the Ancient Spiriits of Evil

On the TV show we discover the names of 1 ASOM, the Vulture king. Does the us or uk comic book disclose the names of the other three

The other statues are of a bull, crocodile, and jackal—Bull King, Reptile King, and Jackal King perhaps?

To be honest, I never noticed a reference to Asom. What episode was that in? As far as I know, no other clues to the names of the others is made.

It was in the episode “Dimension Doom”

I think Mumm-Ra said something about when the sun light shines on the Vulture King Wiz-Ra time will have run out…

Yeah, I remember the mention of the Vulture King, but not of Asom. Or is ASOM supposed to be ASOE in the original post (to stand for Ancient Spirits Of Evil)?

According to Egyptian mythology The Croc head is Sobek, Anubis is the Jackal head, the Bull head is Apis, the embodiment of Ptah and later of Osiris.

I could never make out what the fourth head was… a reptile or an ant eater or what?

I can’t find a reference to what their names are supposed to be in any production materials I own, but I’ll bet their names come up in the scripts as they do speak individually from time to time.

i did mean ASOE lol, i was posting from a cell phone

i did take a look at some of the scripts where the ASOE have lines. the scripts basically refer to them as “First Man/Beast Statue,” “Second…” etc.

They perhaps took some inspiration from those, but it was always hinted they were a race of mutants (perhaps the first mutants?)

Aside from those you listed above, it was a Vulture. So you have a Vulture, Crocodile/Reptile, Minotaur (one with horns) and I’m assuming the fourth is a Jackal (with the huge lower jaw fangs)

I didn’t think it would have ever been mentioned. I guess we are to assume it is Reptile King, Jackal King etc…

Chris here…

Taking this discussion off at a slight tangent - one of the coolest things about the ThunderCats episode “Sword in a Hole” is that there’s a scene in that episode where Mumm-Ra actually references genuine Egyptian mythology! :slight_smile: To quote myself:

When performing the ceremony of expulsion to cast the Eye of Thundera into a black hole, Mumm-Ra’s incantation references three beings from genuine Egyptian mythology, those being the water goddess Anqet, the jackal-god of mummification Anubis, and Apophis, the ancient Egyptian demon of chaos.

http://thundercatslair.org/cartoon/cartoonguide/episodeguide/swordinahole/index.html

Take care… :slight_smile:

If anyone was still wondering, the “hear the roar” book has a snippet from the unpublished script “beasts if mumm ra” in which the ancient spirits are named

Condawk - who we learn is the vulture king in the show
Minotaur
Krokdon - the crocodile
Porcinicus Rex - the pig/boar

I know what I want for Christmas this year. :cool:

Hear the Roar is a great read.

more fun facts from the book:

The Bottomless Chasm is where the people of Second Earth stored their radioactive and toxic waste, which is why those blasts of energy shoot out every 30 seconds.

First Earth encompasses the time of civilization up to ancient Egypt’s end.

We live in Second Earth now.

Third Earth is the time of life on earth re-civilizing after a nuclear holocaust during Second Earth. The reason there’s so many strange creatures on Third Earth is mutations due to the radioactive environs.

Keep the information coming, I’m loving this!

The primary story telling objectives as hand written by Leonard Starr:

Bringing the Universe under control, so that the survival of the many decent and able beings in it may be assured and sustained.

Solving problems related to the stability of the Third Earth itself.

Re-Establishment of the Thundercats empire. A fundamentally truthful and honest civilization based on individual freedom and ability - with an emphasis on exploring the Universe.

Restoring communication of the many varied peoples (beings) of Third Earth with each other, for the purpose of aligning the planet’s population more towards a common agreed-on destiny.

Aiding oppressed or enslaved beings in overcoming their difficulties. (Not like Commie-stuff, just protection of the innocent and downtrodden)

Merged Post:
the Thundercats bible orignally included an early idea for Maftet the Lynx God to explain the origins of Third Earth: It will be he who explains to the Thundercats that these particular ruins are those of First Earth. They are now living on Third Earth, which is the number of times existing civilizations were destroyed by global warfare, the inhabitants returning to a primitive state each time, radiation the cause of the strange variegated forms of life now populating the planet. (Other Man-Animal Gods of First Earth’s ancient Egypt can be called up as required by the plots.)

I like how “aiding oppressed or enslaved beings in overcoming their difficulties” had to be qualified with “not like Commie-stuff”. Was Joe McCarthy really still playing on the minds of kids’ cartoon writers in the 80s?