Xenogears Etymology

[ribbi]

Where is Machanon mentioned in the bible or similar religious canon?
What does Siebzhen have to do with Xenogears?
If anyone can help, please tell me what these have to do with XG.

[Winter_Uzuki]

@ribbi

Where is Machanon mentioned in the bible or similar religious canon?
What does Siebzhen have to do with Xenogears?
If anyone can help, please tell me what these have to do with XG.

The Xenosaga Wiki states the following about Seibzhen.

“Siebzehn” is German for “Seventeen”, perhaps inferring that Seibzehn was the seventeenth version of its design.

I guess you could argue about how relevant the number 17 is, but actually I’d think 12 is a more important number for the bible (Tribes of Jacob) and Xenosaga/Gears (number of Zohar emulators/number of relics of anima)

In regards to Machanon I found nothing on Google regarding anything other than a name, but searching “mahanon bible” actually turned up something interesting.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_Mahan

[Winter_Uzuki]

@ribbi

Where is Machanon mentioned in the bible or similar religious canon?

I shouldn’t be double posting but the Xenosaga wiki also cropped up this:

This is a misspelling of Machanon, the 4th heaven, which is where, according to Enoch, the Garden of Eden is housed. The Eldridge ship, specifically the central block Machanon, is an allusion to the Biblical paradise.

Which according to this, means that it would be in Enoch somewhere which is a book that was removed from the canon of the bible for being too spicy. You can still read it, but you won’t find it in a common bible you find laying around generally.