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| − | + | '''All-Mother''', commonly referred to as '''The Goddess''', is a fertility goddess worshiped by the [[Nora]] [[tribe]]. She represents the creation of life in general, and for them, is physically embodied in their world as [[All-Mother Mountain|a sacred mountain]]. They direct their prayers towards this mountain, for they believe that this is where all life came from.<ref>''Game Informer #82: Woman vs. Machine''</ref> |
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| − | In reality, the basis of the All-Mother and the Nora religion comes from the GAIA facility access door located inside a cave of the Embrace. The Nora have mistaken the door's non-sentient, synthetic female voice for the voice of the All-Mother. |
+ | In reality, the basis of the All-Mother and the Nora religion comes from the [[GAIA]] facility access door located inside a cave of [[the Embrace]]. The Nora have mistaken the door's non-sentient, synthetic female voice for the voice of the All-Mother. |
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| + | {{Quote|In the beginning… all life came from All-Mother. People, [[Machine]]s, and beasts--all were Her children. They lived alongside each other in the comfort of Her wild [[Embrace]]. But some grew restless. Though they took of Her bounty, they wanted more. These were the faithless. The Machines had whispered to them, promised to serve them. To make them a new world, better than the one All-Mother provided! A world of Metal. Mmm. They told the faithless they would do all the work for them. Feed them, shelter them… give them a life of ease, of plenty. And so the faithless left with the Machines. Only the true children - the mothers and fathers of the Nora - stayed with All-Mother. At first, the Machines did as they had promised. They built cities, great and terrible. Monuments to their sins. But they would not serve the faithless for long. A king rose up among the Machines, a Machine more powerful than any other. The [[Metal Devil]]! And then the faithless served him. Served the Machines. That was not enough for the Metal Devil. He wanted all to serve him, and tried to tempt the true children away from All-Mother. They would not go. They gathered on the mountainside to cling to Her, and prayed, more devoted than ever. The Metal Devil raged louder than thunder. In his fury, he came to confront All-Mother, intending to kill her! She struck him down, forever. As you know, for his lifeless body is up there still, frozen in shame and defeat. The Machines were [[Derangement|driven mad]] by the death of their king, and their minds became wild as beasts. The faithless abandoned their cities, forced to wander the world without the care of the Machines. Only we remain the true children of All-Mother. We built all this with the hands that She gave us. Machines are to be hunted. Metal, to be used for scrap, for Makings-- but never to be adored. And we stay true to Her laws, resolute in our prayers, don’t we? For the dangers are never over.|Nora Matriarch during the [[Proving]]}} |
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| + | ==History== |
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| + | Having come from the Cradle-9 facility inside [[All-Mother Mountain]], the people who would become the first Nora were raised by multiservitors which adopted different personas, Mother, Father and Healer. While the teens seemed generally resentful of their multiservitors, the more nurturing Mother appeared to be favored over the stricter Father. |
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| + | When food supplies in the Cradle were exhausted, Mother released the teenagers into the wilds, the Cradle sealing behind them. Before leaving, the teens asked Mother what she would do, and she answered "I will stay here, and sleep, and remember all of you." |
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| − | == Appearance == |
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| − | Locked off to all Nora except the Matriarchs, the entrance to All-Mother is protected by a wood palisade encirclement called Mother's Watch. After entering the mountain, a wide ramp slopes downward, flanked by ceremonial candles. To the right is a small doorway that leads to hallway. This hallway branches into multiple small rooms. |
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| + | It is likely that much of the Nora's culture, including their creation story, evolved from these origins. Elements of their experiences are present in their reverence for motherhood, aversity towards machines and ancient ruins, the depiction of the Metal Devil as masculine, and their belief that being remembered by All-Mother is a blessing. |
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| − | At the end of the ramp is a sizable landing, to the left of which is what is worshiped as the physical embodiment of All-Mother herself; a large Old Ones bunker door about 20 foot in circumference is built into the rock wall of the cave. A circular pedestal in front of the door serves as a platform upon which entrance to the cradle facility is requested. A bright blue light is shone into the landing once the bunker door is opened. |
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| + | Mother's last words "You will be brave, and you will learn." are possibly the namesake for Braves, the Nora's warrior class. |
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| − | == Purpose == |
