Satoshi after having defeated the Blue Gang's leader, Minamoto no Yorimitsu.
Krun manifesting himself within the Shadow Sword in the Tenth Tower.
"Will this job... be one of eternal bloodshed?"
— Satoshi regarding his job
“Why would I need to be some hero when true heroism doesn’t exist in this world? In this world, with light, there will always be shadow; as alongside love, hate is born from the hearts of men and creatures with the defiling of others lower from the subjugation and dictatorial control that those higher give, suppressing all options for individualism and innate desire to sprout like a plant, giving form to ideas that breed false hope in the end. If as you said, that I am some reincarnation, then my destiny has already been set in motion, for an assassin I will always be.”
-Satoshi's true ideology about life
Satoshi being possessed during the World of Darkness.
Satoshi during the Purple Lane.
"She really dehumanised Sakura, huh? Talk about bad timing. I am truly sorry…"
— Satoshi thinking about Sakura
Satoshi in the Green Lane after learning the truth behind the Headteacher, Harimatsu.
"Would you like your eye to be ripped out or not?"
"I was wrong. You're not greedy – you’re goddamn insane! You wouldn’t want to be so moral would you? Not when you’re “purging the weak," right? What do you know about “the weak”? You weren't born poor. You've never been hungry. You don't know what it's like to fight and steal and kill just to survive... You don’t know what its like losing people you love, do you? Having children, murdering with the slight hope that you can live to see a brighter future. You’re just like the Devil… a dark cloud spread upon the world which will inevitably block the Sun that the world would be able to watch with excitement. That’s the world I want my children… your fucking grandkids to live in! Why would I need to be some hero when true heroism doesn’t exist in this world? In this world, with light, there will always be shadow; as alongside love, hate is born from the hearts of men and creatures with the defiling of others lower from the subjugation and dictatorial control that those higher give, suppressing all options for individualism and innate desire to sprout like a plant, giving form to ideas that breed false hope in the end. An assassin I will always be"
― Satoshi declaring his ideal of a good person, whilst reiterating his ideology
"Would you like your eye to be ripped out or not?"
- Satoshi's defiance and threat to Thomas
"Kouyate was more of a father than you ever could be… sexual nutjob."
— Satoshi's final words to Thomas
Satoshi during the War against the Devil.
Satoshi using the Ring of Aladdin
"THIS IS FOR SAKURA! KULANA AND AKARIA! BURN IN THE FIRES OF HELL!” Satoshi screamed as he used the State of Brahman’s true power in tandem with the Shadow Sword, using Mjolnir and the Sword of Miracles with the mana of the Shadow Sword to slice the neck of the Devil as he hung on for dear life with the Devil coldly glaring at him, and mustering what strength he had to defy this final move from Sakura as he saw his wife and daughter, before sending Sakura away all those years ago. Now then... burn in the very fires you stoked." Satoshi coldly said
Satoshi Fujiwara was a spy and shinobi of the Blue Lane. Being born to an unknown set of parents, he was eventually sent to Kouyate, a samurai of ancient times who taught him the skills of a shinobi for 4 years. After turning 10, Kouyate was found dead with Satoshi swearing revenge on the man who did so. Eventually training himself beyond repair, he would become a rogue shinobi and would be known as the White Spirit for his white kitsune mask as well as his style of killing where he would vanish into thin air.
He was a spy who fought solely for the help of others at the cost of his cover being blown. After working as a spy for several years and murdering a monarch, he went into a school where his skills would be known. After becoming a student in the School, he would go on three missions that would forever shape his legacy and impact the world going forward. He met a girl named Sakura, the daughter of the Monarch who he killed, who would later confront him for his crimes. Despite that, he convinced her to not kill him and requested they stay together with their relationship eventually blossoming. They would first go to the land of Akaria where they would have to encounter the Thought Police and the Party, allowing Satoshi a glimpse into the truth of Sakura’s existence. After a hard-fought mission, he would eventually cause for a revolution to occur, murdering every member of the Party excluding the Leader and allow for Sakura to get revenge on the leader of the Party who revealed that the Devil is the true head of Akaria. Shortly thereafter, they would go to a dungeon where they found the Shadow Sword, a weapon that would later prove invaluable.
1 year later, when the two were 19, Sakura gave birth to their 6th child, Sora, where he would appear within the Green Lane, ultimately discovering that the entire Lane was a druglord's haven with him hearing that the Red, Blue and Purple Lanes have been attacked by planes, leading to Satoshi and Sakura to spring into action as they would then learn about 2 Gang leaders: The Family Head and Pangobo Takayushi. Eventually, they would both, with the help of all of their allies, fight off and eventually force the Family Head to surrender, but not before the man killed himself. With that, the Headteacher, unbeknownst to him, would call for a 1 month ceasefire, allowing Satoshi the chance to train. After training for a month, Satoshi would kill Pangobo by slicing him in half. With that, the Headteacher would wait until he locked eyes with Satoshi himself and as he did, he revealed the truth: That he was Satoshi's father, Thomas Harimatsu and the man who had engineered Kouyate's death. This forced Satoshi's mind to decouple itself, putting him in a state of mind where his rationalisations were delusions, leading to Satoshi himself immediately attempting to speedblitz Thomas who smiled, revealing that he also had technology implanted within himself, causing a great clash of minds, ideals and will. Eventually, Damien would join, leading to the two fighting him simultaneously and with immensely high difficulty, they would both kill him with Satoshi saying to his charred corpse that "Kouyate was a better father than you". Shortly after, Satoshi would relax thereafter, knowing that peace was on the horizon.
1 year after, when the two were 20, Satoshi would be forced into a war where he would be fighting Sakura who was now completely possessed by the Devil, having also controlled all of Satoshi's allies into killing Satoshi's first ever ally of Akaria in the form of Kulana as Satoshi and Damien were sent to Hell a day prior. Once Kulana had died, this shattered Satoshi's soul, forcing him to, as soon as Sakura appeared, beat her body with his sword into such a state where she became unrecognisable. Because of Damien's lingering attachment to Sakura, the two friends would face off in their final clash, leading to Satoshi ultimately using the Shadow Sword's true power to leave Damien near-death as the Devil himself, now out of Sakura's corpse-esque state, to fight freely. However, to his surprise, Satoshi's ally, Zidine Helios would appear to help fight off the Devil which he did extremely easily. However, because of the Devil's inherent existence, he couldn't die - leading to Zidine to make the ultimate sacrifice at the cost of his life, with this attack destroying the Devil's soul.... allowing Satoshi with the help of Mjolnir, Damien and Sakura's last dregs of magic in tandem with the Shadow Sword to slay the Devil for good who did one redeeming act: That of healing his nigh-deceased daughter. This would lead to Akaria eventually falling apart as a state; as Satoshi then buried Zidine and Damien after the War's end.
A few weeks after, Sakura would fall gravely ill and give birth to her final child, who she named Ryu in memory of Damien, ultimately dying from complications related to childbirth. Satoshi would then bury her with all of her allies and children having to bury her for 49 days near a Sakura Tree - ultimately referencing how she was married under cherry blossom trees and torii gates; with the torii gates representing the spiritual removal of demonic forces. Cherry blossom trees, especially in Japan are beautiful to see in their prime, but the flowers and the trees are short-lived — blooming for only a few weeks before falling to the ground and withering away; also showing how life is fleeting as well as the birth of a new life - reflective of her death at the young age of 21.
