A brief analysis of the image design prototype of The four island guardians of Arora in "Pokémon Sun and Moon".

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Hello everyone! Here is Gulado who was kicked by Kojiro. Speaking of this series, I haven't written it for a long time, but it's not that I'm lazy, but because there is too little information published in the wiki, I can only rely on published information to check unpublished information.

This issue analyzes the four island patron saints in the Arora region, so without further ado, let's swing the double... Oh no, let's get started.

We all know that the four patron saints of Arora are: Kapu Mingming of Melody Island, Kapu Butterfly of Akara Island, Kapu Moo of Ulaura Island, and Kapu Fin of Poni Island. All four names have a common component – Kapu. So, is there any basis for the word "Kapu"?

It is known that the archetype of the Arora region is the Hawaiian Islands, and in Hawaiian mythology, there is a word called Kapu system, which is a hawaiian religious word, which can be understood as prohibition, prohibition of doing something, etc. Anyone who knows a little about the game setting can find that all four Kapu have forbidden things, such as the electric field of Kapu Mingming forbiding sleep, the spiritual field of Kapu Butterfly forbiding the use of pre-made skills, the mist field of Kapu Finfin forbiding to fall into an abnormal state, and as for the grass field of Kapu Moo, I will say it separately later.

Melody Island – Kapu Mingming of the Remnants of War

Judging from the fact that the place of capture was the remnants of war (Day/Month/Ultimate Day/Ultimate Month), Kapu Mingming was based on the Hawaiian god of war, "Kur". As for why the attribute is not fighting but electricity, it is because in the Hawaiian tradition, the chieftain originally used the Karp system to consolidate the class, and transformed the ritual of "circumcision" on the body to distinguish it from the inferior class and reveal his "divinity". The circumcision ritual in Hawaiian history stemmed from the signs in the sky, such as thunder and lightning, a phenomenon that the high priests believed was a sign that God was satisfied with their decisions. The simple summary is that "Kushen represents secular power, and the representative of secular power is the chief (originally elected by the high priests), the chief is circumcised, and the circumcision ceremony is a sign of thunder and lightning."

Looking at the electric field, the Pokémon in the electric field will not fall asleep, which stems from the fact that there is a rule in the activity of sacrificing the god Ku is "Kapu sleep (no sleep)", which stipulates that the main priest and the participants in the sacrifice activity cannot doze off, and need to concentrate until the activity is completed.

Kur sometimes also combines witchcraft, animal husbandry, and fishing, and it seems that because of this, whether it is a game or an anime, Kapu Mingming is a being similar to the head of the four patron saints.

Kuhl is often described in myths and traditional ballads as a feathered figure, so the shape of Kapu Mingming also refers to the North American Indigenous totem "Thunderbird", which makes the source of electrical properties more consolidated.

Akara Island – The Kapu Butterfly of the Relics of Life

Depending on whether the location was a relic of life, one of the prototypes of Kapu Butterfly should be the Hawaiian god of life, "Canney", which is often described in myths and traditional ballads as a figure of a man with a tattoo covered half his body. Canney is the "first" in Hawaiian culture and the most powerful of all Hawaiian gods, so Kapu Butterfly's attribute is the superpower system.

In the illustration setting, Kapu Butterfly's personality has two sides, which may refer to the setting that Canny's other personality is Kanaroe, the god of death.

The shell of the butterfly has the cocoons, antennae and wings of butterflies. This may be a fusion of "Canny breaks the chaos with his mind" with the moth and butterfly breaking the cocoon.

In the Spirit Field, all Pre-crafted skills are invalidated because Canny is "Original", and Pre-Craft skills mean "Before You", and nothing exists before Kanny, so Pre-made moves are prohibited in The Spirit Field.

Ula Ula Island – Kapu Moo of Harvest Ruins

According to the site of the harvest as a harvest relic, one of the prototypes of Kapu Moo should be the Hawaiian god of farming " Rono ", corresponding to Kur, who represents secular power, Rhono represents the power of nature, during the sacrifice of Rono, the power of the chief is also temporarily dormant, and the entire kingdom prohibits war and armed conflict. At the same time, many events are held to celebrate the harvest. Rono represents the harvest and farming, so the attribute of moo in the game is grass, and the grassland is the only one of the four venues that is not "forbidden", this is because: the sacrifice of the god Rono stops the sacrifice of Kur, the secular power of the king and the chief is temporarily dormant, and the core of the implementation of secular power is the Kapu system, since the taboo system is banned at this time, it is not surprising that there is no "prohibition" on the grassland, on the contrary, everyone is immersed in the joy of the harvest (the grassland returns blood indiscriminately).

The shape of the Kapu Moo is derived from the cultivating cattle, but also refers to the cowbell.

PS. Originally, I thought that the halving of the damage of the grassland earthquake move refers to the taboo of "man-made disputes and natural disasters" during the harvest festival, but hail, blizzards, tornadoes, sieges and other moves have not been affected, so this idea is self-defeating.

Pony Island – The Kapu Fin fin of the ruins on the other side

One of the prototypes of the other shore ruins is Kanaroe, the hawaiian god of death and the sea, and it is often described in myths and traditional songs as an image of a squid or octopus, and is said to be another personality of Carney. Kanaroe has always been marginal in the Hawaiian system, and even in non-fishermen's groups, the death it represents is often controlled by Carney, the god of life. Kanaroe represents the sea, so the corresponding card fin attribute in the game is water.

Looking at the mist field, it is easy to understand that Pokémon under the mist field will not fall into an abnormal state, after all, in the world of death, there is only one state of death. As for why it is to open the mist field instead of the original sea is also well explained, the sea will fog, and in the era of underdeveloped navigation technology, the process of navigation encountered fog is obviously nine deaths, so that the sea (water system) - mist - death is linked, the characteristics of the fin is that the opening of the mist site is not the opening of the primordial sea is not surprising.

The shape of the kapu fin is a reference to swordfish, and it is also possible that it comes from dolphins and mussels.

The design of its body parts may have been a reference to the FishMan.