[4.7] Of Sinners and Kings - Genshin Impact Lore & Theory

*NOTES & CORRECTIONS*
- By the by, "Lung" does mean "light" but generally it's in relation to weight. It does, however, also refer to the lungs (organ, shocking), which you can relate to the "heavenly father's breath of life" in the biblical way. A stretch? Probably. The lesson? Never trust a dictionary. Always ask a native speaker.
So unless it's a pun (light in weight = light in optics, which it could be because it's also lung = long, as in shenlong, pun-wise), the name means more like, "a floating fog" so... like a cloud. I dunno that it matters too much for the theory cuz clouds are still pretty heaven/sky and therefore sun-coded, but the correction is warranted regardless.

- Re: Fisher King name origin - this seems to be pretty contested and I didn't go into much detail (since this video isn't really about him or Fischl), but he gets his name from Le Morte d'Arthur where he's called Peschor, Petchere, or Peschour which literally means "fisherman". This is a homynym with the word Pécheur which means "sinner". It's kind of a weird pun-situation, kinda like how the Holy Grail gets called "sangrael" which then gets conflated with sang roial which means royal blood. REGARDLESS of IRL veracity, Hoyo LOVES their wordplay/puns which is why I brought this one up with regards to Fischl.
Just wanted to clear that up!

- I keep calling "The Ring Cycle" Nibelungenlied which is not it's name, but the name of the original epic it's based on. The fact that Wagner made an opera out of this legend IS relevant, but the source material is close enough for our lore-purposes that I hope you can overlook my unintentional overlap.

It makes me wonder if Pierro is analgous to Loki.

There are Abyssal Archons? Why does that surprise me and why didnt i know that 😭

Wei's theory is so much better than yours.. you're just making up stuff

Having the game recently hitting XBox. Your videos are a great help. Even though I have Zongli. I never noticed the symbol on his back, looks like the Natlan's Lord of Night.

"Rhinedottir is Albedo's master and lover" WHAT!?😱

Immediately rewinds "..master and mother" Oh yes I knew that

Should i watch all your previous videos, cause i can't seem to understand anything about norse mythology and whatever dragon king it was... lol

Finster and not Vinster. but so close :P I actually dont mind you make cool videos :)

Wingless dragons are also found in Japanese cultures. Look at Dragon Ball Z. The wish dragon ❤ @Ashikai the same name and yes we fight Azhdaha in his mind basically we enter his boss fight through his tail aka butt tree😂

intersting theory but everytime i hear nicole i think of nicole from cafae latte and lose my mind

I like your theories but why do you say every single bit of words does people question you?

It confuses me i need brain juice who is nedhog &nebulange the king of khaenriha? Someone explain it to me i am confused with names & persons

Without changing what kind of bird Kaeya has associated with him, the peacock is associated with Freya. Idk how that plays into things though 😂😅

here from the phlogiston sperm theory. now i wonder if the vinster king, who is suspected to be the "dark fog" to nibelung's "light fog" is this Gosoythoth, this being who ashikai said (in the phlogiston video) is supposed to represent ananke, and she if is right about nibelung being the king of the light realm then maybe this Gosoythoth is the king of the void realm

Very close 🙌🏼
But the sinners are 5 + 1. One mostly indifferent character who was torn by duty and new found loyalty and respect.
What did they do? Well they “killed” The Prince. The Prince of Light.
When Dainsleif was hurrying back to the Purifying Fountain he was met by the Night Mother who had been watching them.
She hid The Princess, who also happens to be the Genesis Pearl, from them and “Chained” her. In other words she is tethered to Night Mother so these gross Pygmy Sinners cannot harm her.
Then Mother and Princess Pearl went biblical on K Town. Because they deserved it.
Princess and Prince would have given birth to Tevat’s savior. The one who could obliterate Celestia and free them all.
Yes, the Unknown God is the Pale Princess.
Kevin is the Prince.
Dainsleif is Pygmy 6 from the book

Now let’s see about that tree hole he placed Prince in. Well I hope you figured it out by now but the “Tree Hole” is a domain. Domains have a tree and the entrance is a hole in the ground.
How am I so certain? Because Dainsleif would get him as far as possible. The opposite side of the map….. Mondstadt
How do I have proof. Because, I’m hoping everyone remembers, one of the Four Wind Temples is completely missing. He placed Prince in the Temple. He asked Istaroth for help so she is with Prince keeping him alive by preserving the moment. And Dainsleif vanished the Temple off the map and out of the game so far 🤣
Why do I know this to be true? Because we first met him in Mondstadt when he was checking up on the Domain. And, if people recall, Dainsleif can lead us to hidden domains in Mondstadt. REMEMBER? Upside Down Venti is a hidden domains

Boom. Mic. Drop.

Also 3.5 years ago I said the universe outside the bubble was dead and destroyed. You were skeptical and I respect that. But it’s dead. We saw it

Another point for the Sage beeing liked to Odin is the "hung on a spear on the worldtree to learn the runes"-thing, since that is exactly what Odin did

I love the way your mind works. I can only imagine what you must have put your parents through as a young child regarding anything they were trying to keep secret from you. And you're not tin foil hat nonsense either you're my favorite genshin impact content creator in fact and my second favorite is the girl who reads all the genshin impact lore and history so we don't have to, who loves Dainsleaf. Minsleaf. The two of you are my favorite genshin impact content creators

I love amy!

Has it been stated where Abyssal power originate from?

this was insane oh my god!!! i loveee people that are so into their interest you can just hear it in their voice. all the research being done and how you connect it to the mythology!! insane. thank you for your video and your hard work, i literally feel passionate just by hearing you!

These days we use finster instead of vinster as an adjective describing very dark unrelieved darkness ^^ (I'm from Germany)

i really thought that the sinner was the second descender, the one who brought the abyss, but now i think the vinster king is the second decender, since he seemingly controls the abyss.

So the abyss elements could be

Quantum (Surtalogi) also related to the primordial sea, so it fits
Imaginary (Rhinnedotir) just for the gold and alchemy symbolism

And then 3 others based on the other 3 sinners

A question I have atm about Vedrfolnir is why did they make the prophecy? Like, I had had thought that Celestia had made the prophecy to punish Fontaine for their “sin”, but as it turns out it was the pet of one sinner foretold by another. Like did they help celestia?

For any confused on the modern German word for darkness “Dúnkel”
Not being “Vinster”

“Vinster” is the Old High German word for gloomy or darkness and is not used in modern German

why should deshret be any more important than the other dead ancient gods? every region has them, he's just one of them

Quick question you meant dutch right? Not german….

Does anyone know what the caribert parts with lumine is from?

"You thought it'd be Deshret, didn't you."

I think you've traumatized us in some weird way, y'know

i do feel a little bad that you didnt put in the info of gold affecting the fairytale world but you might have made the video before that part came out

Now that you mentioned the 7 Archons and 5 Sinners, I just remembered that atory of Albedo where he mentions how him and Gold found "The Heart of Naberius", and after that, she just vanished from the world. Lol

A little Fun Fact about it, in Chinese, the "Heart of Naberius", is writing similar as the Gnoses "Heart of God", and well... His name is also in the Ars Goetia.

I just wonder if they would bring that back at some point, maybe Gold is using that heart as core for her own Loom of Fate(?)

all names which do tie to nothing, its just speculation

King Deshret please

Just King Deshret please

Video about King Deshret please

YOOO cuz what if hroptatyr was the cause of why irmin was “unavailable” per say during the cataclysm 🤯

As much as i love the theory crafting part of genshin, im not gonna pretend i didnt bawl my eyes out for caribert, and for the life he never got to live, with atossa and the people of vimara village while simultaneously understanding none of the lores and being absolutely disgustingly stupefied seeing aether just popping out after caribert fades away.
I still dont understand a lot of things but the pain people of khaenriah felt, i cannot help but linger on that. I miss caribert so much. I wish aether would answer things properly. Seeing all the bigger plot and all the theories i now feel as though all of it was so insignificant just as caribert said. He was such a small tiny part of a grand scheme of things.
I just
Its starting to dawn on me that the game's starting to reach it's final phase. And i dont want it to end. But teyvat has its own laws. And we are just witnesses who can only watch as the future unfolds and make assumptions. The emotional part of this journey, of being a part of this world, is so unimaginably overwhelming to me its ripping my nerves out.

I have never been good at theory making but intuitively feeling and making connections comes naturally. And its so much fun doing so. I love this game and i just wanted to rant sorry if anyone read all this i wasted your time;-;

on the last point about kaeya. what if Kaeya's father left him so that Kaeya could gain a vision on purpose because that's what's needed for the loom of fate instead of making him ineligable. because why would his father leave him in Mondstadt, telling him he's their last chance. How could Kaeya help Khaenri'ah? idk idk