Personality[]
Satoshi was a calm individual and was also a rather humble man. Never arrogant about his own abilities nor underestimating others, most things he said would be unbiased and accurate. If an opponent exceeded his expectations or posed a legitimate challenge to him or his allies, Satoshi would readily admit it. Learning so much enabled him to understand how events of the past came to happen and, when he applied that same understanding into the future, he became concerned for where things were going. He lived at a distance, observing individuals and ideas without getting directly involved so that he could fully understand them. Although this approach prevented him from becoming close with many people, it enabled him to think and act without prejudice or preconceptions, instead evaluating things strictly on their own merits. For this reason, he never became arrogant about his own abilities or accomplishments; to which, most views or statements he made were usually well-based, seeing the situation for what it was. Despite this, he remained predominantly apathetic to most people on a day-to-day basis, hardly wanting to maintain any conversation with people who tried to get close to him including Sakura herself. However, because of the traumatic experience he suffered through his master dying, he became emotionless, doing the mission for the sake of the mission, sacrificing every prerogative for the sake of murdering targets, which initially came in helpful during his early career although this would come back to bite him as it unintentionally lead to his legend as the White Spirit becoming widespread and caused him to have a bigger target on his back.
A pacifist at heart, Satoshi did not actually like fighting and would avoid it when he could. As such, he preferred to rely on Genjutsu as a first option, ending fights with as little damage as possible. When he couldn't avoid actual combat, he would end the fight as quickly as he could, all the while holding back as much as possible. Despite this, Satoshi felt his own needs were secondary to the greater good's and to that end he became a shinobi. He trained tirelessly to improve himself as quickly as he could and subjected himself to all of the shinobi life's inconveniences without complaint for the simple motivation of being useful to others. Despite the traumas he endured from killing, he never blamed Kouyate or the man that killed him for any wrongdoing, reflecting a rather forgiving mindset.
Powers and Stats[]
Tier: At least 10-B, varies from 8-B to 7-A up to High 6-A with Shadow Sword during the Beginning of the Story | At least 9-C, varies from High 6-A with Shadow Sword to 3-A, if not far higher with the State of Brahman from the Brotherhood of Serpents to the Purple Lane | At least 9-C, varies from High 6-A with Shadow Sword, 5-Cto 3-A, Far Higher with the State of Brahman during the Green Lane | At least 3-A to 2-B, far higher with the State of Brahman during the War
Key: Beginning of Story | Brotherhood of Serpents to the Purple Lane | Green Lane | The War | With the State of Brahman
Name: Satoshi Fujiwara, the King of Darkness, the King of Light
Minor Illusion Creation and Duplication (He can also create Shadow and Crow Clones, which are identical clones that can aid him in combat, use his techniques, telepathically relay information back to him when they're destroyed, and act as distractions, among other things)
Stealth Mastery (As a spy, he is able to stealthily walk into a building, slice someone's head and then go away without a single person noticing)
Weapon Mastery, Superhuman Precision, and Marksmanship (He has mastery of blowdarts, excellent Shurikenjutsu, and has demonstrated flawless accuracy from a very young age. Can use Kunai with such flawless control to the point of being able to hit several targets with pinpoint accuracy, even being able to hit the Kunai in motion with other Kunai in order to change their trajectory and hit some of the targets hidden from his view. He is capable of matching expert swordsmen like Minamoto no Yorimitsu)
Acrobatics (He is extremely agile and nimble, and can perform acrobatic maneuvers with ease. He can use his incredible agility to narrowly dodge attacks. He can leap to great heights with ease)
Martial Arts Mastery (Able to fight Amane in hand-to-hand, someone who is stated and shown to be extremely skilled)
Smoke Manipulation (With the use of smoke bombs, which are a standard part of a Shinobi's basic toolkit)
Duplication (Can create a clone of himself that exists in a separate dimension), Intangibility (Limbo clones cannot be interacted with using physical attacks, unless they are imbued with Six Paths Chakra; however, the clones themselves can interact with the physical world normally), and Invisibility (Limbo clones are completely invisible) with Limbo: Sin))
Aura (The Okami creates a protective aura around its user)
Forcefield Creation (The Okami shielded Satoshi during Akaria in the form of a forcefield)
Large Size (The Okami's size can change in size from Type 4 to Type 11, based on the World of Darkness)
Size Manipulation (The Yata mirror can defend "against a planet’s forces" as the Jade Emperor describes it as "an ethereal shield with no set form or properties and has the power to alter every one of its attributes. By doing so, it can be used to negate any attack, whether it be spiritual or physical"), Shapeshifting (The Yata mirror can change its shape in order to match the attack coming its way, allowing it to change its default shape and wrap itself around the Okami for further protection, Intangibility (Spirit weapons have no physical form and can match any offense), Reactive Evolution and Power Nullification (It can change every one of its properties in order to match those of other attacks], allowing it to nullify them, whether the attacks are physical or spiritual with the Yata Mirror), resistance to Nonduality, Nonexistent Physiology and Acausality (The highest levels of all three - According to Ryujin: "The Yata Mirror is an ethereal shield with no set form or properties and has the power to alter every one of its attributes for it can be formless and form upon his will. By doing so, it can be used to negate any attack, whether it be spiritual, conceptual, mental, fictional, physical, psychological, temporal, spatial and non-mental, non-conceptual, non-dual and extradimensional for he could also deflect, reflect and nullify the Thirty-Three Heavens and these applications of the Yata Mirror also thus go to him; be they from the past, present and future as he wilt adapt from all things even without his soul, body, story, etc however the shield can be dispelled after some time since his energy runs out rapidly through using the Armoured stage of the Okami due to the shield and sword being considered conceptually separate and thus different items, therein taking separate amounts of energy, let us say 5% to 45% of his form at its maximum. That said… it can crack if the object in question contains natural, spiritual or cosmic energy that is foreign to its user; however, it can also regenerate.")
Size Manipulation (As a spirit weapon with no physical form, the Totsuka blade can change its size), Shapeshifting (As a spirit weapon with no physical form, the Totsuka blade can change its shape from a liquid into a physical form that can do damage), Soul Manipulation (The Totsuka blade is a spiritual weapon of an ethereal nature), Non-Physical Interaction (As an ethereal weapon, the Totsuka Blade is capable of interacting with its target's soul in order to suck them into the gourd and seal them away), Sealing, BFR, and Illusion Creation (The Totsuka Blade is an ethereal weapon imbued with the very concept of sealing. Once it pierces its target, it seals their bodies and/or souls into a genjutsu world of drunken dreams for all eternity; "His blade is the Sword of Totsuka, also known as the Sakegari Longsword (酒刈太刀, Sakegari no Tachi, literally meaning: Sake Cutter Longsword), is sheathed in a sake jar; the blade is unlike any other — rather than a conventional form, the blade is actually the liquid inside the gourd that is released and shaped into a blade. It is an ethereal weapon with an enchanted blade capable of sealing the target it pierces. Those who are stabbed by the sword are forever bound into the gourd where they are forever sealed away; their soul having been removed although against greater opponents, Satoshi can lose since the blade would only stop their movement. That said, the blade also bears seals that can seal an opponent instantly and upon being struck also, Satoshi can remove their concept, story, time, space and thus seal away inanimate concepts including time or space with a single strike; as even those who are soulless are sealed into the gourd and if the gourd is gone, for whatever reason, the Sword thus destroys the target therein, paralysing them beyond the concept of the soul, fear, paralysis and ends the fight surely. It can also cut through objects like a normal blade, thereby giving the wielder great versatility in his attacks. It makes him generally invincible when combined with the shield.")
