Anni-Padda Origins

[ManofTheAtom]

According to Timewalker #0, VH-1 Ivar was born in 4,000 BC (give or take).

According to Eternal Warriors: The Immortal Enemy, the VH-2 Anni-Padda brothers were children during the Viking Age (sometime between 800 and 1050 AD/CE).

Lastly, according to Archer & Armstrong #0, the VEI Anni-Padda brothers were adult men in Ancient Sumeria (circa 2100 BCE).

That would make the VH-1 versions the oldest, the VH-2 versions the youngest, and the VEI versions in the middle.

Wonder where the Beyond versions will fall.

I'd say that the VEI versions had the stronger origin. It was certainly better developed.

They went from being experimented by a woman from the future, to gaining their immortality from eating a plant that fell from space, to becoming immortal from being exposed to a highly-advanced form of technology (the Boon).

I will say that I do think that VEI Ivar's development did suffer a bit due to his long-imprisonment. In contrast to that, the VH-1 version had more adventures through time.

One, VH-1, learned by doing, while the other, VEI, learned by watching.

[Chiclo]

Re: the timing of the VEI Sumerian origins - I had to double check, and there was a brief restoration of Sumerian rule in southern Mesopotamia around that time but for the most part, Sumerians had been displaced by Akkadians around that time. 2100 BC would be maybe a bit before Abraham from the Bible, probably contemporary with Job? Or perhaps Terah, the father of Abraham. The Bible says Abraham came from Ur of the Chaldees, which would have been near the region of Sumeria.

[ZephyrWasHOT!!]

Hello Chiclo.

Good to see you're still alive.

Are you an oil baron still?

[ManofTheAtom]

Re: the timing of the VEI Sumerian origins - I had to double check, and there was a brief restoration of Sumerian rule in southern Mesopotamia around that time but for the most part, Sumerians had been displaced by Akkadians around that time. 2100 BC would be maybe a bit before Abraham from the Bible, probably contemporary with Job? Or perhaps Terah, the father of Abraham. The Bible says Abraham came from Ur of the Chaldees, which would have been near the region of Sumeria.

Okay. I used the information on Wikipedia, heh.

[ManofTheAtom]

The Epic of Gilgamesh was written between 2100 and 1000 BC, with the most complete version dating to around 1300–1000 BC:

That would be the range for when the events in Archer & Armstrong #0 took place.

[Chiclo]

Hello Chiclo.

Good to see you're still alive.

Are you an oil baron still?

No. Not even a solar farm baron either.

[Chiclo]

The Epic of Gilgamesh was written between 2100 and 1000 BC, with the most complete version dating to around 1300–1000 BC:

That would be the range for when the events in Archer & Armstrong #0 took place.

Ok, that works better as a basis for that date.

Still, Enuma Elish/Gilgamesh was assembled out of several previously extant pieces and the epic evolved over several centuries. If they are basing the stories on historical events, those events would have to happened 2000+ years BC.

[ManofTheAtom]

The Epic of Gilgamesh was written between 2100 and 1000 BC, with the most complete version dating to around 1300–1000 BC:

That would be the range for when the events in Archer & Armstrong #0 took place.

Ok, that works better as a basis for that date.

Still, Enuma Elish/Gilgamesh was assembled out of several previously extant pieces and the epic evolved over several centuries. If they are basing the stories on historical events, those events would have to happened 2000+ years BC.

Cool.