Ho-oh

[Barb]

I don't believe we've had a discussion thread on Ho-oh, the Rainbow Pokémon (although it was mentioned in the legendary birds thread some time ago).

I recently saw the dubbed episode "For Ho-oh the Bells Toll" and I'm wondering if Ho-oh is not just a legendary, but the legendary, or at least the most powerful legendary. It's said to have reincarnated three Pokémon: Raikou, Suicune, and Entei. The only other Pokémon that has this ability is Celebi, to my knowledge anyway.

Here is an excerpt of an article about the Japanese phoenix, the basis for Ho-oh:

According to legend (mostly from China), the Ho-oo appears very rarely, and only to mark the beginning of a new era -- the birth of a virtuous ruler, for example. In other traditions, the Ho-oo appears only in peaceful and prosperous times (nesting, it is said, in paulownia trees), and hides itself when there is trouble. As the herald of a new age, the Ho-Oo decends from heaven to earth to do good deeds, and then it returns to its celestial abode to await a new era. It is both a symbol of peace (when it appears) and a symbol of disharmony (when it disappears). In China, early artifacts show the Phoenix (female) as intimately associated with the Dragon (male) -- the two are portrayed either as mortal enemies or as blissful lovers. When shown together, the two symbolize both conflict and wedded bliss, and are a common design motif even today in many parts of Asia (see below).

 

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http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=8461

 

[Barb]

Never mind, then. Nothing to see here. *closes*