What does Camazotz mean in Stranger Things? Season 5 is amping up in Hawkins, Indiana as a new theory emerges from fans after picking up the episode titles from the upcoming series finale. Here's what you need to know.
Things Are About To Get Stranger: Episode 6 Title's Potential
While Stranger Things season 5 has yet to confirm its release date and other details on the ongoing story, the episode titles for the upcoming series finale have been reportedly leaked.
Any fan of the Netflix series would know the importance of each episode title when unraveling the twists in Hawkins, Indiana. In this case, fans took a look at what the Stranger Things season 5 episode 6 title means: Escape From Camazotz.
A fan pointed out that the term 'Camazotz' comes from Madeleine L'Engle's 1962 novel, A Wrinkle in Time, described to be a "dark planet" in that universe.
However, the Camazotz also happens to be related to one of the most prominent elements that was introduced in Stranger Things season 4. Can you guess what it is? Here's what fans think.
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Exploring the Role of Camazotz in Stranger Things Season 5, As Fans Put It
A lot of Stranger Things fans have been cooking up some theories on how the Netflix series ends. In this case, the Camazotz seemingly lines up with the ancient bat demon.
Apart from A Wrinkle in Time's potential reference, the Camazotz is also known to be a part of Mayan mythology, a bat spirit who services the lords of the Underworld.
The Camazotz, otherwise known as a "death bat", is often associated with night, death, and sacrifice.
Remember how season 4 volume 2 involved Steve Harrington and the others barely survived from Vecna's Upside Down? What were the creatures that tried to kill them? Demobats.
In Dungeons and Dragons, the Camazotz is the Demon Lord of Bats and Fire, described to be a "large fiend" and classified as "chaotic evil" which likely means that El and the others will be facing the overarching villain and close the gates to the Upside Down once and for all.
It is crucial to remember that these are but fan theories until Stranger Things season 5 starts streaming on Netflix sometime in 2025.
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