Real-world references
From A Wheel of Time Wiki
There are some possible references to the real world in the Wheel of Time books, leading some people to believe that Robert Jordan indended for Randland to be in the past, future, or both of the current world.
In The Eye of the World, Chapter 4, The Gleeman
- "Elsbet, queen of all" - Queen Elizabeth
- "Anla, the Wise Counselor - Ann Landers
- "Materese the Healer" - Mother Teresa
- "Tell us about Lenn," Egwene called. "How he flew to the moon in the belly of an eagle made of fire. Tell about his daughter Salya walking among the stars." - John Glenn, The Eagle, Sally Ride or Salyut
- "A silvery thing in another cabinet, like a three-pointed star inside a circle, was made of no substance she knew; it was softer than metal, scratched and gouged, yet even older than any of the ancient bones. From ten paces she could sense pride and vanity." - Mercedes-Benz logo
- "She took a closer look at the huge skull. [...] Not four eye sockets after all. Two seemed to be for tusks of some kind instead, on either side of where its nose had been. Some sort of monstrous boar perhaps, though it looked like no pig skull she had ever seen." - Elephant skull
- "...and opposite it on the other side were the bones of some slender four-footed beast with a neck so long the skull was half as high as the ceiling" - Giraffe skeleton
- "Did Mosk and Merk really fight with spears of fire, and were they even giants?" - Moscow, America, ICBMs
- "Ghoetam under The Tree of Life" - Gautama Buddha
