Elysion Versus Illusion
The combination 
iry
jon approximates the English term illusion. (Sources: 1,
2, 3.)
Naoko Takeuchi used that combination for the manga image that shows Shine Snow Illusion.
Anime sources that mention Shine Aqua Illusion show that combination.
The combination 
Eryushion approximates the ancient Greek term Elysion. (Sources: 1, 2, 3.)
Ms. Takeuchi used that combination as the name of the sacred area of Earth. That image came from page 116 of the Materials Collection.
The back cover of SuperS laser disk volume eight shows that combination. The animators used that combination as the name of the area that is associated with dreams.
The Pronunciation of Elysion
Elysion (or 
lysion) is a transliteration of the Greek-letter combination 
. (Sometimes is transliterated as Elusion. Since there is an English word elusion that is not very relevant to that Greek-letter combination, we should write Elysion to avoid confusion.) According to the standard Erasmic (western classicist) pronunciation rules, the Upsilon () was pronounced like the German ü. The ryu part of Eryushion approximates the part of . According to the Erasmic pronunciation, the Eta () sounded like the ê in French tête, and the Omicron (
) sounded like the o in German Gott.
was pronounced like êlüsion (the ü part is in the accented syllable).
Elysion and Elysium
The ancient Romans transliterated into their alphabet as Elysium. The English language also uses that
spelling. The Japanese write 
Erishiumu to approximate Elysium.
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