Sinnoh myths: Difference between revisions

There are many '''myths''' in the [[Sinnoh]] region. Below are several from the [[Canalave Library|library]] in [[Canalave City]] and other sources in Pokémon {{3v2|Diamond|Pearl|Platinum}}.

'''Sinnoh Myth''' (Japanese: '''シンオウしんわ''' ''Sinnoh Myth'') is generally assumed to refer to {{p|Mesprit}}.

:Betray not your anger, lest ??? will

:come.

:Weep not with sorrow, or ??? will

:draw near.

:When joy and enjoyment come natural

:as the very air, that is happiness.

:Let such be blessed by the hand

:of Master ???.

:Those words were spoken often

:as customary.

'''Sinnoh Region's Mythology''' (Japanese: ''' シンオウちほうの しんわ''' ''Sinnoh Region's Myth'') is an explanation why wild Pokémon appear in grass.

:Long ago, when Sinnoh had just been

:made, Pokémon and humans led

:separate lives.

:That is not to say they did not help

:each other. No, indeed they did.

:They supplied each other with goods,

:and supported each other.

:A Pokémon proposed to the others

:to always be ready to help humans.

:It asked that Pokémon be ready to

:appear before humans always.

:Thus, to this day, Pokémon appear

:to us if we venture into tall grass.

:Three Pokémon there were.

:Into the lakes they dove.

:Deep, deep, drawing no breath.

:Deeper, deeper they dove.

:Into suffocating depths they dove.

:Deeper, then deepest they alight.

:From the lake floor they rise.

:Bearing with them the power to make

:vast lands, they rise again.

'''Veilstone's Myth''' (Japanese: '''トバリの しんわ''' ''Tobari's Myth'') is about a young swordsman.

:A young man, callow and foolish in

:innocence, came to own a sword.

:With it, he smote Pokémon, which gave

:sustenance, with carefree abandon.

:Those not taken as food, he

:discarded, with no afterthought.

:The following year, no Pokémon

:appeared. Larders grew bare.

:The young man, seeking the missing

:Pokémon, journeyed afar.

:Long did he search. And far and wide,

:too, until one he did find.

:Asked he, "Why do you hide?"

:To which the Pokémon replied...

:"If you bear your sword to bring

:harm upon us, with claws and

:fangs, we will exact a toll.

:"From your kind we will take our

:toll, for it must be done.

:"Done it must be to guard ourselves

:and for it, I apologize."

:To the skies, the young man shouted

:his dismay.

:"In having found the sword, I have

:lost so much.

:"Gorged with power, I grew blind

:to Pokémon being alive.

:"I will never fall savage again.

:This sword I denounce and forsake.

:"I plead for forgiveness,

:for I was but a fool."

:So saying, the young man hurled the

:sword to the ground, snapping it.

:Seeing this, the Pokémon disappeared

:to a place beyond seeing...

:In the beginning, there was only

:a churning turmoil of chaos.

:At the heart of chaos, where all

:things became one, appeared an {{pkmn|Egg}}.

:Having tumbled from the vortex, the

:Egg gave rise to the {{p|Arceus|Original One}}.

:From itself, two beings the Original

:One did make.

:{{p|Dialga|Time}} started to spin.

:{{p|Palkia|Space}} began to expand.

:From itself again, [[Lake guardians|three living things]]

:the Original One did make.

:The two beings wished, and from them,

:matter came to be.

:The three living things wished, and

:from them, spirit came to be.

:The world created, the Original One

:took to unyielding sleep...

:Look not into the Pokémon's eyes.

:In but an instant, you'll have no

:recollection of who you are.

:Return home, but how?

:When there is nothing to remember?

:Dare not touch the Pokémon's body.

:In but three short days, all emotions

:will drain away.

:Above all, above all, harm not

:the Pokémon.

:In a scant five days, the offender

:will grow immobile in entirety.

* The effects caused by encountering the Pokémon can be described as the loss of {{p|Uxie|knowledge}}, {{p|Mesprit|emotions}} and {{p|Azelf|will}}. These things can happen by, respectively, looking into {{p|Uxie}}'s eyes, touching {{p|Mesprit}}, and hurting {{p|Azelf}}. This can be interpreted as Uxie keeping its eyes closed (to prevent the memory loss), Mesprit [[Roaming Pokémon|fleeing]] from Trainers (so as to not be touched), and Azelf's ability to enter another being's body (so as to avoid harm).

:Pick clean the bones of Pokémon

:caught in the sea or stream.

:Thank them for the meals they

:provide, and pick their bones clean.

:When the bones are as clean as can

:be, set them free in the water from

:which they came.

:The Pokémon will return, fully

:fleshed, and it begins anew.

:There lived a Pokémon in a forest.

:In the forest, the Pokémon shed its

:hide to sleep as a human.

:Awakened, the human dons the

:Pokémon hide to roam villages.

:There once were Pokémon that

:became very close to humans.

:There once were humans and Pokémon

:that ate together at the same table.

:It was a time when there existed no

:differences to distinguish the two.

:A body of {{p|Regirock|rock}}.

:A body of {{p|Regice|ice}}.

:A body of {{p|Registeel|steel}}.

:When gather those three together,

:{{p|Regigigas|the king}} will appear.

:The legend of Giratina has been all but forgotten but to a few...

:The legend told of a world on the other side of ours. This world.

:Why does this world exist? Why is Giratina here all alone?

==[[Jewel of Life]] Myth==

:Return thus to [[Arceus (M12)|Arceus]] the [[Jewel of Life]].

:Placate its rage.

:Lest destruction visit this [[Michina Town|Land]].