Word Shadow Origin

In our world, there are opposites of every subject; smooth and coarse, nice and naughty, good and evil, light and shadow. They are elements of our world that require the opposite to exist. Without knowing one, a person cannot know the other. To reach the true light of meaning, one must examine the word shadow from several perspectives; including: literal, “evil” or dark, one’s legacy, and in war or in society. First, exploring the roots of origin in the word “shadow”, the word can be traced back to Old English originating as “Sceadwe”, “Sceaduwe”, or “Sceadu.” This was derived from the Greek translation of the Hebrew meaning, which means “intense darkness.”(Word Etymology) A new definition has taken root in its place since then. The definition of …show more content…
In Johnson’s first gimmick (the character a pro-wrestler portrays when he goes to work) he portrayed a man named “Rocky Maivia” in honor of his father and grandfather, Rocky Johnson and Peter Maivia. However, the people hated him, and he eventually found fame and his millions (and millions) of fans as he broke from his family legacy and created his own. Without the weight of his family legacy, he found his true light in The Rock. (The Monday Night War)
In contrast to being viewed by millions, shadow can also represent never being seen by one’s enemies. The most well known and oldest example of staying in the shadows is the profession of the ninja. Without Hollywood’s production, the ninja was the deadliest assassin in all feudal Japan. Comprised of the peasant farmer class, the ninja turned farming tools into instruments of death. They moved with the night and would appear and disappear in a cloud of smoke. They used the shadows to take the lives of those they could not defeat in one on one combat; the ninja used shadows to his