So this first section is merely a salutation to Fire, as if Master Berthold Hawkeye were addressing the element as a person.
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By doing a little research I found that “INRI” has many different meanings in the alchemical world: Ignem Natura Regenerate Integrat (nature renews fire by regeneration) and Igni Natura Renovatur Integra (nature is completely renewed with fire) are a couple translations. The very first line Igni Natura Renovatur Integra, has Christian implications, since the acronym might read “INRI” (or Iesu Nazarinus Rex Iudorem, meaning “Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews”), but considering this manga has absolutely nothing to do with Jesus of Nazareth himself, it must have something to do with alchemy. Let us dwell together in peace, warm me in the cold, give me light in the darkness Teach me to understand the strength of fire Translation (as accurate as I could get): incendium dolosum delictum grave estĬohabitemus placide, fove me in frigore, da mihi lucem me in obscuritate Vindica me et alteros ab morte in flammis The poem in Latin reads thus (words in brackets are not included in the tattoo): Starting at the second line of this section (I’ll come back to the first line later), the Latin inscription is a part of a poem by Flumen Viride, called “The Rites - Four Elements: Earth, Fire, Air, Water.” The part in Riza’s tattoo addresses the element of Fire, obviously. (This is a fucking long ass post but I hope it makes sense.) Please enjoy! :)įirst Section – Area Between the Tails of the Two SerpentsĪs Roy reads from left to right and top to bottom (going off of the anime Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood), this is most likely the first thing he would have chosen to begin deciphering.
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Latin is one of my specialties in college, and when I saw that a full depiction of Riza’s tattoo had been drawn out with Latin text, I jumped on it like no other. This will definitely come up in later chapters, so any of my readers might want to take a look here. So I’ve decided to do a small analysis on the tattoo Riza Hawkeye wears on her back, as a supplement to my little ongoing fanfiction Hawkeye and the General.
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