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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
* Phosphora's name comes from the Greek word, φωσφόρος ''phosphoros'', meaning "light-bringer", which suits Phosphora's association with lightning. It was also the name of the "[[wikipedia:Phosphorus (morning star)|morning star]]" to the ancient Greeks. | * Phosphora's name comes from the Greek word, φωσφόρος ''phosphoros'', meaning "light-bringer", which suits Phosphora's association with lightning. It was also the name of the "[[wikipedia:Phosphorus (morning star)|morning star]]" to the ancient Greeks. | ||
* Judging from Phosphora's Japanese name, Ereka, she may be based | * Judging from Phosphora's Japanese name, Ereka, she may be based on [[wikipedia:Electra (Pleiad)|Electra]], who was a [[wikipedia:nymph|nymph]] and one of the seven [[wikipedia:Pleiades (Greek mythology)|Pleiades]]. However, her name can also be based on [[wikipedia:Erica|Erica]], a genus of flowering plants, which is fitting because of both her loyalties lying with the Forces of Nature and because of her own flirtatious personality. | ||
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