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*On [[Installation 00]], a [[Terminal/Halo 3|Terminal]] left behind by the Forerunners uses "Great Journey" as a translation for the exile undertaken by the surviving Forerunners after the firing of the Halo Array.<ref>'''Halo 3''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 3|Terminal 7]]</ref> Through similar records on other Forerunner installations, the Covenant may have learned of the name and used it to apply to their religion in yet another case of misinterpretation. | *On [[Installation 00]], a [[Terminal/Halo 3|Terminal]] left behind by the Forerunners uses "Great Journey" as a translation for the exile undertaken by the surviving Forerunners after the firing of the Halo Array.<ref>'''Halo 3''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 3|Terminal 7]]</ref> Through similar records on other Forerunner installations, the Covenant may have learned of the name and used it to apply to their religion in yet another case of misinterpretation. Another possible explanation for the beginning of the Covenant belief in the Great Journey is that, as seen in ''[[Promises to Keep]]'', the [[Forerunner]]s kept the [[San'Shyuum]] on [[Installation 00|the Ark]] for a few years before reintroducing them to their homeworld. During this time, some San'Shyuum were curious enough to approach the Forerunners who were aware that their discussions might be overheard, but did not care enough to stop it. A major topic of discussion was their planned Great Journey wherein the Forerunners would leave the galaxy forever. | ||
*The fall of the Covenant period can perhaps be understood as somewhat being akin the [[wikipedia:Protestant Reformation|Protestant Reformation]] in Western Christianity. A loss of faith in a society's religious leaders did not lead to a complete abandonment of said religion's deities. Rather it led to a period of intense conflict as various factions began to develop their own new interpretations of ancient beliefs. Although the Sangheili no longer believed in the Prophets as the messengers of the gods or in the Great Journey as they had described it, many still believed in their gods. | *The fall of the Covenant period can perhaps be understood as somewhat being akin the [[wikipedia:Protestant Reformation|Protestant Reformation]] in Western Christianity. A loss of faith in a society's religious leaders did not lead to a complete abandonment of said religion's deities. Rather it led to a period of intense conflict as various factions began to develop their own new interpretations of ancient beliefs. Although the Sangheili no longer believed in the Prophets as the messengers of the gods or in the Great Journey as they had described it, many still believed in their gods. | ||
*The superstition that "Demons" are actually dead soldiers reanimated by artificial means is reminiscent of the [[w:c:marathongame:Battleroid|battleroids]], including the [[w:c:marathongame:Mjolnir Recon number 54|player character]] from the ''[[Marathon]]'' trilogy. Battleroids are brought back from the dead to serve as physically and technologically augmented supersoldiers. | *The superstition that "Demons" are actually dead soldiers reanimated by artificial means is reminiscent of the [[w:c:marathongame:Battleroid|battleroids]], including the [[w:c:marathongame:Mjolnir Recon number 54|player character]] from the ''[[Marathon]]'' trilogy. Battleroids are brought back from the dead to serve as physically and technologically augmented supersoldiers. | ||
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