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The Lasso of Truth is a fictional weapon wielded by DC Comics superheroine Wonder Woman, Princess Diana of Themyscira. Reata redirects here For the comic book character see Reata (comics A lasso, lariat, or riata (from the Spanish reata DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do Themyscira (pronounced Them-mes-skera) ( is a Fictional island Nation in the DC Comics universe, and place of origin to its princess It is usually referred to as the Magic Lasso or Golden Lasso and forces anyone it captures to obey and tell the truth. The lasso has sometimes been interpreted as a yoni symbol, and with bondage and discipline ("B&D") practices. The word yoni (Sanskrit योिन yoni) is the Sanskrit word for "divine passage" "place of birth" "womb" in the sense of 'source

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Origin

William Moulton Marston created Wonder Woman but he also worked, in the period during and after World War I, on the systolic blood-pressure test used to detect deception while he was a doctoral student in the psychology department at Harvard University. Dr William Moulton Marston ( May 9, 1893 &ndash May 2, 1947) was an American psychologist feminist theorist inventor and World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All This was the predecessor of the polygraph test. A polygraph (popularly referred to as a Lie detector) is an instrument that measures and records several physiological responses such as Blood pressure His wife Elizabeth Holloway Marston, was a masters student at Radcliffe College and was also important to this research: "According to Marston’s son, it was his mother Elizabeth, Marston’s wife, who suggested to him that 'When she got mad or excited, her blood pressure seemed to climb'". Elizabeth "Sadie" Holloway Marston ( February 20, 1893 – March 27, 1993) was an American Psychologist who was Radcliffe College was a women's liberal arts college in Cambridge Massachusetts, and was the Coordinate college for Harvard University [1] Although Elizabeth is not listed as Marston’s collaborator in his early work, Lamb, Matte (1996), and others refer directly and indirectly to Elizabeth’s work on her husband’s deception research. She also appears in a picture taken in his polygraph laboratory in the 1920s (reproduced in Marston, 1938). "[2][3]

Wonder Woman's Magic Lasso or Golden Lasso was the direct result of their research. [4][1] In noting the correlation between it and the systolic blood-pressure test, Geoffry Bunn states:

“ Anyone caught in the lasso found it impossible to lie. And because Wonder Woman used it to extract confessions and compel obedience, the golden lasso was of course nothing less than a lie detector [. . . ] Like the lie detector upon which it was modelled, Wonder Woman's Golden Lasso produced truth - and by implication justice and freedom too - through coercion. [5] ”

Later uses

In the George Pérez version the Lasso was forged by the god Hephaestus from the Golden Girdle of Gaea that was once worn by Antiope, sister of Queen Hippolyta. George Pérez (born June 9, 1954) is an illustrator and writer of Comic books born of Latin-American (Puerto-Rican descent Hephaestus (hɨˈfiːstəs or /hɨˈfɛstəs/ Greek Hēphaistos) was a Greek god whose Roman equivalent was Vulcan. The Golden Girdle of Gaea is a Fictional object depicted in the DC Comics book Wonder Woman. For other uses see Antiope Antiope, in the fictional DC Comics universe, was the Amazon sister of Queen Hippolyta Queen Hippolyta is a DC Comics Superheroine based on Hippolyte, queen of the Amazons in Greek mythology, and is the mother of Empowered by the Fires of Hestia, the Lasso forces anyone held by it to tell the absolute truth. In Greek mythology, virginal Hestia, (Roman name Vesta daughter of Kronus and Rhea, ( ancient Greek) is the Goddess The fires are said to even be able to cure insanity, as they did in the case of Ares, God of War, when he attempted to incite World War III. Ares is a DC Comics character based on the Greek god of the same name. He renounced his plan when the Lasso showed him that such a war would destroy all life on Earth, including any potential worshippers he sought to gain from it.

The magic lasso has subsequently been shown to produce a wide array of effects. When battling the entity Decay, Wonder Woman used the lasso as a circuit between the earth and the monster, pumping the entity of death with life-giving energies that destroyed the creature. Wonder Woman has also used it to create a ring of protective fire around people to protect them from Circe's bestiamorphs. In Greek mythology, Circe ( sərsē; Greek Κίρκη Kírkē, falcon is a Queen Goddess (or sometimes a Nymph As the goddess of truth, Diana also used it to take memories of Donna Troy and restore her to life. Donna Troy is a Fictional character, a superheroine in the DC Universe.

