Egypt 9 Glory Gods
Summary
The Egypt 9 Glory Gods represent the nine members of the Ennead. Notably, the group is host to various irregularities in the traditional rules behind Stands: the members of the Egypt 9 Glory Gods include a pair of twin Stands with near-identical abilities, a Stand wielded by a falcon, a formless Stand that changes its user's appearance, and even a userless Stand bound to an ancient sword. After the Joestar Group reaches Egypt, the nine Stands and their current wielders assemble at DIO's mansion, where DIO commands them to kill the group before they can reach him. The members then scatter across Egypt to lie in wait for the heroes.
Geb and its user, N'Doul, are the first to attack the Joestars within the desert. Geb wounds Kakyoin's eyes, but is ultimately defeated by Jotaro and Iggy.[2] Later, in Aswan, Oingo and Boingo attempt to assassinate the group with Khnum and Tohth, but fail each time, with Oingo eventually being hospitalized by his own weapon.[3] As the heroes cross the Nile, Anubis possesses a boy named Chaka and confronts Polnareff at Kom Ombo Temple, tricking Polnareff into taking the Stand with him. Anubis later manages to possess Polnareff in Edfu, only to be defeated by Jotaro. When its last-ditch attack fails, Anubis finds itself condemned to rust away at the bottom of a river.[4]
In Luxor, Bastet and its wielder Mariah battle Joseph Joestar and Muhammad Avdol,[5] while Sethan and its user Alessi fight Polnareff and Jotaro.[6] Both are defeated by their own abilities, however, as Mariah is crushed between two cars and Alessi is pummeled by a young Jotaro. The Joestar group attempts to gain information in Gizeh, only to run across Osiris's wielder, Daniel J. D'Arby. After tricking Polnareff into giving up his soul and outsmarting Joseph, D'Arby is challenged by Jotaro to a game of poker, in which the latter mentally overwhelms D'Arby with an all-or-nothing bluff.[7] Meanwhile, Hol Horse kidnaps Boingo and takes him to Cairo, where the two lie in wait for the Joestar group. Though things appear to be looking up for the new duo at first, a mistimed attack from Hol Horse turns against its own user, incapacitating him. For his part, Boingo decides to give up using his Stand for evil and turn over a new leaf, only to be mauled by Iggy.[8]
Later, the falcon Pet Shop, wielder of Horus, is confronted by Iggy while attempting to kill a trespassing child. The falcon pursues Iggy underground and severely wounds him, but the dog eventually succeeds in killing the falcon with its own attack.[9] Iggy then leads the Joestar group to the mansion, where the final Glory God, Atum, and its user, Telence T. D'Arby, reveal themselves. Taking advantage of Kenny G.'s Tenore Sax, a Stand unaffiliated with the Glory Gods, the younger D'Arby brother separates Jotaro, Joseph, and Kakyoin from the others by dragging them into the basement. D'Arby wins against Kakyoin in the game F-Mega and steals his soul, but is ultimately defeated by Jotaro and Joseph when they cheat their way to victory in Oh! That's A Baseball!.[10]
Members
List of Cards
Anime Debut: Stardust Crusaders Episode 34: D'Arby the Gambler, Part 1
Osiris (オシリス神, Oshirisu-shin) is the god of agriculture, protecting plant life, the fertility of crops, and the earth. He is also the god who rules the underworld.[11]
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Anime
Chapter 216 Tailpiece
Anime Debut: Stardust Crusaders Episode 38: The Gatekeeper of Hell, Pet Shop, Part 1
Horus (ホルス神, Horusu-shin) is the god of the skies with the jaws of a falcon. The ankh in his hand is said to be a symbol of life.[11]
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Anime
Anime Debut: Stardust Crusaders Episode 25: "The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul, Part 1
Geb (ゲブ神, Gebu-shin) is one of the gods of creation, the god of the earth. Born between the god of the atmosphere, Shu, and the goddess of the sky, Nut.[11]
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OVA
Chapter 187 Tailpiece
Anime Debut: Stardust Crusaders Episode 30: "Bastet" Mariah, Part 1
