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→Origin: I think that level of extreme detail is too crufty for us; see, for example, the edit history and negotiations over Zygarde's origin section. || The Rocket Festival isn't a great wp link but I think this needs SOME explanation of what it is.
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(→Origin: I think that level of extreme detail is too crufty for us; see, for example, the edit history and negotiations over Zygarde's origin section. || The Rocket Festival isn't a great wp link but I think this needs SOME explanation of what it is.) |
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===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
Celesteela is likely based on Princess Kaguya from {{wp|The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter}}: its body resembles bamboo shoots, its arms resemble cut bamboo trunks, and | Celesteela is likely based on Princess Kaguya from {{wp|The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter}}: its body resembles bamboo shoots, its arms resemble cut bamboo trunks, and overall it resembles a mixture of elements of a {{wp|space shuttle}} and a depiction of Princess Kaguya as a woman with long hair wearing a multilayered {{wp|kimono}}. Its body may also incorporate similarities to the spacecraft {{wp|SELENE}} (nicknamed "Kaguya" in Japan), which orbited the Moon between 2007 and 2009. The combination of bamboo and spacecraft elements may also reference {{wp|Rocket Festival|bamboo rocket}}s. | ||
====Name origin==== | ====Name origin==== | ||