Sephirot/Fiend Connection Trivia

[Limecat]

The Sefirot is the Kabbalistic tree of life, depicted as a branching structure that encompasses the principles of the cosmos/divine power and law. So, the reference used in XIV about making Sephirot a tree god doesn't originate from anywhere in FF itself outside of him first appearing in VI as one of the gods of magic.

[LineageRazor]

The Sefirot is the Kabbalistic tree of life, depicted as a branching structure that encompasses the principles of the cosmos/divine power and law. So, the reference used in XIV about making Sephirot a tree god doesn't originate from anywhere in FF itself outside of him first appearing in VI as one of the gods of magic.

Also possibly of interest, Sephirot's attack names are also references to Kabbalistic terminology. None of the terms in-game have much relation to the texts they drew from, but I'll admit that I was amused that they took the Tree of Life (which is called that because it's a tree diagram, not because there's any kind of actual tree involved) and made it an actual god of tree people.

To the OP, Both Sephirot and Sephiroth draw upon the Kabbalistic term for their names, but neither have anything to do with the Kabbalah, or each other. Japan just loves using terminology from "exotic" religions to make their fantasy creations seem like they have eldritch weight. Neon Genesis Evangelion is another great example of this phenomenon in practice.