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Reposting this here by request:
I've been thinking. If you look at the ancient Vedic writings, I think I found something Oda might be tapping into:
The battle between the sons of the sun and the sons of the moon, between the Pandavas and Kuravas, is the theme of the great Hindu epic, the Mahabharata, a kind of summary in perspective of the history of Aryan India before the definitive formation of Brahmanism. This battle abounds in spirited combats and strange, endless adventures. In the middle of this gigantic epic, the Kuravas, the lunar kings, become the conquerors. The Pandavas, noble children of the sun, guardians of the pure rites, are dethroned and banished. As exiles they hide in the forests, seeking refuge among the anchorites, wearing clothing made of bark, and leaning on hermits' sticks.
http://uncletaz.com/great_initiates/chapter_06.html
Futhermore, if you look at the symbolism of the D line.. "Gold" Roger.. gold is linked symbolically with the sun.. and the straw hat itself is sort of a solar symbol… Jaguar D "Sol", Ace's fire powers and that he became sort of a "sun" when he fought BB, BB himself being sort of a "black sun" or "black hole", the Thousand Sunny.. and there are probably more.
And if you look into some of the myths surrounding the Mahabarata, there was talk of ancient super weapons that did terrible damage, that some even compare to todays nuclear weapons: http://www.indiathewonderland.com/20…clear-war.html
The bolded are pretty farfetched. If this was to work, all the people with D in their name would have some reference to the sun, which is not clearly evident with people like Garp and Dragon. Also if you're throwing in ships you have to consider the Oro Jackson.
