Arcana<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Assuming Moloch referred to a specific entity, he is believed to be a male fertility deity, and may share a common root with other ancient deities dubbed abominations by Judaism, including Anamelech, and Adrammelek. Moloch is one of several demons appearing in Milton’s Paradise Lost<\/em> as one of Lucifer’s defeated lieutenants in the war of rebellion against heaven.\u00a0He is also believed to share a connection with the fallen angel, Belphegor,\u00a0causally known\u00a0as “The Toilet Demon”<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0Persona<\/em>\u00a0fans.<\/p>\n

<\/figure>\n

As if Persona<\/em> did not have enough Freudian nightmares, the most powerful Hanged Man persona is Attis: a\u00a0deity born from the castration of another deity, who later castrated himself, died, and in so doing achieved immortality. His origin story states the demon, Agdistis, possessed both male and female genitalia, but was castrated and became Cybele. Agdistis’ discarded organs grew into a almond tree. Then, a maiden named Nana picked an almond from the tree, placed it on her bosom, and the almond sank into her flesh and made her pregnant. Nana abandoned the baby, Attis, who was then raised by a he-goat. Then things get a bit strange.<\/p>\n

Attis was devastatingly handsome, and fated to be married to the daughter of a king\u2014by some accounts, King Midas\u2014but before the marriage could be officiated, he saw Cybele, and was driven madly in\u00a0love with her. So madly, that to prevent himself from being married to Midas’ daughter, he castrated himself, bled out, and died. But Cybele\/Agdistis preserved Attis’ body, and declared that it would never suffer rot or decay. Thus, with a disturbing tragedy to rival\u00a0The Last of Us 2<\/em><\/a>, the mystery cult of Attis was born, and fittingly enough, its male adherents were eunuchs.<\/p>\n

While not nearly as abhorrent as Moloch’s legacy of child sacrifice, the bizarre cycle of self-mutilation, Oedipal\u00a0sexual attraction, and androgynous deities makes Attis a more fitting pick for Persona 5<\/em>‘s representation of the Hanged Man. His character design conveys the sacrifice he represents in a surprisingly coy way, by showing a broken body, its separated limbs shroud in bands of cloth, like a mummy. It is hard to believe that Attis belongs to the same\u00a0series as mascot characters like Morgana and Teddy<\/a>, but Persona<\/em> has never shied from strangeness.<\/p>\n

Persona 5\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>and\u00a0Persona 5 Royal\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>are available now for PlayStation 4.<\/p>\n

MORE: Persona 5 Royal: The 10 Best Gifts You Can Give Hifumi<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n

\\\"IT\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2
\u7acb\u523b\u8a3b\u518a\u53ca\u5831\u540d\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2\u8ab2\u7a0b\u5427!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<\/br>Find A Teacher Form:\r\n<\/br>https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1vREBnX5n262umf4wU5U2pyTwvk9O-JrAgblA-wH9GFQ\/viewform?edit_requested=true#responses\r\n<\/br><\/br>Email:\r\n<\/br>public1989two@gmail.com






\r\nwww.itsec.hk<\/a>
\r\nwww.itsec.vip<\/a>
\r\nwww.itseceu.uk<\/a>
<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Join for another look at the legends and lore behind Persona 5’s major arcana, this time taking stock of the surrendered, sacrificial Hanged Man.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":667,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Persona 5: Myths and Meaning of the Hanged Man Arcana | Game Rant - ITTeacherITFreelance.hk","description":"Join for another look at the legends and lore behind Persona 5's major arcana, this time taking stock of the surrendered, sacrificial Hanged Man."},"footnotes":""},"categories":[607],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185788"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/667"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185788"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185789,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185788\/revisions\/185789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}