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===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
{{Bulbanews|On the Origin of Species: Jirachi}} | {{Bulbanews|On the Origin of Species: Jirachi}} | ||
Jirachi's design and ability of granting wishes probably refer to the habit of "wishing upon a star", so that the wish will come true. Considering its humanoid appearance and ability to grant wishes, it is also possible that it was inspired by Arabic myths about the {{wp|jinn}}. In some myths, imprisoned genies would grant wishes to the person who released them. The tags of paper on its head are a reference toward the paper strips (短冊, tanzaku) written on ''{{wp|Tanabata}}''. | Jirachi's design and ability of granting wishes probably refer to the habit of "wishing upon a star", so that the wish will come true. Considering its humanoid appearance and ability to grant wishes, it is also possible that it was inspired by Arabic myths about the {{wp|jinn}}. In some myths, imprisoned genies would grant wishes to the person who released them. The tags of paper on its head are a reference toward the paper strips (短冊, tanzaku) written on ''{{wp|Tanabata}}''. Its thousand-year sleep followed by a week of granting wishes is likely a nod to {{wp|comet}}s, which become visible in Earth's sky very rarely, and [[wikipedia:Meteoroid#Meteors|shooting stars]], which are said to grant wishes. | ||
====Name origin==== | ====Name origin==== | ||