Same abilities as before + Blood Poison:
Poison Manipulation, Durability Negation and Limited Transmutation (Satoshi can control the 'Lethal Doses' of any substance he is exposed to within his range, effectively allowing him to turn anything into a deadly poison. Even oxygen, hydrogen, blood and "interactions" can be affected by Blood Poison), Information Analysis (He is able to calculate the lethal dosage of a given substance through Blood Poison), Resistance Negation, Enhanced Poison Manipulation and Enhanced Paralysis Inducement (Blood Poison can cause immediate paralysis), Matter Manipulation (Atomic or Macro-Quantum), Power Modification (He can modify the lethal dosage in his opponents attack), Passive Reactive Evolution and Invulnerability (He can control Lethal Dosage's to gain an immunity to any attack he has been subjected to. This immunity is so comprehensive that the attack is not able to even harm him as he can gain immunity to his opponent and their attack in a single minute), Limited Regeneration (Low-High; can regenerate his arms with technology)
Conceptual Manipulation and Mind Manipulation' (Via Scar of Shadow which allows him "to reopen ALL of the mental, emotional, conceptual, psychological and physical wounds a person has ever received in their lives")
Resistances=
Heat Manipulation with Mana (Mana transcends the very definition of logic), Power Nullification with Mana (Mana poisoned Kento, a devil-angel hybrid) and Sleep Manipulation with Mana (Whilst unseen, every user of Mana in the World does have this capability), Power Bestowal and Statistics Reduction with Mana Zone (Every Mana user), Time Manipulation with Mana Zone: (Mana allows for the creation of time; Time doesn't exist in the World)
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Barrier Creation, Concept Manipulation and Darkness Manipulation as well as Body Manipulation (via his arrows and healing), Hellfire Manipulation (Šaiul (Hellfire)), Size Manipulation, Absorption, Probability Manipulation and Large Size (Type 11 for Shdum) as well as Shadow Manipulation and Royalty Manipulation (Through Monarch of Shadow), Power Bestowal (Can grant abilities and knowledge to others), Sealing (Can seal beings inside the World of Darkness), Power Nullification (Can nullify the magic of others), Empathic Manipulation and Soul Manipulation (Can remove emotions which also know as a soul and absorb them to gain power), Passive Statistics Amplification, Healing, Power Absorption and Power Modification (Can absorb any attack used against him when The Ruler is activated. All manner of attacks or weakening that target him are turned into healing and strengthening; Can absorb any attack used against him when The Ruler is activated. All manner of attacks or weakening that target him are turned into healing and strengthening) (Thus... the Ruler of Power… allows me to turn anything negative into positive effects. The Ruler has two aspects to it: The concept of royalty and ruling and the control of rules. The first aspect is the ability you thought of when I mentioned the Ruler of Power. At its base, it is controlling the very concept of royalty or the idea of ruling. Even if you were to kill me with Yin Art, because you exist and he exists as examples of rulers or royalty to some extent, I will return. In essence, with the Ruler of Power, I can control cause and effect and its inverse within a range of about 2000 metres for your humane standards. The World of Mana expands that range to anywhere I want within limits… that limit only being within a being of superiority or just this Omniverse. So, for example… If that bastard Zartai wrapped me with his whip of death, I could use that to inverse the effect so he would be wrapped, making it irreversible through all systems of time and space. Or in the case of supernatural powers… it would reverse the effect of the intended goal and invert that, reflecting it back to the user or shutting the effect down entirely through making the cause completely inert. This second aspect is the control of rules or the qwaitha-ḏ-šahriala (Ability of the Ruler) or aršaiatha-ḏ-padahšar (Powers of the Rules) or in its true name Šahriala-ḏ-az (Ruler of Power). This also allows me to control laws in any aspect related to the World of Darkness… however, I could apply it to other worlds if my connection to the World of Darkness exists but that is essentially permanent. With King of Darkness active… the Ruler’s range is amplified insofar as to what its capacities are. I could simply create an entirely new form of causality in which the event designated as the 'effect' precedes the event designated as the 'cause', meaning that once the initial event - the 'effect' - has occurred, the second event - the 'cause' - is inevitable and unstoppable. "RULER: Grandson of Darkness" (br brḥ ḏ-hšuka)!"), Creation, Status Effect Inducement, Disease Manipulation, Corrosion Inducement, Mind Manipulation, Teleportation, Skilled Hand-to-Hand Combatant & Acrobatics, Master Swordsman and Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant, Accelerated Development (As shown with summoning of Mana), Acrobatics,Air Manipulation, Aura (Basic effect of Mana), Blessed (Loved by the Mana), Danmaku with many abilities, Enhanced Senses (He saw Satoshi's fight whilst in the World of Darkness), Flight (True Flight: Due to the concept of gravity being controlled by the user in the World of Darkness),Instinctive Reaction (He is shown using Mana to speed up reactions), Statistics Amplification (Through World of Mana), Summoning, Spatial Manipulation(With World of Mana) Transformation and Fusionism (Via Crisis) and Resistance to Heat Manipulation with Mana (Mana transcends the very definition of logic), Power Nullification with Mana (Her Mana could temporarily nullify and bind Lucifer) and Sleep Manipulation with Mana (Should be able to do the same as Hag), Power Bestowal and Statistics Reduction with Mana Zone: (Via Hands of the King), Time Manipulation with Mana Zone: (Mana allows for the creation of time), Resistance to Time Manipulation (Time doesn't exist in the World), Poison Manipulation (Via Mana), Sensory Deprivation and Durability Negation (Via Mana), Power Bestowal and Statistics Reduction with Mana Zone: (Via Sumqaq), Time Manipulation with Mana Zone: (Mana allows for the creation of time), Resistance to Time Manipulation (Time doesn't exist in the World), Poison Manipulation (Via Mana), Sensory Deprivation and Durability Negation (Via Mana), Spirit Manipulation, Binding and Existence Erasure (Via Mana)
Creation and Poison Manipulation (through his usage of Mana), Curse Manipulation ("I will use this to curse thee to twenty-thousand years of stone and petrification of absolute annihilation!” Ur then said as Kento felt his energy being absorbed but not his very being within this World of Mana as he felt his clothing slowly turning to stone. “So this is the curse that Shdum put onto Abraxas?” Kento thought to himself as he felt his power being decreased, as his arms turned to stone; with his face also slowly turning to nothing more than stone as his eyes naturally widened"), Body Manipulation ("From the black water the King of Darkness was formed, and emerged through his own evil nature. He waxed strong, mighty, and powerful, he called forth and propagated a thousand thousand evil generations without limit and myriad ugly creations beyond count. That King of Darkness assumed all the forms of the creatures of the world: the head of the lion, the body of the dragon, the wings of the eagle, the back of the tortoise, the hands and feet of a monster. He walks, he crawls, creeps, flies, screams, is rude, threatening, roars, groans, gives (insolent) winks, whistles, and knows all the languages of the world. When he wants he stretches his body, and when he wants he makes himself small. He moves his handamh “membrum” in and out, and owns (the genitals) of men and women. And when he shakes (perceives?) all the mysteries, he rages with his voice, his word, his smoke, his breath, his eyes, his mouth, his hand, his leg, his strength,"), Accelerated Development(As shown with summoning of Mana), Acrobatics, Air Manipulation, Aura (Basic effect of Mana), Blessed (Loved by the Mana), Danmaku with many abilities, Enhanced Senses (He saw Satoshi's fight whilst in the World of Darkness), Flight (True Flight: Due to the concept of gravity being controlled by the user in the World of Darkness), Instinctive Reaction (He is shown using Mana to speed up reactions), Statistics Amplification (Through World of Mana), Summoning, Spatial Manipulation (With World of Mana), Transformation and Fusionism, Soul, Ice and Fire Manipulation (Via his summoning the Barrier of Darkness), Ur is the mighty Serpent or dragon of the underworld upon whom the material world rests. Above him are the seven material firmament and below him the seven underworlds of darkness. He has fiery breath like a flame, and his belly is alternately fire and ice. Souls too impure to undergo the lighter purification of matarata (purgatory) are drawn into his belly) and Resistance to Heat Manipulation with Mana (Mana transcends the very definition of logic), Power Nullification with Mana (His Mana could damage Kento) and Sleep Manipulation with Mana (Should be able to do the same as Hag), Power Bestowal and Statistics Reduction with Mana Zone: (Via Sumqaq), Time Manipulation with Mana Zone: (Mana allows for the creation of time), Resistance to Time Manipulation (Time doesn't exist in the World), Poison Manipulation (Via Mana), Sensory Deprivation and Durability Negation (Via Mana), Spirit Manipulation, Binding and Existence Erasure (Via Mana) as well as Immortality (Can use his World of Mana to become immortal). Body Control, Energy Absorption, Power Mimicry and Limited Information Analysis (Eats Ruha at the end of time)
Non-Duality (Type 3), Acausality (Type 5), Omniscience, Cosmic Awareness and resistance to Telepathy, Mind Manipulation and Empathic Manipulation (Via Cosmic Form where he is one with Yin-Yang, Wuji and Taiji. Xuanye describes it as being "in flow with the yin and yang of the universe itself". Furthermore, he upscales from Satoshi who can both damage and perceive the Atman and Paramatman which are both beyond duality, non-duality, subject and object, meaning that anything bound by the concept of duality or identification including space, time, mathematics, people, power, durability, stamina, attack potency and any other capability bound by mathematics is lower than Xuanye within his Cosmic Form. Furthermore, the axis of dao (Daoshu) is where “this” and “that” no longer find their opposites as the creative principle or ground of being is characterless or undifferentiated thus also being non-dual as Zhu also calls this the principle of Heaven (tianli) however Wuji also contains the potential for change and differentiation (thus being dual and also beyond time and space) as it is dimensionless yet constitutes the point for change and differentiation. This makes it so that Xuanye can damage a person's soul, identity, name, concept and very nature by striking their body, nullifying all of their capabilities with singular hits since Atman itself is beyond Wuji and Taiji, however the non-dualistic based attacks only apply if the opponent is weaker than him or if the opponent is significantly stronger.
