#pokemon myths

[historianofgalar]

Folklore Pokemon: Sāriknight

Sāriknight is a mythical pokemon that appear in many beliefs and folklore related to Arceus. They have the appearance of Gardevoir and Mega Gardevoir, but with differently shaped ears, completely green (sometimes yellow) eyes, lighter hair, and wings. They are said to be messengers of Arceus. While they originated in Hoenn of them being messengers of Rayquaza, beliefs of them soon spread around the world, and are now most commonly associated with the Arceus faith.

(Artwork of one in an old folklore book written in the late 1500s)

Their name comes from the word "Sār" meaning "princes" and "Sirknight," which is their Hoenn name. Legends state that these pokemon often give messages to humans through dreams or unown, with some sources even stating that they give prophecies using these methods. Despite their supposed strength, Sāriknight was stated to not be as strong as legendaries, but more powerful than the average mythical.

//this can be used by anyone if you credit me!

#//obviously based on angels #//changes some stuff to make it fit with the pokemon world so its not entirely accurate #//angels irl originated in Judaism and Christianity but since Gardevoir was introduced in Hoenn i wanted to make them originate from that #//sorry im rambling im currently researching a lot of folklore stuff around the world and its very fun #pokemon folklore #folklore pokemon #pokeblogging #pokeblog #rotomblr #pokemon #irl pokemon #rotumblr #pokemon irl #pokeblog rp #pokemon history #pokemon myths #fakemon #hoenn #pokemedia #pokeposting #pokemon worldbuilding #pokeblr

[quillpokebiology]

The Teddiursa on the Moon

(I've been reading a lot of old Johto fairytales, and I wanted to share this one)

In the deep forests of an ancient region, far far away from this one, there lived three pokemon: Ursaluna, Ursaring, and Teddiursa. The three pokemon lived together as a family, with the mother ursaring caring for her little teddiursa. She would always take the little teddiursa out into the forests to collect berries and find new routes for exploration. The grandmother Ursaluna would always stay behind and watch the moon.

"Why does grandmother watch the moon, mother?" Asked the teddiursa.

The ursaring looked at her son sweetly and said, "Because the moon is where we come from, Little one. It brought us here and provides us with protection and light."

The teddiursa was confused by this. What safety could the moon bring?

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The teddiursa watched as his grandmother looked up at the moon. "Grandmother?" He asked. "Can you tell me about the moon?"

The ursaluna looked at her grandson sweetly. "Of course, Little one." She started. She looked up at the full moon, basking in its light even more. "The great spirit of the moon is what brought you and I here. Her energy and greatness provides us with the light we need to survive these nights. And one day, when I'm no longer here, I shall return to the sky where she originates."

"Why will you go to the sky grandmother?"

"The life that I live here is my light, my child. The light I have can only be borrowed from the night sky and stars. So one day, I'll have to return it. And at that day, it will be my time to go."

The teddiursa looked at his grandmother, his eyes swelling with tears in its corner. "I don't want you to go grandmother."

The ursaluna put a paw around the young teddiursa. "I'll never leave you, little one. Even when I'm not here physically, my spirit will be with you. Every night, in the sky."

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Seven days after the ursaluna had said that, she had mysteriously died in her sleep. Her corpse face was peaceful and smiling, her faint glow disappearing. Ursaring and teddiursa mourned her death, burying her body in her favorite clearing, surrounded by white moon flowers.

"Mother" the teddiursa began to ask. "Will grandma return to the sky?"

The ursaring looked at her son. "Did she tell you that story, Little one?" She picked him up with her paws, trying to hold back faint tears. "Yes." She replied in a calm, whispering voice, hugging the child in her arms.

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As the weeks and days had gone by, distraught of losing her mother had caused the ursaring great sadness. She worked hard to care for her son, but she slowly became more somber as the reality sunk in.

The teddiursa tried his best to make his mother happy. He would search for berries himself as a surprise, he would prepare her favorite items, he would try and tell stories, but nothing seemed to work. So, he decided to do something he knew his mother would be proud of.

On the peak of a mountain, there lived a large combee Hive. They had the best honeymoon in all of the forest, and the other pokemon had stories of how it could bring fulfillment and happiness for the rest of your life. But, it was very dangerous, as the journey there had a lot of obstacles, and the vespiquen was a very threatening queen. But teddiursa wanted to make his mother happy, even if it was just once.

