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The war in sky island is the replication of war between Americans and Red Indians. In fact, Eiichiiro Oda wrote this during a trip to North America, where he was fascinated by the imagery of the natibe tribes.
Enel
Enel doesn't draw from one specific myth, but rather all of the prominent lighting deities across the planet. During his battle with Luffy, Enel lists a variety of attacks that are seemingly innocuous to most fans, but they pay homage to the diverse myths that inspired his creation in the real world.
In no particular order, there's Hinon, a reference to the Iroquois thunder deity; Shango, the Yorba lightning deity of Africa; and El Thor, alluding to the Norse deity that also inspired the Marvel character.
Most of Enel's attacks are the names of various deities.
Sango - Yoruban Thunder God
Kari - Malay Thunder God
Raigo - Buddhist saying to welcome spirits
Mamaragan - Aboriginal Australian Thunder God
Expanding on the previous entry, the deity that Enel borrows from the most on a visual level is the Japanese thunder god Raijin, hence the ring of drums adorned on his back, but the connections to the aforementioned Raijin don't stop there. After disembarking from Fishman Island, the Strawhats are given a trio of Islands to choose from to initiate the next leg of their journey. One of the Islands is plagued by an eternally violent electrical storm, which provides its given name of Raijin.
Raijin: Raijin was created by the divine pair Izanami and Izanagi after the creation of Japan. There is a legend which says the eight lightning gods were charged with protection of the Dharma by the Buddha. Depicted as a muscled man carrying a series of drums, which he uses to make the rumbling sound of thunder.
Giant bean = Jack & the bean stalk
Sky Island has scary Mayan ruins and restless natives - could it be any other place than the Chiapas region of Mexico
God in Skypiea In Skypiea, the title of "God" refers to the ruling body of the sky islands. God is generally looked at as a governing class of sorts. However, other than the title itself, the position of God holds no religious or divine overtones, being a regular physical being who is neither all-powerful nor perfect. The first known man to hold this position was Ubau, who governed four hundred years prior to the current storyline,[1] and Gan Fall held the position of the previous God eight years prior, before Enel took over. Enel took this title too seriously, matching some of the "all powerful" and "omniscient" traits prior to his defeat by Luffy, and naming most of his lightning-based attacks after thunder gods of various religions. After Enel was gone, Gan Fall reclaimed the title.
Gods in Shandora In Shandia (at the times when they lived on Jaya), people worshipped giant pythons (e.g. Kashigami) as their "Gods", and even made human sacrifices to them under the guidance of a Pantri.[2] This practice ceased when Mont Blanc Noland and his crew arrived at Jaya and cured the tribe of Tree Fever.[3]