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Immortality (Type 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10: Having Bathala within himself and bearing every creature if one observes the Boxer Codex (1590) means he is completely and truly immortal in the truest sense)), Regeneration (True-Godly via each of his creatures such as the Bakunawa or Dalaketnon who can duplicate endlessly and become functionally immortal whilst becoming equal to the user), Nigh-Omniscience, Light Manipulation (Via the Bakunawa who in most Filipino stories can emit moonlight via eating the seven moons), Invulnerability (Is impervious to attacks from lower ranked deities and those who cannot harm his creatures), Transduality (Type 4/5: Exists within and rules over Heaven which is stated to be the same Heaven as the one from Christianity according to 16th century Christian scholars), Abstract Existence (Type 1: Exists as the unifying principle of the cosmos), Creation (Via the Anito who can create planets), Space Manipulation, Time Manipulation (They move at "immeasurable speed"), Wind Manipulation and Chain Manipulation (Via Bisaya and Ifugao pantheons; the latter of which can control black wind), Curse Inducement and Environmental Manipulation (Maria Makiling, the protector of the environment who can curse people with suffering in the form of blindness or even death), Summoning and Animal Manipulation (Via the Minokawa and Dragon's Lair), BFR and Reality Warping (“Suludnon - House of Horrors!” Satoshi said as Kento reminded himself of his battle with Eight, as the house trapped him in a void of space and time, that was itself timeless, moving around constantly.), Lightning Manipulation (“Kalinga Diwata - Kilat.” Satoshi said as he fired lightning that was comparable to that of Perun’s immediately after), Resistance to Curse Inducement and Archery Mastery (Via Anting Anting or Uph Madac or Dios), Earth Manipulation and Earthquake Generation (“Bernadio Carpio.” The man said as a large crocodile appeared alongside him, as earthquakes devoured the entire area; Bisaya: Magyan.” Satoshi thought to himself as a black void surrounded the outside arena, summoning a being who manifested a whip; “Bayi: Primordial Earthworm.” Satoshi then thought to himself as an earthen giant summoned itself and fired a large earthworm at Abraxas, only for the human to destroy the mountainous earthworm by summoning a large scorpion.), Fusionism (Examples of fusionism that Satoshi performs are: Ifugao, Bisaya, "Magbabaya.” Satoshi then said as the Tri-Pantheon man was somehow destroyed by Kento as Satoshi saw a slash of black flames rush him. “Bukidnon - Higaonon.” Satoshi then said as a man appeared out of nowhere and then violently rushed Abaddon and Abraxas, as he then used the power of Tagbusan and Pamulak Manobo as he then summoned a barrage of flames to fire at both devils. “My Filipino spirits have now run out… so let’s end this fight properly. Huling anyo: Blaan, Teduray at Daromoyod (Final Form: Blaan, Teduray and Daromoyod.” Satoshi thought to himself as three black voids now turned into one which could devour a continent in size as Kento saw Abaddon and Abraxas being sucked in only for Abaddon to summon a sword and slash Satoshi moments before he was absorbed in."), Causality Manipulation, Fate Manipulation, Durability Negation, Solar and Lunar Manipulation (Via Muhen and Bulon La Magaow; “Shield of Cumucul: Loos Klagan - Misfortune.” Satoshi said as he quickly rushed Kento only for him to summon Abbadon in front of Kento; attacking him violently as he looked at him.) and many more powers (He uses only a few of the Filipino pantheons)
Animal Manipulation (Via the usage of the Daeva), Desire Manipulation and Telepathy (Via Aka Manah, which is evil mind and the opposite to Vohu Manah, the Good Mind who instils thoughts of positivity), Earth Manipulation (Controls Zam which is the literal Earth), Poison Manipulation, Existence Erasure, Time Manipulation (Via Zarik who is the daeva personification of aging and of poison - she is associated with Soma/Haoma (at first, Zarathustra rejected Haoma, calling it "liquor-piss" in Yasna 48.10 of the Gathas and describing its usage in daeva-worshipping rituals), Perfection, Healing, Water Manipulation and Probability Manipulation alongside Regeneration (True-Godly) (Via Haurvatat which can heal the world), Fire Manipulation (Adur Burzen-Mihr (Fire Temple) - Atar Vasishta), Reality Warping, Law Manipulation, Power Nullification via Homing Attack, Statistics Amplification, Teleportation, Dimensional Travel and Subjective Reality (via “Kshathra Vairya.” The man then said, controlling the domain of the entire world, converting it into the Tower and then immediately destroying Satoshi’s innards with fire, water and earth alongside air, only for infinite regeneration to continually occur, passively regenerating and healing himself with cosmic energy), Elemental Manipulation (“Metal Orb.” The man said as he then fired numerous metal orbs at Satoshi who casually dodged them with Satoshi then using what appeared to be cosmic energy to try and fire his orbs, simultaneously using the Rainbow Serpent to defend himself from the power of Kshathra Vairya.), Victory Manipulation, Order Manipulation and Soul Manipulation (Via Sraosha), Statistics Amplification and Reality Warping (“Garôgar. Ahyā. yāsā. nəmaŋhā. ustānazastō. rafəδrahyā.manyə̄uš. mazdā. pourwīm. spəṇtahyā. aṣ̌ā. vīspə̄ṇg. š́yaoθanā.vaŋhə̄uš. xratūm. manaŋhō. yā. xṣ̌nəwīṣ̌ā. gə̄ušcā. urwānəm. (Bestower of Wishes. With outspread hands in petition for that help, O Mazda, I will pray for the works of the holy spirit, O thou the Right, whereby I may please the will of Good Thought and the Ox-Soul).” The man said as his eyes became white, now wearing a robe covered with stars. Dwelling high in heaven, he had the sun for an eye and a moon for another eye with him then immediately wishing into existence a sword which could cleave existence in half), Immortality and Regeneration (Type 9 and High-Godly; “Ameretat.” The man then said, perfecting his physiology completely. “Ameretat means "Deathlessness and Immortally". Together with Haurvatat, it is the ultimate goal and represents the completion of our evolutionary development and the final achievement of our life on earth. She is associated with plants. She personifies immortality and rules the physical and spiritual aspects of eternal life as are symbolised in plants.” The man explained), Resurrection (“Chinvat Bridge.” Satoshi said, snapping his fingers as all souls must cross the bridge upon death, being guarded by two four-eyed dogs who are beyond Cerberus entirely as the appearance of the Bridge is depending on the righteousness of the person.), Homing Attack (“Sraosha: Arrows of Divine Victory.” Satoshi calmly said, causing the entity to fire a barrage of arrows that were the literal embodiment of victory at him with Kento vomiting blood out of his mouth, with a molten metal river surrounding his being completely with him looking slightly surprised. “I can’t… mo-!” Kento thought to himself as the river burnt him conceptually as he then was forcefully returned. “Rasha: Essence of the Very Straight.” Satoshi then said, combining Sraosha and Rasha’s abilities together with Rasha summoning a shield that was the embodiment of Justice in all its aspects. “Knives of Conscience.” Satoshi then said, forcing Kento’s face and head to be completely slashed an infinite amount of times.) and many, many more powers
Desire Manipulation and Telepathy (Via Aka Manah, which is evil mind and the opposite to Vohu Manah, the Good Mind who instils thoughts of positivity)
