Though a common concept, well known and understood by alchemists in Amestris, the idea of the Homunculus is regarded as no more than a farce or faraway fantasy as no individual or group of alchemists has come anywhere close to successfully creating such a being in officially recorded history. In the series the official definition of a Homunculus is “Any human that was created or re-created by any Alchemy, Alkahestry, Grand Arcanum, and any other form of Alchemy.” The correct Latin pronunciation of 'Homunculus' is 'ho-MOON-cool-ooss' (every 'U' is pronounced the same way) the plural 'Homunculi' is pronounced 'ho-MUN-cool-ee'.
For the manga and 2009 anime storyline antagonist who went by this name, see Father.Ī Homunculus ( 人造人間 ( ホムンクルス ), Homunkurusu, Latin for 'Little Human', Japanese for 'Artificial Human') refers to the medieval legendary concept of an artificially created human, presumably brought into existence by certain means of alchemy. This article is about the artificial humans named after the Seven Deadly Sins or created by the military.
