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| Throughout the [[Pokémon world]], ancient myths have been recorded about [[legendary Pokémon]].
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| == Generation I ==
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| ===Shamouti Island===
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| [[File:Fire, Lightning and Ice Islands.png|thumb|right|250px|Fire Island, Lightning Island and Ice Island, as seen in ''[[M02|The Power of One]]'']]
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| An ancient prophecy circulates around the [[Orange Archipelago|Orange Islands]] that says:
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| ====Original====
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| | <ab>{{tt|火の神、雷の神、氷の神に触れずべからず。|hi no kami, kaminari no kami, koori no kami ni fureru bekarazu}}
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| {{tt|されば、天地怒り世界は破滅に向かう。|sareba, tenchi ikari, sekai wa hametsu ni mukau}}
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| {{tt|海の神、破滅を救わんと現れん。|umi no kami, hametsu wo sukuwan to arawaren}}
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| {{tt|されど、世界の破滅を防ぐことならず。|saredo, sekai no hametsu wo fusegu koto narazu}}
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| {{tt|すぐれたるあやつり人現れ、神々の怒り静めん限り…。|suguretaru ayatsuribito araware, kamigami no ikari shizumen kagiri}}</ab>
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| | <ab>''The god of fire, god of lightning, and god of ice must not be touched.
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| Else, heaven and earth will be angered and the world will face destruction.
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| The god of the sea will appear to stop the destruction.
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| But, it will not prevent the world's destruction.
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| Unless an exceptional trainer appears to calm the wrath of the gods....</ab>
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| ====English dub====
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| : Disturb not the harmony of {{p|Moltres|Fire}}, {{p|Articuno|Ice}}, or {{p|Zapdos|Lightning}}
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| : Lest these Titans wreak destruction
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| : Though {{p|Lugia|the Water's Great Guardian}} shall arise to quell the fighting
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| : Alone its song will fail
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| : Thus the earth shall turn to {{Ash}}
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| : O [[Chosen One]]
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| : Into thine hands bring together all three
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| : Their treasures combined tame the Beast of The Sea
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| : From the trio of islands, ancient spheres shall you take
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| : For between life and death, all the difference you'll make
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| : Climb to the shrine to right what is wrong
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| : And the world shall be healed by the Guardian's song...
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| A festival is held on [[Shamouti Island]] to honor the Chosen One.
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| == Generation II ==
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| ===The Towers of Ecruteak===
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| [[File:Ecruteak City Landscape.png|thumb|right|250px|The Brass Tower and Bell Tower in Ecruteak City]]
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| There's a legend that has been passed down by {{ci|Ecruteak}} [[Gym Leader]]s for many years:
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| :''Two towers... Two Pokémon... But when one burned down, both Pokémon flew away, never to return.''
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| 700 years before [[Generation II]], the people of Ecruteak built two nine-tier towers with the hopes of fostering friendship and hope between Pokémon and [[humans]]. They were the [[Burned Tower|Brass Tower]] in the west, which was said to awaken Pokémon, and the [[Bell Tower]] in the east, where Pokémon were said to rest. Both towers became the roost of powerful flying Pokémon {{p|Lugia}} and {{p|Ho-Oh}} respectively.
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| However, about 150 years before the games' events, a lightning bolt struck the Brass Tower. It was engulfed in flames that raged for three days. A sudden downpour finally put out the blaze, but it had already burnt to the ground. Three nameless Pokémon perished in the fire. But Ho-Oh descended from the sky and resurrected them. The Pokémon are said to embody three powers: the {{p|Raikou|lightning}} that struck the tower, the {{p|Entei|fire}} that burned the tower, and the {{p|Suicune|rain}} that put out the fire. When the Pokémon appeared, they struck terror in those who saw their rise. The three Pokémon, knowing their own power, fled, [[roaming Pokémon|running like the wind]] off into the grassland.
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| Ho-Oh and Lugia haven't been seen since the fire. According to legend, when the souls of Pokémon and humans commune, upon the emergence of a Trainer who has the ability to touch the souls of Pokémon, Ho-Oh will return from the heavens.
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| A similar legend is addressed in the {{pkmn|anime}}. In ''[[EP181|A Ghost of a Chance]]'', [[Morty]] says the two towers are the original [[Bell Tower|Tin Tower]], which burned down, and a rebuilt one. He says that invaders came and tried to steal Ho-Oh, who resisted and fled, and then they burned down the tower. When the legend is revisited in ''[[EP227|For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll!]]'', however, the story more closely parallels the game version, but the war aspect remains. [[Ash Ketchum]] seems to fulfill the prophecy as a Trainer who has the ability to touch the souls of Pokémon, as he has encountered both Ho-Oh and Suicune several times.
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| == Generation III ==
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| ===Legend of the Regis===
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| In addition to the Unown, Braille has also been used to tell legends. In {{3v2|Ruby|Sapphire|Emerald}}, the {{player}} can use the Braille to uncover {{p|Regirock}}, {{p|Regice}}, and {{p|Registeel}}.
