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:''This is an extended analysis article which is a special extension from both [[Episode 10]] and the main [[Angels]] article.'' | :''This is an extended analysis article which is a special extension from both the [[Episode 10]] article and the main [[Angels]] article.'' | ||
The series only vaguely discusses where Angels actually "come from". The [[Seeds of Life]] [[Adam]] and [[Lilith]] both landed on Earth after being seeded across space by the God-like progenitor aliens known as the "[[First Ancestral Race]]" four billion years ago. The Third through Seventeenth Angels are the "children of Adam". Humans ultimately derive from Lilith, hence the name "[[Lilim]]" applied to them by [[Kaworu Nagisa]], the last Angel. | The series only vaguely discusses where Angels actually "come from". The [[Seeds of Life]] [[Adam]] and [[Lilith]] both landed on Earth after being seeded across space by the God-like progenitor aliens known as the "[[First Ancestral Race]]" four billion years ago. The Third through Seventeenth Angels are the "children of Adam". Humans ultimately derive from Lilith, hence the name "[[Lilim]]" applied to them by [[Kaworu Nagisa]], the last Angel ( | ||
:''All subsequent references to "Angels" in this article exclude Lilith, and also the view that humans could be considered the "18th Angel" given that as Angels derive from Adam, they derive from Lilith, and Adam and Lilith were the same type of being, etc.'' | |||
Still, just exactly how Angels "come from" Adam is not specifically addressed. In [[The End of Evangelion]], [[Misato Katsuragi]] states that Angels are "humans that have rejected human form". This could be again taken in the sense that Angels derive from Adam, humans from Lilith, and thus there is a link between the two but they branched off. Were the 15 Angels which followed | |||
Revision as of 21:00, 1 August 2007
- This is an extended analysis article which is a special extension from both the Episode 10 article and the main Angels article.
The series only vaguely discusses where Angels actually "come from". The Seeds of Life Adam and Lilith both landed on Earth after being seeded across space by the God-like progenitor aliens known as the "First Ancestral Race" four billion years ago. The Third through Seventeenth Angels are the "children of Adam". Humans ultimately derive from Lilith, hence the name "Lilim" applied to them by Kaworu Nagisa, the last Angel (
- All subsequent references to "Angels" in this article exclude Lilith, and also the view that humans could be considered the "18th Angel" given that as Angels derive from Adam, they derive from Lilith, and Adam and Lilith were the same type of being, etc.
Still, just exactly how Angels "come from" Adam is not specifically addressed. In The End of Evangelion, Misato Katsuragi states that Angels are "humans that have rejected human form". This could be again taken in the sense that Angels derive from Adam, humans from Lilith, and thus there is a link between the two but they branched off. Were the 15 Angels which followed
