The younger Alicorn princess, later named Princess Luna, in the first episode's prologue.
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Luna's design is similar to those of Fleur Dis Lee, Princess Cadance, the Headless Horse, the Mane-iac, and S05 Unknown Unicorn Mare #2.ĭepiction in the series History Ruling Equestria File:Princess Luna in the prologue S1E01.jpg She also speculated that when Nightmare Moon was defeated, Luna was reborn with very low magic levels, and that her mane was eventually magical and wavy again because her good powers had been restored. Lauren Faust has stated that when Luna is fully grown, she will not look like Nightmare Moon. Her old design is still used in some merchandise and the online game Castle Creator, and her old mane is partly visible in some shots.
Switch-back between the above point and page 15 of the Template:Comic story.Switch between the above point and Luna Eclipsed.Switch-back before and after being Nightmare Moon respectively in a flashback in Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 1 and in Friendship is Magic, part 2.Switch between a flashback on page 21 of the Template:Comic story and a flashback in The Crystal Empire - Part 1.Depiction of her as a filly-on the fan-designed WeLoveFine T-shirts "Old School Cutie Mark" (without her cutie mark) and "Flying in Circles" (with her cutie mark)-uses the lighter-coated-and-normal-maned design depiction of her as a mare has switched between the two designs on multiple occasions: Princess Luna has two designs, differing in that her coat is a darker shade of blue and that her mane is partially translucent, rippling and sparkling like Celestia's. According to Lauren Faust, Princess Luna's name "was Selena for a short time, but there were legal problems with it," and Nightmare Moon was originally named "Discord," a name which would later be given to another eventually-reformed villain.
The Elements of Harmony guidebook states that Luna's original name was Selena and shows development and concept art of the then-named "Princess Selena"/"Night Mare" these names are used in a Friendship is Magic storybook. In the European French dub, Nightmare Moon is named La Jument Séléniaque, loosely translated as "the mare Selene" or "the Selene Mare." Her title in Twilight Sparkle's book in Friendship is Magic, part 1, "Mare in the Moon," is a play on the mythic story Man in the Moon. The word "Luna" means "moon" in Italian and Spanish, in both cases derived from Latin-Luna is the Latin name for the Greek moon goddess Selene (Σελήνη), who is the daughter of Hyperion and Theia in Greek mythology. 7.2 My Little Pony mobile game description.