So, he set off, sneaking out if his cave one moonlight night. The journey took three days, and three nights, but he knew it would be worth it.

As he went to the border of the combee hive, he was stopped by a swarm of guard combee. "What is your business here, teddiursa cub?"

The tediursa ignored the sweet aroma of the Hive. "I want to gather honey for my mother. She is very sad, and I want her to be happy." .

The combee looked at him with sinister looks. "Don't fool us little bear. We are not going to give you our honey. We know how greedy you teddiursa are. You will just keep coming back! And then, we'll have no money to feed ourselves!" They all said in unison.

The teddiursa contemplated. He could challenge them to a battle, but he wasn't very strong. Maybe he could bargain?

"I know!" He exclaimed. "I will give you three of my claws, which you can protect yourself with! And then you can give me a small jar if honey!"

The combee all looked among themselves. They looked at the teddiursa's claws. They might not be very strong, but it would be a good warning to place teddiursa claws outside of their Hive.

"Very well." They exclaimed, and the teddiursa jumped with joy!

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The process of taking off three of his claws was painful but worth it. He carried the honey in his mouth, walking three days and three nights to his home.

He was overjoyed when he saw his cave. He set the honey down, yelling for his mother to come see the surprise. But nothing came. That was weird. Usually the mother ursaring would always reply quickly.

He walked inside, carrying the honey. The teddiursa scampered to his moms side of the cave. She was laying down on her stomach, paws around her nose, covering her face. It looked like she had been...crying?

The teddiursa nudged his mother's side. "Mama, guess what I brought you!" He showed her the combee honey. Still, bo awnser. She must really be deep in sleep. "Look! It's combee honey! From the large Hive on the mountain!" Still, nothing. Bow he started to get worried. But still, he held up hid paw high. "I had to get rid of three of claws, but I know it was worth it!"

Ursaring still layed their, silently.

"Mother?" He nudged her side, one last time. But as she layed there, stiff and unmoving, the realization sunk in.

"No, no, no! Mother, please get up!" He cried in a panic. He nudged at her side again, pressing his paws against her face. But it just rolled over, showing her thin and worn out body, still and unbreathing.

Tears ran down teddiursa's face. What happened? Why was his mother no longer here? She did look a bit skinny, but he didn't know it would be this bad! What was he to do now? Where would he go? His grandmother had just died as well! He had nowhere to go. He layed on the floor, crying into his paws.

He doesn't know how long he lied there. It could've been an hour. It could've been five minutes. But some strange aura caught his attention. He looked up from his paws, and what he saw was magnificent.

A strange being floated above him. It's wings were magnificent, and seemingly carried the universe in them. It had a yellow head crest with pinkish-red eyes, and white bindings where a strange glowing crystal was held in its chest.

"Oh, my child." The being said. It's voice was very feminine. "You're hurt."

The teddiursa wiped his tears with his paws. "My mother just died. I don't know what I'm to do."

The being covered him with it's long wings, like a soft star blanket. "It's okay. You're okay." She stayed, caressing him with it's wings for a few minutes. It was comforting. It felt like he could just forget about everything that's happened right now.

"Do you remember what your grandmother said to you? About the sky?" She asked, tilting her head slightly.

The teddiursa nodded his head. "She said that she had to return to it someday, and that her energy comes from it."

The being smiled and nodded its head. "That's right, little one. It was her time to go, and it was your mother's time to go as well."

"But I don't want them to go!" Replied the teddiursa.

"I know it's difficult, little one. But I have something for you." The being held out a wint, revealing a weird crystal of some sorts. It as yellow and moon shaped, but very small, fitting into teddiursa's small claws.

"What is it?" He asked.

"A dream stone." Replied the being. "Everytime you sleep, your spirit will end up on the moon, and you may be with your mother and grandmother there. That way, they'll always be there to protect you. And when it's your time to go, your sould will peacefully rest on the moon.

The teddiursa perked up at that. "I can be with my family again?" He asked.

The being nodded once more. "Yes, little one. And they'll always be there to watch you."

"I-thank you." He said, holding the stone in his claws. "I don't know what to say."

The being dodged his question. "I have to go now. I can only stay here for so long." It bowed it's head at him. Sleep tight, Little one." And than, it vanished.

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That night, as teddiursa fell asleep holding the pendant, he opened his eyes to find himself on the moon, feeling as calm and peaceful as ever. He looked around, eyes darting for a bit. The constellations were beautiful. He recognized some that his grandma had taught him. Lupus the mightyena, Virgo the Gardevoir, The two dancing whiscash-

But as his eyes settles, he noticed two new constellations. One of an old ursaluna looking up, and one of an ursaring chasing something.

It was in that moment that he closed his eyes again, he knew he would be okay.

#teddiursa #ursaluna #ursaring #original story #pokemon #pokemon myths #pokemon fairytales #pokeblog #pokeblogging #irl pokemon #pokemon irl #pokeblr #rotumblr #rotomblr #unreality #pokemon unreality #pkmn irl #pokemon roleplay #pokemon in real life #fairytale #tumblr story #stories on tumblr #fanfiction #pokemon fanfiction #i winged it the entire time sorry if pacing is weird #ooc: the being is lunala if i couldnt describe it well enough #johto fairytales #pokestories

[spookberry]

This is part of a lil series where I draw my oc Lore dressed in outfits based off her pokemon.

The first one was cyclizar!! :)

#bonus bede is here #which is a reference to another drawing I did of Lore's salazzle lol #her salazzle's named Kahlua :) #pokemon #my ocs #my art #lore mythe

[realpokemon]

Look. There's five main types of pokemon. Lump, Horse, Cat, Long and Guy. That's just what it is.

which is this

#pokemon #unreality #pkmn irl #sick of the horse and cat and etc myths

[kynimdraws]

Happy Pride from two of Unova’s gay icons xoxo Don’t even question why there would be a homophobic church in a Pokemon world I just wanted to draw them being goofy

Based on this

#burgh #elesa #myths of unova #tagging that bc they would #pokemon #pokemon bw2 #kyleeart #shitposting

[odddesignz]

The Oilot Line🏺

Rock/Fighting

The dripping Pokémon!

#artists on tumblr #digital art #pokemon #pokémon #fakemon #pokemon art #art commissions #pokemon oc #rock type #pokemon region #concept art #greek pottery #ancient greek aesthetic #greek mythology #greek myth art

[wild-saber1337]

MYTHS CARVED IN LEGEND'S (Artist: Soina)

#video games #pals #palworld #jetragon #Frost stallion #legendary pokemon #legands #myths #legendary pals #pocket pair

[lorebird]

Continuing my “Cynthia is Volo after chilling out and transitioning” propaganda: Consequences Edition

#pokemon #Cynthia #Volo #elesa #emmet #subway boss emmet #my art #I’ve seen a lot of ‘immortal volo meets emmet and offers to help him find ingo’ #but he’s always real evil about it which! fair enough! #mans is an unhinged villain! #I just wanna explore that concept w my own hc of cynthia learning to make a new life after she’s lost everything in Hisui #starting over fresh with ‘volo’ being a relic of the past #until uh oh! consequences! #this is the first time she’s met emmet. it’s been like 200 yrs since she saw Ingo #so she hasn’t thought much abt the man she dragged through the rift on accident #she and a lot of the unova ladies r besties bc I think it’s cute and there’s the whole villa thing :] #she’s come to really enjoy her new life and everyone in it and is terrified she’s going to lose that bc of what she did in hisui #so she’s like. hi yeah I know a lot about Mysteries and Myths maybe I can help find him! don’t worry!! #shenanigans ensue as she tries to pretend she’s solving a mystery that she caused and also trynna figure out how to get Ingo back

[luckycaricature]

#pokemon #eevee #eeveelution #poll #I mean they're like dogs. but. idk #Espeon is based off a cat myth thing but. idk just doesn't seem like one would be Gremlin enough to do that lmao #or maybe I'm just biased idk

[historianofgalar]

Did you know? #1

While in most regions, the toothfairy is said to either be a human or a humanoid Pokemon, in both Kalos and Paldea, the toothfairy is said to be a "mythical" (this mythical meaning not real) Dedenne with wings and a wand. She steals the teeth to continue her good deeds and leaves little treats behind for children.

#//doing the 'did you know?' stuff to build onto pokeworld #//the game needs more useless worlsbuilding facts omg #runa's did you know facts #kalos #paldea #dedenne #pokemon myths #pokemon fairytales #pokeblogging #pokeblog #rotomblr #pokemon #irl pokemon #rotumblr #pokemon irl #pokeblog rp #pokemon history

[quillpokebiology]

While writing my larvesta facts, I found an old Unova story about Larvesta stealing the light of the sun and evolving into Volcorona. And now I wanna see more stories. Anyone got some Unova fairytale recommendations?

#pokemon #pokeblogging #unreality #irl pokemon #pokemon irl #pkmn irl #pokeblog #pokemon unreality #pokeblr #rotomblr #rotumblr #pokemon questions #unova #volcorona #larvesta #pokemon myths #pokemon headcanon #quill talks

[yusuke-of-valla]

Hey guys I know we all enjoy the Pecharunt lore because it's a funny little accessory to murder but I do want to point out that when Okidogi and Fezendipiti are stealing the masks and Ogrepon's partner returns the specific wording is "[Okidogi and Fezendipiti] had no choice but to defend themselves" from the man they were robbing and subsequently likely killed despite the fact that being Pokemon and Okidogi specifically being labeled as very strong the human likely wasn't actually a threat to them

Kinda implies that the narrator is unreliable and maybe we want to take that into consideration before immediately slapping Pecharunt with "uwu soft bean with a sympathetic backstory"

#like this was the whole point of the teal mask that the original legend is unreliable #to not take the original myth at face value #I would not put it PAST them to make this story be like a little biased #Pecharunt #pokemon spoilers #mochi mayhem #like fully I don't trust it #I do think Pecharunt is a little shit #a little shit with maybe a warped understanding of affection but frankly I think it played a bigger role in that murder than implied #headcanons are headcanons and on some level if you put your lore in an explainer video and not the game then it's instantly invalid anyway #but like considering pecharunt's willingness to use innocent people as body guards #I think it thinks it's just trying to help its parents #I think it's wrong

[spookberry]

was thinking of doing a lil series of my girl Lore dressed up like her pokemon

#startin with cyclizar just cuz i was thinking about how one would be a perfect addition to her team #and so i wanted to draw her with one #ive decided that his name is Bychael #my art #my ocs #pokemon #cyclizar #Lore Mythe

[askduskull]

(@askmewntwo ) Joey: Carrots! I’ve heard of carrots… never tried one though. Is that your favorite food?

The duskull floats around in a circle, happy at the mere thought of carrots "I hope I can find more.. Everything else that lurks about here... They do not seem to enjoy carrots. So that means they are for me!" The foot board of the bed creaks slightly under your weight as you hang off the side, causing more skittering noises to be heard throughout the room. Yet nothing else appears to be in the room. Not fully. The duskull doesn't seem too concerned by these noises and begins to observe the ground closely. "If I find a extra... I can give one to you. Food is scarce if you don't... eat others.."

A smell hits your nose suddenly despite nothing in the room changing

The smell is carrots

Aren't they lovely?

#boo #sfw #duskull #askmewntwo #rattata #pokemon ask #pokemon ask blog #also we do not care if the carrot good for eyesight is a myth or not. let them dream

[prof-peach]

Have you had any encounters/experiences with Virizion? I've heard they've had bad experiences with humans in the past, but curious how they react to the lab or gardens, or if they keep their distance?

Other than the rare sighting of one Raikou on the island, and the passing of the occasional Zapdos if we're unlucky, no legends or myths make their way to the Island thankfully.

We do not focus our interests on them, and are more than happy not having them around. Such powerful and difficult individuals bring a lot of troube with them more often than not, which endangers our staff and the patients here.

Never met one, never plan to, rather steer clear of that category of pokemon completly. Even a tiny Shaymin can kill on reaction if wanted. Best thing for us to do is to give them a lot of space and stay away unless theres no other option at all.

#we dont do legends or myths here #never have #as a creator i do not like them and they kind of unbalance the worldbuilding #and as peach #theyre something that scare her #she wont handle them wherever possible #pokemon #peach talks #prof.peach

[volo-omnia]

Y'know something I really love that makes a comeback in PLA but it never gets explained ever? The Arceus sigil from the Heartgold/Soulsilver Arceus event.

Y'know, this thing.

Now I know we do get an indirect explanation from the HG/SS event, although it does make me wonder about it's meanings and connections:

To start off, the in game meaning of the sigil is pretty cut and dry. Or at least....part of it.

