Bambi Eloriaga-Amago
Mawile, the woman with two mouths
There once was a miserly old farmer who would rather live alone than spend money for another mouth to feed. But one day, he met a beautiful woman who incredibly, never took a bite to eat. Happy that he wouldn’t spend anything for her, he took her as his wife. Days passed and while the woman never ate, the farmer’s grain stores mysteriously became less and less. Wanting to solve the mystery, he made a show of leaving for work one day, but he quietly went back to observe what was eating his grains. Standing in the grain shed was his wife, her back towards him. The farmer watched in horror as the hair on his wife’s head parted to reveal a horrific-looking second mouth. Her hair became tendrils, which picked up and shoveled grains into the never-satisfied monster mouth. Mawile is the Pokemon who sports a demure-looking smiling face on the front and a sharp-toothed mouth-made-of-hair at the back.
Froslass sings “Let it Go”
Yuki-onna, which translates to “snow woman,” is Japan’s version of the Ice Queen, or as kids know her nowadays, Queen Elsa. She is a ghostly apparition who appears on snowy nights. She is described as a tall, beautiful woman with a white complexion, long black hair, and blue lips who is dressed in a white kimono. She hovers over the snow and leaves no footprints and can transform into snow or mist when faced with danger. She can also freeze you in your tracks when angered. Froslass—whose name is a combination of “frost” and “lass”—is a ghost type Pokemon who appears to hover and is dressed in what looks like a white kimono.
Absol, the monster that can predict the future
Ancient China’s legendary emperor, Huang Di, was said to have met a creature called a Bai Ze while patrolling the kingdom. The Bai Ze, the name translates to “white marsh,” is described as a bovine-like creature with white fur, horns, and three eyes. The creature warned the emperor of an impending attack by supernatural creatures, it then taught Huang Di the secrets to overcoming each creature’s hauntings or attacks. The legend eventually found its way to Japan, where the Bai Ze—now renamed as the Hakutaku—is said to have appeared on Mount Toteyama to warn the people of an impending plague. The Pokemon Absol, on the other hand, appears from the wilderness to warn humans of disasters.