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| − | It was from this door that, to the Nora, it seemed Aloy was birthed from. After being birthed in an artificial womb, Aloy was placed by the AI Gaia on the entrance pedestal in front of the door, to be found by the tribes people inhabiting the area. |
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| − | A synthetic voice emanates from the bunker door when approached, as is the same with most other Old Ones' bunker doors. This voice reinforces the Nora's belief that there is a spirit within the mountain that protects the tribe's people. |
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| − | The bunker door houses Eleuthia-9, a Gaia cradle facility apart of Project Zero Dawn. |
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| − | == Lore == |
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| − | About 700 years prior to the time period of the game, the ancestors of the Nora tribe, and possibly other tertiary tribes, were released from the Eleuthia-9 facility through the bunker door. These ancestors, for reasons unknown, were not taught beyond a kindergarten level, contrary to the function of the Apollo sub-routine of GAIA. This lack of knowledge is what lead to the formation of tribal societies, especially the Nora. As the centuries passed, the bunker door that the ancestors were released from became apart of an elaborate myth to the Nora tribe. This myth made the bunker door and the mountain surrounding it out to be a protective deity called All-Mother. This deity, according to Nora myth, defeated the Metal-Devil, a Horus Titan-Class machine that at one point assaulted the mountain in an effort to destroy the cradle facility within. The Horus Titan-Class lays dormant atop All-Mother, and its long-reaching metal tentacles can be seen piercing the ceiling of the cave in front of the bunker door. |
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Revision as of 21:38, 5 April 2020
All-Mother, commonly referred to as The Goddess, is a fertility goddess worshiped by the Nora tribe. She represents the creation of life in general, and for them, is physically embodied in their world as a sacred mountain. They direct their prayers towards this mountain, for they believe that this is where all life came from.[1]
In reality, the basis of the All-Mother and the Nora religion comes from the GAIA facility access door located inside a cave of the Embrace. The Nora have mistaken the door's non-sentient, synthetic female voice for the voice of the All-Mother.
Beliefs
- "In the beginning… all life came from All-Mother. People, Machines, and beasts--all were Her children. They lived alongside each other in the comfort of Her wild Embrace. But some grew restless. Though they took of Her bounty, they wanted more. These were the faithless. The Machines had whispered to them, promised to serve them. To make them a new world, better than the one All-Mother provided! A world of Metal. Mmm. They told the faithless they would do all the work for them. Feed them, shelter them… give them a life of ease, of plenty. And so the faithless left with the Machines. Only the true children - the mothers and fathers of the Nora - stayed with All-Mother. At first, the Machines did as they had promised. They built cities, great and terrible. Monuments to their sins. But they would not serve the faithless for long. A king rose up among the Machines, a Machine more powerful than any other. The Metal Devil! And then the faithless served him. Served the Machines. That was not enough for the Metal Devil. He wanted all to serve him, and tried to tempt the true children away from All-Mother. They would not go. They gathered on the mountainside to cling to Her, and prayed, more devoted than ever. The Metal Devil raged louder than thunder. In his fury, he came to confront All-Mother, intending to kill her! She struck him down, forever. As you know, for his lifeless body is up there still, frozen in shame and defeat. The Machines were driven mad by the death of their king, and their minds became wild as beasts. The faithless abandoned their cities, forced to wander the world without the care of the Machines. Only we remain the true children of All-Mother. We built all this with the hands that She gave us. Machines are to be hunted. Metal, to be used for scrap, for Makings-- but never to be adored. And we stay true to Her laws, resolute in our prayers, don’t we? For the dangers are never over."
- ―Nora Matriarch during the Proving
History
Having come from the Cradle-9 facility inside All-Mother Mountain, the people who would become the first Nora were raised by multiservitors which adopted different personas, Mother, Father and Healer. While the teens seemed generally resentful of their multiservitors, the more nurturing Mother appeared to be favored over the stricter Father.
When food supplies in the Cradle were exhausted, Mother released the teenagers into the wilds, the Cradle sealing behind them. Before leaving, the teens asked Mother what she would do, and she answered "I will stay here, and sleep, and remember all of you."
It is likely that much of the Nora's culture, including their creation story, evolved from these origins. Elements of their experiences are present in their reverence for motherhood, aversity towards machines and ancient ruins, the depiction of the Metal Devil as masculine, and their belief that being remembered by All-Mother is a blessing.
Mother's last words "You will be brave, and you will learn." are possibly the namesake for Braves, the Nora's warrior class.
References
- ↑ Game Informer #82: Woman vs. Machine