I think this whole story is at some point locked into Egyptian god lore.
The loom at the start also always seems to represent fate in multiple mythologies. Jacob seemed to be intent on influencing fates.
We've seen the statue whole, and it looks like Anubis the Egyptian god of the dead or the god of the underworld. He was the son of Osirus who was also the god of the underworld.
However Set looks almost identical to Anubis but was the god of desert, chaos and disorder. He was considered to be on the same power level as Ra the sun god.
I'm wondering if the Locke creature is actually representative of Ra and Jacob is representative of Set. They're at war for power over the Island
I found this in wiki which is interesting to. It interesting because if we believe that the oceanic folk are dead, this matches up in a lot of ways.
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For the Egyptians, the sun represented light, warmth, and growth. This made sun deities very important to Egyptians, and it is no coincidence that the sun came to be the ruler of all. In his myths, the sun was either seen as the body or eye of Ra.
Ra was thought to travel in a sun boat (The Boat of the Millions) to protect its fires from the primordial waters of the underworld it passed through during the night. Ra traveled in the sun boat with various other deities including Set and Mehen who defended against the monsters of the underworld, and Ma'at who guided the boat's course. The monsters included Apep, an enormous serpent who tried to stop the sun boat's journey every night by consuming it. The Ra myth saw the sunrise as the rebirth of the sun by the goddess Nut and the sky, thus attributing the concept of rebirth and renewal to Ra and strengthening his role as a creator god.
For the Egyptians, the sun represented light, warmth, and growth. This made sun deities very important to Egyptians, and it is no coincidence that the sun came to be the ruler of all. In his myths, the sun was either seen as the body or eye of Ra.
Ra was thought to travel in a sun boat (The Boat of the Millions) to protect its fires from the primordial waters of the underworld it passed through during the night. Ra traveled in the sun boat with various other deities including Set and Mehen who defended against the monsters of the underworld, and Ma'at who guided the boat's course. The monsters included Apep, an enormous serpent who tried to stop the sun boat's journey every night by consuming it. The Ra myth saw the sunrise as the rebirth of the sun by the goddess Nut and the sky, thus attributing the concept of rebirth and renewal to Ra and strengthening his role as a creator god.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra