Groudon (Pokémon): Difference between revisions

Groudon is modeled after the Earth's land and volcanoes and is most likely based on the Hebrew legends of {{wp|Behemoth}}, the unconquerable primal master of the land. Its counterparts were {{wp|Leviathan}} and {{wp|Ziz}}. Just as Groudon is in conflict with Kyogre, it was said that at the end of time Behemoth and Leviathan would start a battle that would kill them both. However, the behemoth is usually depicted as a warthog/hippopotamus-like creature; in the same way that {{p|Kyogre}} is not based on traditional depictions of the leviathan. Instead, Groudon's appearance seems to have drawn inspiration from the  ''{{wp|Tyrannosaurus}}'' and from various species of ''{{wp|Ankylosauria}}'' such as ''{{wp|Euoplocephalus}}''. The Hebrew word for Behemoth is now used for the plural form of beasts and animals(land animals such as cows and sheep) in modern Hebrew, which may be why Groudon's appearance seems to have been inspired primarily by the Megatherium an extinct species of giant ground sloths which towered 20 feet high and weighed about 3 tons.