Lightning Manipulation, Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Immortality (Type 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10: The Jade Emperor rules over all Deities in Heaven including those of the Underworld as well as being the Avatar of the Three Heavenly ones who are expressions of the Dao itself), Regeneration (High-Godly), Nigh-Omniscience, Light Manipulation (Released a bright light when he was born), Invulnerability (Is impervious to attacks from lower ranked deities and those who have less Dao cultivated than him.), Nonduality (Type 4: Exists within and rules over Heaven which is stated to be both Non-Dual and Supreme Polarity (Taiji).), Abstract Existence (Type 1: Exists as the unifying principle of the cosmos), Non-Corporeal (Possesses no Physical form.), Creation (Is the Supreme Deity and a Creator Deity, having created the Universe), Summoning (Is able to summon any of the Gods of Heaven to his side including The Buddha himself.), Law Manipulation (Was appointed by Tai-Shang Lao-Chun to govern the Thirty-first to first levels of Deities.), Power Nullification, Transmutation, BFR (Banished Curtain Raising General from Heaven, transformed him into a Orge and took his Godhood away.), Telekinesis (Sends a Sword to stab the Curtain Raising General every Seven days.), Non-Physical Interaction (Able to interact with Buddha(s) who belong to "Non-Being" and the Gods of Heaven which exist as Non-Corporeal beings.), Chi Manipulation, Spatial Manipulation (In "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl", the Jade Emperor creates a Bridge across the Silver River (Milky Way) so his daughter may see her husband, was able to summon the 4 Cardinal directions and all points on the Compass to the "The Banquet to Celebrate Peace in Heaven".), Sound Manipulation, Fragrance Manipulation, Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1: Some Stories state he helped create all Reality and the Concepts of Sound and Smell which was believed to be Dualism and Supreme Polarity.), Reality Warping, Elemental Manipulation (Created the Silver River so that his daughter could not see her Husband.), Sealing (Had the Four Dragons sealed in Mountains in the Four Dragons story.), Weather Manipulation (Was stated to be able to cause rain, but forgot to keep this promise in the story.), Power Bestowal (Gave Immortality/Godhood to many of the Gods of Heaven.), Probability Manipulation, Fate Manipulation, Time Manipulation, Disease Manipulation, Life Manipulation, Death Manipulation (The Jade Emperor rules over all other lower Heavens, and as such should possess the abilites of those of the Lower Heavens), Darkness Manipulation (Released a mist which turned the earth to darkness), Beyond-Dimensional Existence (Type 3: Some stories have The Jade Emperor exist in the Infinite Wuji, the difference between Three Heavenly One’s and The Jade Emperor is Wuji to Taiji.), Acausality (Type 1 & 4: The Flow of time in Heaven is not the same as on Earth.) and likely many more including Ice Manipulation (Via Indar who freezes the minds of the righteous opposing Ardawahisht of "best truth" (Av. Iṇdra versus Asha Vahishta).
Elemental Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Water Manipulation, Air Manipulation (Mahadev is lord of all five main elements and described as Bhootnath), Immortality (Type 1, 5, 9 and 10; his True self exists beyond and independent of his physical forms and all of material existence in which people perceive him as what they desire, he is Parmatma and so, unbounded to the wheel of Life and death, he is deathless), *Incorporeality (his true form lives in different plane of existence that is devoid of maya, pancha tattva and physical reality, he is Parabrahman and Purusha-prakriti, a concept that made everything and is beyond), Telekinesis (stopped countless arrows with telekinesis and moved sun),Petrification (turned a monster into a rock), *Animal Manipulation (Ordered crocodile to not kill Sati), *Acausality (Type 2, 4; All of spacetime is inside him, he is beyond spacetime, difference of past, present and future don't exist for him, his future don't exist but he decides it himself), Illusion Creation (Created illusion of Sati's and his friend duplicate to confuse Demon), Higher-Dimensional Existence, Large Size (Type 10- Mahadev's True self is infinite that dwarfs the entire Universe to just being a dust of his rudraksh with all of existence just being mere illusion to him), Biological Manipulation (Merged Ganesha's beheaded body with elephant's head, healed Chandra's broken body), Absorption (Swallowed Vishnu's attacks and weapons, absorbed Agni Dev's fire attacks, absorbed Daksha energy attack),Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2; Can destroy Panch-tattva gods who are conceptual beings responsible for Panch tattva existence in the Universe, these Tattva's has made the Universe and without the god of respective tattva, the Universe will lose that tatva for eternity and turn unconscious, his Damru is the source of all rhythm, music in the Universe, if didn't beat for long, the Universe will be deprived of all music, rhythm, and sweetness in words forever, Type 1; he is the embodiment of purusa tattva, and his whole, Para brahman, is Purusha and prakriti both, a complex concept that makes up everything and can control the respective tattva they embody, Purusha tattva is consciousness, it is nonactive, unchanging, eternal while prakriti is all physical aspects of reality), Resurrection (Ressurected Khusma's son), Healing (healed Chandra dev, cured Parvati in instant), Curse Manipulation, Size Manipulation, Summoning, Flight (Common powers in Hindu Mythology), Temperature Manipulation (Can increase his body temperature if needed), Abstract Existence (He is everything and nothing, all of spacetime resides inside him, a conceptual existence without which nothing can be defined, he is the embodiment of purusha tattva, and his whole, Para brahman, is purusha and prakriti both, a complex concept that makes up everything and can control their respective tattva they embody, the Purusha tattva is Consciousness, it is nonactive, unchanging, eternal while prakriti is all physical aspects of reality that make up existence in Hindu cosmology), Beyond-Dimensional Existence (He existed before time and all of existence when there was nothing, all of spacetime resides inside him with him being entirely unaffected by its flows and is beyond it, he was unaffected by Daksha time reversal as well), Nonduality (Type 4; Mahadev is Parabrahman which is absolute reality beyond all other dualities which shiv himself is, Shiv is Jiv "self" and Brahman "whole", light and darkness, poison and elixir, Immortal and in every death, he is the one who dies, problem and solution, smallest particle and biggest mountain, all silence and all voices, chain and freedom, knowledge and foolishness, he is nothing and everything)Nonexistent Physiology (Nature Type 3, Aspect Type 1, 2, 3 and 5 he is formless and shapeless but contains all forms and shapes, he is nothing and everything, he existed when nothing did but Maha Shunya or absolute zero which he himself was as well, he is Paramatman and Parabrahman, the absolute and primordial self, who lacks all kinds of attachment with the Universe and existed before the creation of the Universe and hence deprived of concepts of panch-tatva that makes up the Universe and body, lacks all desires and jiv tatva that is responsible to see themselves as self not whole, not bound under any laws of the Universe, he is OHM which is unworldly undefined and wordless, meaningless), Time Manipulation (He contains all of spacetime, he is Narayan himself who was capable of stopping time, he is Mahayogi and so, should be capable of altering time like Daksha with his penance), Weather Manipulation (His state of mind changed weather), Sealing (Sealed Tadkasur in naagpash and sent him to circle the Universe), Creation (he is Brahma, creator of the Universe himself), Weapon Creation (Created new Sudarshan-chakra for Narayan), Reality Warping (Nothing is impossible for Mahadev, even his state of mind and feelings affect the Universe, all living beings and nature, his Para Brahman form is undivided whole, being purush and prakriti himself, he can control all of prakriti aka all physical reality), Transmutation (Converted his hair into Bhootnath, transformed Lohitang into Mars planet), Light Manipulation (his eyes keeps the existence glittering, all light belongs to him, with his eyes closed entire existence gets sink into darkness)Avatar Creation (Mahadev's true form cannot be seen, shapeless, formless and beyond understanding to be perceived as it is, he uses his avatar to interact with the material world so that everyone can see that shapeless, formless in shape and form), Cosmic Awareness, Omniscience, Clairvoyance, Precognition, Extrasensory Perception (Mahadev is Trikaldarshi and omniscient, he