Bastet (バステト女神, Basuteto-joshin) is the goddess of love and fear and is depicted as a cat. She was equated with the goddess Sekhmet, who was alleged to cause illness and plague.[11]
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Anime
Chapter 202 Tailpiece
Anime Debut: Stardust Crusaders Episode 31: "Bastet" Mariah, Part 2
Sethan (セト神, Seto-shin) is depicted in the form of an unidentified animal. An evil god said to be related to chaos, deserts, and storms. The goddess Nephthys is his wife.[11]
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Anime
Chapter 205 Tailpiece
Anime Debut: Stardust Crusaders Episode 26: "The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul, Part 2
Khnum (クヌム神, Kunumu-shin) is the creator god of living things. He is believed to be the god who created man with a potter's wheel and is also the patron god of potters. He is a god with the head of a ram.[11]
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Anime
Anime (Oingo's Shirt)
Chapter 194 Tailpiece B
Anime Debut: Stardust Crusaders Episode 26: "The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul, Part 2
Tohth (トト神, Toto-shin) is the god of learning, knowledge, and records, and is represented in the form of a flamingo or baboon. He is also the scribe of the gods.[11]
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Anime
Chapter 194 Tailpiece A
Anubis (アヌビス神, Anubisu-shin) is a god represented as the head of a dog, or even as a mountain dog itself. He is the god of death, guarding the cemetery where the dead are laid to rest.[11]
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Anime
Chapter 195 Tailpiece
A different sprite from Capcom Fighters
Anime Debut: Stardust Crusaders Episode 40: D'Arby the Player, Part 1
Atum (アトゥム神, Atumu-shin) is the god of the creation of the universe. He created Shu, the god of the atmosphere, and Nut, the goddess of the sky, from whom Geb, Set, and others were born.[11]
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Anime
Creation and Development
As Hirohiko Araki drew the Egypt 9 Glory Gods and their users, he placed more importance on the story and tricks than the designs.[12]
Atum's card was the only one to not be present in the manga or anime. However, it was included in Adventure Battle Card and the Stardust Crusaders OVA 2007 box set, despite Telence T. D'Arby not appearing in the OVA.
Khnum's card is shown normally in the anime but also received an original design on Oingo's shirt. None of the other cards received a similar original design.
Gallery
Map of the 9 Glory Gods' users, as well as Hol Horse and Vanilla Ice
Anime version
The Glory Gods' users featured in a 2016 calendar illustration
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Trivia
- The membership of the Ennead, the inspiration for the 9 Glory Gods, traditionally consists of the gods Atum, Shu, Tefnut, Geb, Nut, Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nephthys, occasionally including Horus. Of the members of the group, only five stem from the Ennead itself, with Khnum, Thoth, Anubis, and Bastet being taken from other ranks of the Egyptian pantheon.
- In JoJo's Venture and its revisions, the Egypt 9 Glory Gods' cards can be seen in battle title cards and the PlayStation version's Tarot Card Reading mini-game. Notably, all of the cards are reformatted to match the vertical orientation of the tarot cards; this includes the cards of Osiris, Bastet, Sethan and Anubis, which are oriented horizontally in the original manga.
See also
References
- ↑ Chapter 188: "The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul, Part 6
- ↑ "The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul (story arc)
- ↑ "Khnum" Oingo and "Tohth" Boingo (story arc)
- ↑ Anubis (story arc)
- ↑ "Bastet" Mariah (story arc)
- ↑ "Sethan" Alessi (story arc)
- ↑ D'Arby the Gambler (story arc)
- ↑ Hol Horse and Boingo (story arc)
- ↑ The Gatekeeper of Hell, Pet Shop (story arc)
- ↑ D'Arby the Player (story arc)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 JoJo6251
- ↑ JOJOVELLER: Araki's Stand Commentaries - Anubis
