Summary: This was a well-known oral legend that had its roots in history. What happened that day, time obfuscated so much that there were many different versions of the story. Some versions characterize the piper as a hero, saving the town from the plague. Other versions have some of the children surviving. Still, others versions stated that he returned them when paid. But the story that most remember was that a village hired a piper to get rid of the pests by luring them away with his pipe. After the piper finished, the town refused to pay. In retaliation, the piper piped again, this time luring the children of the town away.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_Piper_of_Hamelin
https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/disturbing-true-story-pied-piper-hamelin-001969
Connections: For this I am using the Pied Piper, the incident at Hamelin, and the obscurity that surrounds. Apparently, this point in time also occurred in a few different alternative universes. One of the most notable was the one of "Little Garden" found in Problem Children Are Coming from Another World, Aren't They?
1. Problem Children Are Coming from Another World, Aren't They?
Summary: This anime series was directed by Keizo Kusakawa and Yasutaka Yamamoto while it was produced by Takeshi Yasuda. The story was about three psychic children, really teenagers- Izayoi Sakamaki, Asuka Kudo, and Yo Kasukabe. Sakamaki had an unknown ability. Well, technically, its named- I just don't want to spoil it. Asuka Kudo had the power of authority while Kasukabe gained powers from her animal friends. Anyways, these three children felt bored with their life and one day they each got an invitation to another world or alternative universe. This new universe offered a chance for these teens to use their powers by the way of games. The trio joined a community as they begin to learn about their new world.Connection: Throughout the multiverse and dimensions, doppelgangers, alternate versions of some us, that exist.
Asuka Kudo was the alternate version of Rin Tohsaka of Fate/stay night. Rin was a mage, a participant in the Holy Grail War, and the Master of Archer ( the heroic spirit that she summoned to help her with the War).
And its not only the looks that lead me in this direction. In one of the episodes of Problem Children, Asuka explained that in her time it was after the Great War. It would be interesting if the war she was referring to was her world's version of the Holy Grail War....
2. Fate/stay night
Summary: This game- later an anime- TYPE MOON released. It was about a secret war waged between mages. The mages called on heroic spirits to fight in this war and each mage can only summon on spirit. Each of these heroic spirits fall into one of seven classes: Saber, Caster, Archer, Lancer, Assassin, Rider or Berserker. And the goal of this fight was a chalice that can grant wishes- the Holy Grail.
Connection: One of the spirits called upon by the mages, at some point, was Gilgamesh. The background of Gilgamesh of Fate/stay night resembles the Gilgamesh of mythology.
3. Arak Son of Thunder #43
Summary: This comic book was written by Roy and Dann Thomas, penciled and inked by Tony DeZuniga, colored by Adrienne Roy, and lettered by Lois Buhalis. The publisher of the comic book series was DC comics. In this story, Arak, the hero, entered the land of the dead to rescue his friends: Satyricus and Valda. Gilgamesh may be included, but the summary isn't clear. Arak was able to revive Satyricus, but with Valda- he needed more help. That help came in the form of Gilgamesh (Gilgamesh's statue stood nearby. That might be were he came from). Arak, Valda, Satyricus and Gilgamesh had to fight their way out of there, but at some point Gilgamesh decided to stay in the underworld.Connection: Arak was able to enter the underworld because of Utnapishtim. In the Mesopotamian myths, Utnapishtim was the "Noah" of these stories. I don't know if it was the same in the comic book, but what I do know was that he had access to the gates of the underworld. Now, Utnapishtim had also been seen in other stories such as Ys VI: The Ark of Naphishtim. Naphishtim, in the game, was not a living breathing person but was introduced as an AI. As an A.I. would need to be programmed and the programmer probably used either their own or another persons personality as the base personality for the A.I - I can safely assume that Naphishtim was at one point a real live person.
4. Ys VI: The Ark of Naphishtim
Summary: This video game was created and produced by Nihon Falcom. The story followed adventurer Adol Christin as he explored the mysterious western islands that made up Canaan. Adol and his friend Dogi team up with pirate captain Ladoc and his daughter Terra. But on the way there, they ran into Romun ships. The Romuns attacked them. Adol fell overboard and left for dead, but he washed up on the shores of Canaan where was rescued by two natives of Canaan..
https://www.gog.com/game/ys_vi_the_ark_of_napishtim
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ys_VI:_The_Ark_of_Napishtim
https://isu.fandom.com/wiki/Ys_World
Connection: This game took place in an alternate version of Earth. Eurasia in this world was referred to as Eresia and it was composed of seven regions: Ispani, Gllia, The Alp, Britai, Garman, Europe, and Orietta. In Ys VI, the game starts out in the Ispani region in the city of Ediz. The neighboring region of Gllia had a city be the name of Esteria. Many of the descriptions of the game suggest it "takes place in Canaan, an island far west of Esteria." https://archive.rpgamer.com/games/ys/ys6/ys6.html Esteria was also found in a book by the name of People of the Swan.
5. People of the Swan by Hubert Schuurman
Summary: This book was published by Trafford Publishing in 2007 under the genre of fantasy. King Arcturus spent much time getting the various people of his land together. At a Unity Symposium, they agreed to a Common Book of Sacred Lore and for many years they live in peace and prosperity. The Dwarves noticed something changing and try to warn the others but no one pays them heed until one year during the Swan Festival the King died and the Princess went missing.Connection: In the book there was a Kingdom of the Seven Mountains. I'm not sure if it part of King Arcturus' kingdom or a neighboring king, but its there. Now, the Kingdom of Seven Mountains was also mentioned in a fairy tale called The Queen of the Seven Mountains.
6.The Queen of the Seven Mountains
Summary: This fairy tale was found in a collection of fairy tales by Mabel Blodgett called The Giant's Ruby, and Other Fairy Tales. It was about the good Queen Vera who took care of her people. The witch, Viperena, heard about the happiness of the kingdom and went to do something about it. Viperena put the Queen in a magical sleep and turned the people into different animals. Only one person escaped, a shepherd boy by the name of Chrystal as he was away from town with a sick lamb.When he returned back to the town, he found out what had happened. The young man, then, started out on a quest to save his town and his Queen.Connections: During his journey, Chrystal encountered the King of the Parrots. No description of him other than he was a parrot and a bit old. He was not the only King of Parrot found in popular media. Another King of the Parrots was found in the animated series Hero 108. Though I do have the sneaking suspicion the two Kings were not the same one- more than likely they were distantly related.
B. Hero 108
Summary: This series was created by Yang-Ming Tarng. It was directed by Trevor Wall, Pongo Kuo, and John Fountain. The show aired on Cartoon Network for about 52 episodes. Once upon a time, animals and humans lived in harmony and friendship. Then, one day, High Roller came through and convinced the animals that the humans couldn't be trusted. But not all animals fall for his lies. Commander ApeTrully formed a secret organization called Big Green to demonstrate that animals and humans could coexist.
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