can see past, present and future all at once and knows what's going to happen when, All time resides inside him, Mahadev watches over all of creation with his eyes), Resistance towards Death Manipulation (he is deathless, Mahakaal and due to being Immortal, Yamraaj who can take anyone's life cannot kill him as in the Hindu mythology, being Immortal means one cannot die from anything in the verse, although Trideva can break laws of the Universe to do that)., Omnipresence, Immortality (Type 1, 5, 8, 9), Beyond-Dimensional Existence (Type 2; Krishna's true form is shapeless, formless and beyond the confines of all of creation, he's unchanging Parmatma, all of existence is nothing but mere illusion to him), Acausality (Type 5; His true form is beyond comprehension of being and cannot be perceived even with divine eyes or any other means, his true form is seen by none but only his Colossus form has been seen once by Arjuna, he's timeless, shapeless, beyond all of illusionary existence and qualities, making it impossible to be perceived, he's detached from all attachments from this world), Reality Warping (As being creator of this whole illusive world, he has complete control over it), Soul Manipulation (Being Ultimate reality/soul, Parmatma and Parambrahma, he can liberate souls of all attachments of this illusionary world and provide salvation in himself), Incorporeality, Abstract Existence (Type 1; He's Parabrahman Parmatma, seed of all beings, shapeless, indestructible, deathless, timeless and unchanging, his being is unmanifested and goes beyond material world and mind, leaving it incomprehensible), Spatial Manipulation, Time Manipulation (He has total control over all of illusive Universal tree), Law Manipulation, Conceptual Manipulation, Mind Manipulation (He created all laws, concepts and cycle of the world, created limitless distractions which can astray humans of their path), Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Elemental Manipulation (Upscaled from panch-tattva gods who can control five basic elements that has made everything, Mahaganpati is everyone in the verse, including all gods and demons, he's source and controller of all divine powers), Electricity Manipulation, Weather Manipulation (Upscaled from Indra dev, god of electricity and weather), Fire Manipulation (Upscaled from Agni dev, god of fire), Water Manipulation, Spatial Manipulation (Upscaled from Varun dev, god of water, ocean and sky), Poison Manipulation (Upscaled from Vasuki, second king of snakes and Sheshanaga, first king of snakes), Cosmic Awareness, Size Manipulation, Teleportation (Can teleport anywhere in existence), Flight, Energy Manipulation, Conceptual Manipulation (Mahakali, an another side of Parabrahman created concepts like death and age to keep the Universe balanced, Lord Shiva changed the very nature of fire element itself to go against its nature), Invisibility (Ganesh along with other deities of swarg becomes invisible to hide from Gyanari), Age Manipulation (blessed Markandeya that he'll never age beyond 16 years), Soul Manipulation (Upscaled from Yama, the god of death, who is capable of capturing soul and snatching it out of human's body and upscaled from Yam lok, the place where souls go after death that is capable of hurting and torturing souls), Avatar Creation (Mahaganpati has taken avatar of Ganesh and appears in front of everyone in that form while he lies separately beyond everything), Large Size (Type 10; Everything, including the multiverse is he, inside him, with all that being nothing but just illusion to him), Higher-Dimensional Existence (6D; he is entire multiverse and views all that existence as being nothing but illusion), Existence Erasure (Ganesha threatened Lobhasur to erase him from existence), Weapon Creation (Created different kinds of countless weapons to attack Bhom), Absorption (Absorbed all divine and demon weapons), Sealing (Sealed Vighnasur in energy rope), Petrification (Petrified many demons), Shapeshifting (Changed his appearance to impersonate a innocent boy, transformed into a bird), Reality Warping (Everything in existence happens as per Parabrahman like Mahakali & Mahaganapati wish, they have absolute control over reality, they are the very cycle of cause and effect), Abstract Existence (Upscaled from Mahashiv and Parashakti, a conceptual existence on whom entire existence depends, if disappear, everything will cease to exist and upscaled from Adiparashakti, a direct manifestation of all prevading infinite conciousness, he's Omkaar which is a seed Mantra of all Mantras), Beyond-Dimensional Existence (Type 2; Existed before and beyond time itself), Holy Manipulation, Acausality (Type 2, 3, 4; exist beyond past, present and future as nothingness, there are infinite Ganesha's in infinite Universes that are avatar of Mahaganpati and all of them are exactly same with no differences), Immortality (Type 1, 9; Mahaganapati exist as his Ganesha avatar in infinite Universes), Mind Manipulation, Possession (Controlled Subodh mother and used her to save subodh from his father and he is inside everyone, just like Parashakti is inside every woman and so can use/possess them for her purposes), Aura (divine and fire aura), Curse Manipulation (Was going to curse Tulsi for her attempt to break his saadhna), Light manipulation (Created light to blind Lobhasur for sometime), Thread Manipulation (Can create energy threads), Pain Manipulation (Inflicted unbearable pain on Surya-dev without damaging him), Self-Sustenance (Type 1, 2, 3; Can survive in space and go on living without food and is abstract existence beyond all needs and wants), Darkness Manipulation (Upscaled from Andhakasur who can sink anyone into darkness), Forcefield Creation (Created forcefield to protect goddesses from weapons), Illusion Creation (Created illusion to decieve Mayasur to believe that all snakes are fine), Telekinesis (Stopped Mayasur from running away by surrounding him with several weapons via Telekinesis), Body Control (Can increase his trunk as long as he wish), Transformation (Can transform into any of his many forms that includes Mahodar, Vikat, Vakratunda, Devtake, Ekdunt, Lambodar, Dhumravana, Vighnaraaj, Gajanan, Panchmukh and after being amped by Adi-shakti to have the powers of all of his forms at once, he is now capable of transforming into Astha Ganesh that has powers of all of his eight forms), Resistance towards Electricity Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Spatial Manipulation (Should be unaffected by all divine powers due to being all Gods and source of the those powers himself just like Vighnasur was due to being made up from gods powers), Poison Manipulation (Due to elixir inside him, he was unaffected by Kaalkoot poison itself which even Mahadev himself cannot handle and so, has stored it in his neck), Empathic Manipulation, Corruption (Was unaffected by Kamasur negative energies which corrupts mbd and soul and fills them with negative desires), Mind Manipulation (Mahaganapati is beyond illusionary mind and body that is made up pancha-tattva), Temperature Manipulation, Illusion Creation, Madness Manipulation, Fear Manipulation (Mahaganpati and Ganesh himself is aware of absolute truth and reality that is he himself which protects him from being affected by any kind of illusion, his all <kundalini shakti> is activated ever since his birth as Lambodhar avatar which consists of 7 chakras including Muladhara Chakra which liberates Ganesha from any kind of fear, Svadhisthana chakra which liberate Ganesha from all kinds of guilt, Ajna Chakra which liberate Ganesha from any kind of maya or magic. (Via Sawar/Sarvar of oppression opposing Shahrewar of "desirable dominion" (Av. Saurva versus Kshathra Vairya)
Destruction and Creation (Tawrich, the one who counters Haurvatat or perfection)
Poison Manipulation, Existence Erasure, Time Manipulation (Via Zarik who is the daeva personification of aging and of poison - she is associated with Soma/Haoma (at first, Zarathustra rejected Haoma, calling it "liquor-piss" in Yasna 48.10 of the Gathas and describing its usage in daeva-worshipping rituals)
Death Manipulation and Death Inducement (Via Gannag menog, the "foul death" or "stinking spirit", opposing Hormazd (Gannag menog is unknown in the Avesta, and Hormazd is Ahura Mazda).