Triangles are pretty common throughout gen 4, with the obvious connection being the creation trio.

As explained by Cynthia in the event, the bottom left circle corresponds to Dialga, bottom right with Palkia, and the one on top being Giratina. (And of course, the larger circle in the center with the sun-like design being corresponded to Arceus.) Their designs and placements in their hierarchy is pretty directly shown here, which is pretty nice.

However we also see a similar triangle in the Celestic ruins in the modern day, with their correspondences being related to the Lake Trio. Their placements of course being related to their respective lakes they reside in Sinnoh.

Now while these separate sigils don't explain the greater whole, they do explain parts of it. Since both the creation and lake trios are represented by upright triangles, we can clearly see 2 upright triangles in Arceus' overall creation sigil.

However that does leave the much larger image unexplained for the most part. There have been theories that each circle in the larger image corresponds to another legendary pokemon in the greater pokemon universe, but it's hard to fully place where each legendary goes where.

Now what I wanna do instead is speculate the design of the Arceus sigil from an esoteric perspective.

Most sigils have different meanings and designs based on the person making them, but I just wanna have some fun breaking down the design in itself. Disclaimer, I don't expect Gamefreak to know this stuff when designing their game, so most of this will be speculation.

Now with both creation and lake trios being represented by triangles, I find it interesting that they're both layered upright as opposed to one upright and one pointed downward. From an esoteric perspective, the way the triangle points reflects different meanings. If you have a triangle pointed upward, it would direct energy upwards to the heavens, as opposed to pointed downward, where the intended energy is directed down to earth/below.

However assuming the shape of the triangle was irrelevant, the usage of the number 3 could also be a point to the worldbuilding. The common theme of trios in the world of pokemon is typically symbolized by the ideas of harmony, order, and perfection, as well as regarded as a "holy number" in various cultures and religions. At least in the ideas of Agrippa, the number 3 is considered the "ideal" number of forms, with number 2 being the number of creating matter. (Although this is interesting as Giratina does get kicked out making the creation duo, Dialga and Palkia. Their loyalty to Arceus does indeed make 3 again.) Going back to the lake trio, the number 3 being represented by the three states of mind, that being wisdom, willpower, and emotion.

However, if we also take the obvious Christianity route to things, then the usage of triangles in the sigil also is quite an obvious indicator!

Since the ancient Celestics are inspired by the Greco-Romans, the usage of 3 is also quite common in mythology! I'm sure you don't need me to explain the common trinity of earth, water, and sky in Greek myths, trying back to Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades.

Now, here is where we get to the hard part. What are the other circles of the sigil? Well....I actually have no idea.

You see, an idea I've seen others try to connect this sigil back to is that of transmutation circles and alchemy circles.

And....yeah, I guess, but this is the part where I bring back that disclaimer that I don't think Gamefreak actually knows in depth what the hell I'm talking about right now.

There's a large plethora of alchemy symbols from Agrippa, The Golden Dawn, to many other occultists throughout history that are used to design these things, but....the Arceus sigil has nothing.

Typically you would have some sort of connection between each area of the circle that you wanted to channel in terms of that celestial aspect, that being a triangle/pentagram/hexagram/etc, but there are no clear chemical symbols or connections inbetween the circles. A lot of the circles are overlapped in this kinda weird way, with a lot on the surrounding edges just kinda sitting by themselves.

So be perfectly honest I'm not sure what kinda design they were going for here? Given by the cutscenes in the Arceus event of the Earth being overlaid the image of the sigil...the circles could represent a type of unity in the world and the circular nature of creation, but part of me thinks the game designers just kinda slapped a bunch of circles together to make it look cool. (And well, probably not to draw too much attention to real life occult topics in their kids game.)

At most I can say it's a type of creation circle given it's symbolized a lot with the idea of Arceus being The Creator, but it's difficult to say given it's design is quite far from what actual real life sigils would look like. All in all though, it's still quite an interesting thing that's included in it's worldbuilding.

....although now I think I get why it's never explained directly.

#pokemon legends arceus #headcanons #text #arceus #pla #now i get why volo had such a shit time researching myths this thing looks like ass #i think cryptotheism even got an ask on this thing and they said it doesnt look like anything if i recall #i wanna say arceus is this weird christian god-demiurge-zeus hybrid but theres this weird flux with no clear line #at most i can say its just original worldbuilding lol