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| The legend, found on various rocks in the [[Sealed Chamber]], reads:
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| : <sc>In this cave we have lived.</sc>
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| : <sc>We owe all to the Pok</sc>é<sc>mon.</sc>
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| : <sc>But, we sealed the Pok</sc>é<sc>mon away.</sc>
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| : <sc>We feared it.</sc>
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| : <sc>Those with courage, those with hope.</sc>
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| : <sc>Open a door. An eternal Pok</sc>é<sc>mon waits.</sc>
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| Because the message is in singular instead of plural, it is possible that the Pokémon being referred to is {{p|Regigigas}}, and that the people of [[Snowpoint City]] wanted to seal Regigigas away, and created three keys, the [[legendary golems]], that had to be obtained to awaken Regigigas. To make it as hard as possible to reawaken Regigigas, the people of Snowpoint City sealed the legendary golems away in [[Hoenn|another region]]. Otherwise, since Regigigas didn't exist yet when the games were made, it might refer to the three Regi's separately or a hint that meant that Regigigas will come back then.
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| ===The Guardians of the Water Capital===
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| The island city of [[Alto Mare]]'s history is intertwined with the following tale:
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| | lang="ja" | 昔々、アルトマーレという島におじいさんとおばあさんがいました。
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| | A long time ago on an island called Alto Mare there lived an old man and a woman.
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| | lang="ja" | ある日、二人は海岸で、小さな兄弟がけがをしているのを見つけました。
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| | One day, they found two wounded children on the seaside.
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| | lang="ja" | おじいさんとおばあさんの手厚い看護で二人がみるみる良くなっていきました。
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| | With the old couple's careful nursing, the children got better quickly.
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| | lang="ja" | しかし突然、邪悪な怪物が島を攻めてきたのです。
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| | But then suddenly an evil monster appeared and attacked the city.
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| | lang="ja" | 島はたちまち怪物に飲み込まれました。
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| | lang="ja" | と、その時、おじいさんとおばあさんの目の前で二人の姿は変わっていきました。
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| | lang="ja" | 二人は夢幻ポケモン、ラティオスとラティアスだったのです。
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| | They were the mirage Pokémon {{p|Latias}} and {{p|Latios}}.
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| | lang="ja" | 二匹は空から仲間を呼び寄せました。
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| | The two of them called their friends from the sky.
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| | lang="ja" | 彼らは、邪悪な闇を追い払う力を持って来てくれました。
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| | They brought the power to drive away the evil darkness.
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| | lang="ja" | それは、「心のしずく」という宝石だったのです。
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| | That power was a jewel called the [[Soul Dew]].
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| | lang="ja" | 島には平和が戻りました。
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| | lang="ja" | それからというもの、「心のしずく」のあるこの島に、ラティオスとラティアスはしばしば立ち寄るようになりました。
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| | lang="ja" | この島が邪悪な怪物に襲われる事はその後、二度とありませんでした。
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| | The island was never attacked again by the evil monster.
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| Note: The legend sequence was cut from the dub version of the [[M05|movie]], so there is no official English translation.
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| ===Weather trio===
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| {{main|Weather trio}}
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| Long ago, the Pokémon {{p|Kyogre}} and {{p|Groudon}} subjected themselves to battle. The uncontrollable power they displayed caused birth to the land and sea of [[Hoenn]]. {{p|Rayquaza}} eventually came and calmed the two. The Blue and Red Orbs put {{p|Groudon}} and {{p|Kyogre}} into a slumber that could only be ended should the Orbs be used again.
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| == Generation IV ==
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| ===Sinnoh myths===
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| {{main|Sinnoh myths}}
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| ===The legend of [[Snowpoint Temple]]===
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| [[File:Snowpoint Temple B5F.png|thumb|right|250px|Encountering Regigigas in {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}}]]
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| There's a legend that has been passed down by the people of [[Snowpoint City]] for many years:
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| :''Once after a volcano violently erupted, the Snowpoint Forest, rich in natural resources and beauty, was transformed into a sea of flowing lava.''
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| :''Then, out of a bright blue light, {{p|Regigigas}} appeared. Along with {{p|Regirock}}, {{p|Regice}}, and {{p|Registeel}}.''
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| :''Together, the four of them halted the volcano's eruption, thus saving Snowpoint City from destruction. ''
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| :''Later Regigigas transformed itself into a stone of life and fell into a deep sleep, while in order to protect Regigigas, the legend says that Regice, Regirock, and Registeel transformed into three guardian pillars made of the basic elements of rock, ice, and steel.''
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| ===Sinnoh's creation===
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| When {{p|Arceus}} hatched from its egg, it shaped the world with its hundred arms and created the land of [[Sinnoh]]. {{p|Arceus}} then created {{p|Dialga|the Pokémon of time}}, {{p|Palkia|the Pokémon of space}} and {{p|Giratina|the Pokémon of anitmatter}}. Eventually, people began to inhabit Sinnoh. {{P|Arceus}} then created three new Pokémon to give humans {{P|Uxie|knowlege}}, {{P|Mesprit|emotions}}, and {{P|Azelf|willpower}}. These three Pokémon are said to inhabit lakes in the land of Sinnoh.
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| ==Generation V==
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| Throughout the [[Pokémon world]], ancient myths have been recorded about [[legendary Pokémon]]. | | Throughout the [[Pokémon world]], ancient myths have been recorded about [[legendary Pokémon]]. |