Mind Manipulation(Via Akatash of perversion - Akatash who controls perversion as a concept and thus stops most good things from occurring through thinking about it. (e.g., Gbd XXVII)
Mind Manipulation(Via Anashtih "strife" - Anashtih causes strife, meaning most concepts are beneath him. (e.g., Chidag Andarz i Poryotkeshan 38)
Mind Manipulation, Telepathy and Emotion Manipulation(Via Anast that utters falsehood - Anast who utters falsehood and can control the mind through uttering lies and control anyone through this method or use illusions to subvert the truth on a universal level and negate powers through telling lies about their true capability. (e.g., Gbd XXVII)
Water Manipulation(Via Apaush and Spenjaghra who cause drought - Apaush and Spenjaghra who can cause droughts to entire cities. (e.g., Gbd XXVII)
Mind Manipulation(Via Ashmogh of apostasy - Ashmogh of apostasy can force acts that are unnatural, transcending the definition of the mind entirely. (Avestan Ashemaogha)
Mind Manipulation and Power Nullification(Via Az of avarice and greed - Az of Avarice and Greed who can steal powers through physical contact. Az who can destroy wisdom conceptually, and can thus cause falsehood to reign supreme. (e.g., Gbd XXVII)
Mind Manipulation(Via Buht of idolatry - Buht of idolatry who can create statues to use as talismans or totems to amplify one’s power passively. (e.g., Gbd XXVII)
Mind Manipulation(Via Bushasp of sloth - Bushasp of sloth who can slow people down and control gravity to make entities heavier. (Avestan Bushyasta) (e.g., Gbd XXVII)
Illusion Manipulation(Via Diwzhat (Av. Daebaaman), the deceiver, the hypocrite - Diwzhat of deception who can use hypnosis on anyone to force them to do bad things.
Mind Manipulation and Emotion Manipulation(Via Eshm of wrath - Eshm of wrath who can control emotions to pacify or kill people. (Avestan Aeshma) (e.g., Gbd XXVII)
Mind Manipulation(Via Freptar of distraction and deception - Freptar of distraction who can deceive people through any means necessary. (e.g., Gbd XXVII)
Mind Manipulation(Via Mitokht (also Mithaokhta) of scepticism and falsehood - Mitokht of scepticism and falsehood who can control arguments and words to make people question themselves on a conceptual and spiritual level. (e.g. Gbd XXVII)
Mind Manipulation(Via Nang of disgrace and dishonor - Nang of disgrace or dishonour who can make people weaker by using their personality against them. (e.g., Dadestan-i Denig 53)
Smoke Manipulation and Nature Manipulation alongside Disaster Inducement(Via Nas or Nasa (Avestan Nasu) of pollution and contamination - Nas of pollution and contamination, who can poison people’s minds or cause natural disasters such as climate change or global warming, being beyond humanity entirely. (e.g., GBd XXVII)
Mind Manipulation(Via Niyaz causes want and via Pinih of stinginess and who hoards but does not enjoy its hoard - (e.g., Gbd XXVII) - Niyaz of want, who can take anything, and Pinih of stinginess who can do the same thing. (e.g., Gbd XXVII)
Mind Manipulation(Via Rashk (Avestan Areshko) "envy" - Rashk of envy who can control people’s emotions. (e.g. Denkard 9.30.4)
Destruction Manipulation(Via Sij who causes destruction - Sij of destruction who can destroy anything with ease. (e.g., Gbd XXVII)
Truth Manipulation(Via Sitoj that denies doctrine - Sitoj who denies doctrine meaning he can control truth and falsehood and make anything that is true, false meaning he can affect reality to any level desired. (e.g., Dadestan-i Denig 53)
Mind Manipulation(Via Spazg of slander - Spazg of slander is the same thing (e.g., Gbd XXVII)
Desire Manipulation(Via Spuzgar, the negligent - Spuzgar of negligence can make anything worthless and thus make powers and abilities useless in the original user’s hands. (e.g., Andarz-i Khosru-i-Kavatan)
Desire Manipulation(Via Taromaiti of scorn - Taromaiti of scorn does the same thing. (e.g., Gbd XXVII)
Mind Manipulation(Via Varun of unnatural lust - Varun controls unnatural lust. (e.g., Gbd XXVII)
Mind Manipulation, Paralysis, Burning and resistance to Illusion Manipulation(Via Aghash of the evil eye - Aghash of the evil eye can cause paralysis, immunity to illusions and can destroy people’s minds with a glance and thus burn their hands. (e.g., Gbd XXVII)
Death Manipulation, Transduality, Life and Death Manipulation and Sealing (Via Astwihad of death - Astwihad of death who can likely kill anything and likely has the same capabilities as Gannag menog, who can kill nigh-omnipotent entities. The most powerful demon is Astwihad of death, who can seal a noose of mortality that embodies and transcends life and death entirely on the necks of man (Avestan Asto-widhatu or Asto-vidatu) (e.g., Gbd XXVII)
Mind Manipulation (Via [Azi-/Az-]Dahak (Avestan Azi Dahaka), a serpent-like monster king - Dahak, a serpent-like monster-king (e.g., J 4)
Disaster Inducement, Earth Generation and Wind Manipulation (Via Cheshma who opposes the clouds and causes earthquakes and whirlwinds - Cheshma who opposes the clouds and can cause earthquakes and whirlwinds that can passively destroy countries with ease. (e.g., Gbd XXVII)
Curse Inducement(Via Kunda, the steed that carries sorcerers - Kunda is a horse that carries sorcerers that can perform black magic and control curses that instantly kill people. (e.g., Gbd XXVII)
Illness Inducement, Curse Inducement and Food Manipulation (Via Uta who brings about sickness through food and water - Uta who brings sickness through food and water, who can cause illnesses through cursing food and water, and then control water to poison entities. (e.g., Gbd XXVII)
Soul Manipulation, Death Manipulation and possible Life Manipulation (Via Vizaresh that fights for the souls of the dead - Vizaresh who fights for the souls of the dead, meaning he can damage souls and destroy the dead conceptually. (e.g., Gbd XXVII)
Reality Warping (A'akuluujjusi created animals from her clothes. First, she made the caribou with tusks and the walrus with antlers. But that way, they were too dangerous for hunters going after them. So she changed her mind and swapped. She found the walrus was perfect with tusks. Yet, the caribou was running too fast to be caught by hunters. Therefore, she turned his belly hair against the wind to slow him down), Ice Manipulation and Animal Manipulation (In Inuit mythology, Agloolik is a spirit that lives underneath the ice and acts as tutelary guardian for the protection of seals. It is said to provide aid to fishermen and hunters. If hunters prayed to the spirit before fishing, Agloolik will bless the hunters with prey), Death Manipulation and Ocean Lordship (In Inuit mythology, Aipaloovik is an evil sea god associated with death and destruction. He is considered the opposite of Anguta. He is a danger to all fishermen), Fertility Inducement and Light Manipulation (In Inuit mythology, Akycha is a solar goddess worshipped in Alaska), Fertility Manipulation and Life-Force Manipulation (In Inuit mythology, Akna ("mother") is a goddess of