In later Post-Crisis comics, the power of truth was written as innate to Wonder Woman herself, with the Lasso merely a focus of that power. Crisis on Infinite Earths is a twelve-issue American comic book Limited series (identified as a "12-part maxi-series" and crossover The term intrinsic denotes a characteristic or property of some thing or action which is essential and specific to that thing or action and which is wholly independent Storylines in the Morrison-era JLA comics depicted the lasso as an archetypal manifestation of universal truth, and, once broken, disrupted the underlying truth of reality itself. Grant Morrison (born January 31 1960 is a Scottish Comic book writer and artist The Justice League sometimes called the Justice League of America or JLA for short is a Fictional DC Comics superhero team. An archetype ( pronounced: /ˈɑːkɪtaɪp/ (Brit or /ˈɑrkɪtaɪp/ (Amer This allegorical interpretation is often ignored in later stories and by much of fandom, as the lasso was long established as magically unable to break, and was never before stated to be the ultimate representation of truth. Fandom (from the noun fan and the affix -dom, as in kingdom, dukedom, etc During her adventures with the Justice League team of superheroes Diana eventually battled a villain named Amazo who was able to duplicate aspects of the lasso for his own use. The Justice League sometimes called the Justice League of America or JLA for short is a Fictional DC Comics superhero team. Amazo is a fictional Android from DC Comics. He has fought the Justice League of America on several occasions

This lasso should not be confused with the lasso of the current Wonder Girl, Cassie Sandsmark. That lasso, given to her by Ares, has the power to shock a target with "Zeus' lightning" if Cassandra ropes her target and becomes angry with them. Ares is a DC Comics character based on the Greek god of the same name. Zeus (zjuːs in Greek: nominative: Zeús /zdeús/ genitive: Diós; Modern Greek /'zefs/ in Greek mythology

In the Elseworlds tale Red Son, Wonder Woman was subdued and restrained in her own lasso by the Soviet terrorist incarnation of Batman. Elseworlds is the publication Imprint for a group of Comic books produced by DC Comics that take place outside the company's canon Superman Red Son is a Comic book published by DC Comics that was released under their Elseworlds imprint in April 2003 Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a fictional Comic book Superhero co-created In order to free herself and rescue Superman from Lex Luthor's deadly red sun lamps, Wonder Woman snapped the cords of her "indestructible" lasso. Superman is a fictional Comic book Superhero widely considered to be one of the most recognized of such characters and an American Cultural icon Lex Luthor is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The shock of the incident appeared to age Diana, leaving her grey-haired, frail, and unable to speak.

Television representations

In the Super Friends animated series, the lasso possessed the ability to follow the telepathic commands of Wonder Woman, physically moving on its own to accomplish tasks. Super Friends is an American Animated television series about a team of Superheroes which ran from 1973 to 1986 on ABC as part In Super Friends, Wonder Woman was typically displayed using the lasso as a tool for accomplishing feats of strength, leaving it unclear to what extent Wonder Woman herself possessed great strength or the lasso itself performed the feats.

The lasso features in the live-action Wonder Woman series. In season one the lasso had the power to compel those bound to tell the truth. Beginning with the second season, it also had the power to cause selective amnesia.

In the Justice League animated series, the lasso is only used as an exceptionally long, flexible, and unbreakable rope. Justice League is an American Animated television series about a team of Superheroes which ran from 2001 to 2004 on Cartoon Network In Justice League Unlimited however, Wonder Woman's lasso was officially portrayed as being able to compel the truth. Justice League Unlimited (or JLU) is the name of an American animated television series that was produced by and aired on This ability was finally unleashed in the episode "The Balance" by Wonder Woman's mother Queen Hippolyta who revealed that Diana had stolen the uniform before being told of its full capabilities. Upon touching the star on the tiara, various parts of the Wonder Woman costume began to temporarily glow such as the tiara, bracelets, belt and lasso. It was after this that Diana discovered that the lasso could compel truth. However, in the series, Diana only used the truth powers of the lasso once, on the demon Abnegazar to learn the location of Felix Faust, an event that occurred in the same episode. Abnegazar Rath and Ghast are three Fictional characters in the DC Universe who are collectively known as the Demons Three. Felix Faust is a Fictional sorcerer and Supervillain that appears in stories published by DC Comics.

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Lamb, Marguerite. "Who Was Wonder Woman? Long-ago LAW alumna Elizabeth Marston was the muse who gave us a superheroine. " Boston University Alumni Magazine, Fall 2001
  2. ^ WILLIAM MOULTON MARSTON, THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, AND WONDER WOMAN
  3. ^ The Polygraph and Lie Detection, p.292
  4. ^ The Polygraph and Lie Detection, p.295
  5. ^ The Lie Detector, Wonder Woman and Liberty: The Life and Works of William Moulton Marston, pp.108 and 112

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