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'''Kobol''' is the ancestral homeworld of humanity that populates the worlds known as the Twelve Colonies in both the [[Original Series|Original]] and [[Re-imagined Series]].
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|tab1=Original Series
|subtab1_1=Kobol (TOS)
|subtab1_2=Star Kobol
|tab2=Re-imagined Series
|subtab2_1=Kobol (RDM)
|subtab2_2=Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I
|subtab2_3=Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II
|title=Similarities and Etymology
|summary=
==Similarities of Kobol between Original and Re-imagined Series==
 
*It is believed to be the original home of humanity.
*It is found by chance by both Fleets.
*A world catastrophe or internal strife forces humanity to leave the planet.
*A tomb holds the key to the location of Earth.
**[[Tomb of the Ninth Lord of Kobol]] in [[TOS]]: "Lost Planet of the Gods," [[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I|Part I]] & [[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II|Part II]].
**[[Tomb of Athena]] in [[TRS]]: "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]" and "[[Home, Part II]]."
*Special keys are needed to open or access the secrets of the tomb.
**[[Seal of the Lords]] in the Original Series.
**The [[Arrow of Apollo]] in the Re-imagined Series.
*The Colonials encounter Cylons on and around the planet during their quests.
 
==Etymology==
*"Kobol" originally appears derived from "Kolob" which, according to the [[w:List_of_articles_about_Mormonism|Mormon]] [[w:Book_of_Abraham|Book of Abraham]] is the "star nearest unto God". [[Glen A. Larson]], creator of the Original Series, is a member of the of the [[Wikipedia:Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. As such, he used Mormon imagery within the show, together with elements of Egyptian imagery that tend to reflect the time of [[Wikipedia:Abraham|Abraham]] and the Israelites.  The [[w:Book_of_Abraham|Book of Abraham]] also claims that Abraham taught the Egyptians astronomy and that Kolob is the central star of the universe and thus controls the revolutions of all other stars and planets.  The connection seems to come from Kolob/Kobol as the (so to speak) "original starting point".
*Kobol could also have been derived from the Greek word ''Kobalos'', meaning  "mine or source." The name may suggest that Kobol was originally a planet with a wealth of natural resources (or, in the case of the Tomb of Athena, information).
*Kobol also shares its pronunciation with [[w:COBOL|COBOL]], an older programming language (whose programs are reputed to still be widely used.)
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