Closed Enel’s Attacks – Origin

Enel’s Attacks – Origin
D: Hello, Oda-sensei. I have serious suspicions, so forgive me if I pose a serious question. It’s about the names of Enel’s special attacks. It seems to me like many originate from the names of Scandinavian gods and Indian spirits. Can you please tell us what they all came from originally?

O: Yes. Well. The names came from a variety of sources. I can’t tell you a whole lot of in-depth information, but in general it’s pretty simple.

• “El Thor” → Thor → God of War and Lightning in Norse mythology

• “Hino” → Hino → Giant Lightning Bird of the Iroquois natives of North America

• “Kiten” → Kiten → Japanese lightning beast

• “Julungul” → Jagtjadbulla → One of the Lightning Brothers in Arnhem Land (N. Australia) rock art
• “Mamaragan” → Mamaragan → Lightning God of Central Australia
• “Amal” → Amaru → A play on “amoru/amakudaru”, which means “to descend from heaven”. Japanese lightning-fall
• “Kari” → Kari → Lightning God of Malay pygmy tribes

That should cover it. Also, “Volley” came from the sound of lightning “vari vari”. So it was pretty much random. Didn’t come from any existing language.