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on this thread you can create pokemon myths or tell how a pokemon is realated to mythology.
Let's stick to "real" myths, otherwise we'd have the story of Rudolph the Red Nosed Stantler.FireFighter095ReBorn said:Here is the myth of snorlax:
Snorlax looks like he is a lazy pokemon but the myth is:
Back hundreds of years ago many snorlax were caught by egyptian pharos to move teh boulders and make the pyramids of ancient egypt and they were fed the wild animals of egypt at were never known about.
This myth is once said to be true but only by ancient sciptures of pokemon.
PokePop said:Let's stick to "real" myths, otherwise we'd have the story of Rudolph the Red Nosed Stantler.
Well, considering that hoo (also romanized as hou-ou) means "phoenix" in Japanese, I think drawing that conclusion is pretty safe...lunatone_solrock said:Ho-oh, Phoenix?
Moltres seems more like it.
lunatone_solrock said:Ho-oh, Phoenix?
Moltres seems more like it.
http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/ho-oo-phoenix.shtmlPokePop said:Well, what's the story of the Japanese Phoenix?
Does it have a separate origin, or is it based on the Greek story?
In Japan, as earlier in China, the mythical Ho-oo (Asian Phoenix) was adopted as a symbol of the imperial household, particularily the empress. This mythical bird represents fire, the sun, justice, obedience, and fidelity. It is one of the four celestial guardians of the four directions (south).
According to legend (mostly from China), the Ho-oo appears very rarely, and only to mark the beginning of a new era -- the birth of a virtuous ruler, for example. In other traditions, the Ho-oo appears only in peaceful and prosperous times (nesting, it is said, in paulownia trees), and hides itself when there is trouble. As the herald of a new age, the Ho-Oo decends from heaven to earth to do good deeds, and then it returns to its celestial abode to await a new era. [Interesting, for those of you who watch the anime, if you recall the episode where Team Rocket steals the crystal bells from the pagoda...or remember that Ash saw a Ho-oh when he set out on his journey way back when... ] It is both a symbol of peace (when it appears) and a symbol of disharmony (when it disappears). In China, early artifacts show the Phoenix (female) as intimately associated with the Dragon (male) -- the two are portrayed either as mortal enemies or as blissful lovers. When shown together, the two symbolize both conflict and wedded bliss, and are a common design motif even today in many parts of Asia {snip}
The Asian Phoenix should not be confused with the Phoenix found in Egypt and Greece -- that is a bird of completely different feathers and traditions. The Arabian-Western Phoenix, if you recall, is a solidary creature -- only one of its kind. When it dies, it dies in flames, and from the ashes is born the next phoenix.