I just solved the mystery of hellsing that plauged me

FirestormXIII · Post by **FirestormXIII** » Thu Nov 14, 2002 9:32 am

I must thank everyone who contributed to this thread for having one of the few threads I've ever read in General Anime that wasn't filled with flames and blatant trolls.

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 1:16 am

damnit.

El Banana · Post by **El Banana** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 2:02 am

I'm seriously impressed... you certainly did your homework.

On a less serious note, I'm certain someone here had already linked Alucard, Hermes and Egyptian Mythos. You must've missed it... I can't remember who it was....

Good work anywat.

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 3:29 am

was it before the date of " Mon Nov 11, 2002 4:03 am"?
because that's when I made my post.

El Banana · Post by **El Banana** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 3:40 am

Well aint that the shit, it WAS you... the thought that it could've been you crossed my mind a couple of times... but I was too damn lazy to check.

Damn you and your god-awful necropost.

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 3:50 am

sry, I just needed to get some clarification. See, thats what they say in red letter in a black background during hte promo vid floating around the net, but it turns out on closer inspection that the actual words on the coffin are different, and I can't figure out what they say, so what i ask is that someone here that knows alot about hellsing (seen the aniem alot, read the manga several times) clarify what the exact phrase on the coffin is.

Propyro · Post by **Propyro** » Tue Mar 25, 2003 11:05 pm

wow ... this was one of the few threads i've seen in my short time at the org that wan't full of random crack induced ranting. But i shouldn't have to congradualte you guys for that but i will ... congradulations. Now, i had jstu finnished watching hellsing about ummm, 7 minuites ago, now i started reading this thread because i had seen it earlier and wanted to finish watchign hellsing before reading this. This stuff you ahve in here is very good, you did a lot of good research cataclysm. Now i'm jsut very unfamiliar with a lot of the works your refering to in your posts. Could somone please tell me where i should look to find these works, or maybe just a list of stuff i should search for? Thanks for any help you guys feel like giving me.

FATTY_VM · Post by **FATTY_VM** » Wed Mar 26, 2003 9:17 am

Sorry to break the pace of this thread .. but damn nice read Cat ... much appreciated, tonight ill re-watch a few of the eps in the series (o damn ...

) ... but that is a great view.

Dannywilson · Post by **Dannywilson** » Wed Mar 26, 2003 12:04 pm

UncleMilo wrote: The passing phrase "Cast in the name of God, ye not Guilty" is a mis-translation from the German... it is actually a phrase that was inscribed on the swords of the executioners... the premise was that because they were killing people in the name of the church, they were excused of the sin of murder.

ACTUALLY, this is a biblical reference. Jesus was walkin along one day, chilling with his disciples, when he was approached by the Pharisees (church bigwigs) who were testing him. They brought him a man suspected guilty of a crime, the punisment for said crime was death by stoning. Wen they asked him who should fulfill the punishment, he looked at them and said, "those of you free from sin can throw the rocks". the Pharasee's looked at him funny, gave him custody of the man, and went on their happy way, never knowing the true meaning of the phrase. The quote is taken directly form the first King James translation of the bible.

As Paul Harvey would say, "And now, you know the rest of the story."

Okami Productions · Post by **Okami Productions** » Wed Mar 26, 2003 12:49 pm

Although Im not sure about the references to other cultures I always assumed that the words were relating to Alucard's situation at Hellsing. The reference of Hermes becoming tame is in line with Alucard becoming a servant to the Hellsing family on purpose. Alucard said it himself, he put aside his pride and became a servant to the humans. Thats how I always interpruted those words, I never really thought any deeper into it than that.