fertility and childbirth) Weather Manipulation, Disaster Inducement, Reality Warping, Water Manipulation and Temperature Manipulation (In Inuit mythology, Alignak is a lunar deity and god of weather, water, tides, eclipses, and earthquakes.), Size Manipulation and Wolf Physiology (According to Inuit mythology Amaguq is a trickster and wolf spirit, able to shape-shift. Amaguq is the Iñupiaq word for wolf), Creation, Death Manipulation, Life-Force Manipulation (In certain myths of the Greenlandic Inuit, Anguta is considered the creator god and is the supreme being among Inuit. In other myths, Anguta is merely a mortal. He is a god of the dead in some myths.) and Soul Manipulation (Anguta is a psychopomp, ferrying souls from the land of the living to the underworld, called Adlivun, where his daughter rules. Those souls must then sleep near him for a year before they go to Qudlivun ("those above us"), where they will enjoy eternal bliss. In some versions of the myth, only unworthy souls have to stay with Anguta in the land of the dead. In these myths, he pinches the dead to torment them), Weather Manipulation, Ice Manipulation and Water Manipulation (In Inuit mythology, Asiaq is a weather goddess (or, more rarely a god) and was quite frequently invoked by the angakoq for good weather, for instance if spring was late it was important to content her and make sure she would send rain and melt the ice. In Greenland, she is the mother of weather, who decides the quantity and the time for snow to fall.), Light Manipulation, Sky Manipulation and Weather Manipulation (Ataksak is a goddess in Inuit mythology. She is the ruler of the sky, and represents the light in the world that brings joy and happiness to the people.), Concept Manipulation and Weather Manipulation along with Empathic Manipulation (In Inuit mythology, Aulanerk is a friendly sea god who rules over the tides, waves and joy. He is said to be naked and living in the sea), Animal Manipulation (Aumanil: a spirit which dwelled on the land and guided the seasonal movement of whales; The Caribou Mother is an Inuit deity who represents the source of caribou, a vital food source for the Inuit. She is seen as gigantic, with people and caribou as lice on her enormous body. The Caribou mother is known as one of the oldest Inuit deities), Healing and Regeneration (Low to Mid) (In Inuit mythology, Eeyeekalduk was the god of medicine and good health), Ocean Manipulation (In Inuit mythology, Idliragijenget is the god of the ocean. As Idliragijenget ("she who sleeps in the house of the wind"), she is the ruler of the underworld, Adlivun. She and her father Savirqong occupy opposite sides of a large house. Since their apotheosis, they must live in the same place but keep apart that summer and winter may not get mixed...Like his daughter, he has but one eye,—the moon. The dead, seized by Anguta, are carried thither.), Solar and Lunar Manipulation (The brother is most often called Aningaat. In other versions he is simply called Moon (Inuktitut: Taqqiq, ᑕᖅᑭᖅ). He is sometimes equated with Tarqiup Inua. The sister is most commonly called Sun (Inuktitut: Siqiniq, ᓯᕿᓂᖅ) (Greenlandic: Seqineq). Other times she is simply called "Aningaat's sister". One account from Hans Egede reports her being called Malina or Ajut in Greenland. One version says their names are Taqqiq and Siqiniq, but that they call each other aninga and najanga (archaic forms of address between a brother and sister). Bernard Saladin D'Anglure gives the etymology that Aningaat means "favorite brother", from ani ("brother" when a male is addressed by his sister) paired with one of several synonymous suffixes -ngaq, -ngaat, -ngaaq ("favorite"); Aningaat and his sister are orphans living with their grandmother. (In some tellings their mother or stepmother.) The brother is blind. One day a polar bear comes to their camp, to the window of their house. The blind brother shoots the bear through the window, but his grandmother lies and says he only hit the window frame. The grandmother butchers the bear in secret, keeping the meat for herself and the girl. The boy is given dog meat, and not even allowed to live in the main house. The sister gives bear meat to her brother in secret. The brother asks his sister to take him to a nearby lake where there are red-throated loons (qaqsauq). The brother stands by the lake until he hears the sound of a kayak and a voice invites him to sit in it. He sits down and is paddled toward the center of the lake. (In Kusugaq's telling he is simply lead into the lake, no kayak.) They are submerged. When Aningaat needs air, they resurface. After taking air, they dive again. The stranger asks if he can see. This repeats several times: they dive, the stranger asks the boy if he can see. The stranger licks the boy's eyes (a detailing absent in Ivaluardjuk's version) and they dive again. Each time the boy can see a little more, and by the end he is no longer blind. The stranger is a loon (a detail not specified in Kappianaq's version). Returning home, Aningaat questions his grandmother about the bearskin he can now see. She lies, saying she got it from people who visited in an umiaq. Now that he can see, the boy makes a harpoon and uses it with white whales passing along the shore. One day his grandmother comes hunting whales with him, serving as the anchor for the harpoon line. She tells him to harpoon the smallest whale, but he harpoons the largest. The large whale pulls her into the water, she surfaces once more, then disappears under the water. (In Kappianaq's version she becomes a narwhal, her hair becoming the horn.) Aningaat and his sister move to a new camp. There, while getting water, the sister is attacked. The brother saves her. He heals her, then they move to a new camp. They move to a new camp, inhabited by people who lack genitalia or anuses. Nonetheless both siblings marry people from this group, and the sister becomes pregnant and gives birth.), Light Manipulation (Ignirtoq: a goddess of light and truth.), Flight, X-Ray Vision and Disaster Inducement (In Inuit mythology, Issitoq (also Isitoq) is a deity that punishes those who break taboos. He usually takes the form of a giant flying eye), Animal Manipulation and Victory Manipulation (In Inuit religion, Nanook (/ˈnænuːk/; Inuktitut: ᓇᓄᖅ [naˈnuq], lit. "polar bear") was the master of bears, meaning he decided if hunters deserved success in finding and hunting bears and punished violations of taboos. The Inuit believed that Nanook, the polar bear, was powerful and mighty, and they thought that he was "almost man." The Inuit hunters would worship this great bear because they believed that he decided if the hunters would be successful. “In the past, the Inuit ate polar bear meat and used the fur to make warm trousers for men and kamiks (soft boots) for women”. Respect was given to Nanook by the hunter hanging the bear's hide in a special section of his igloo, where it would stay for several days. They would also offer the bear's spirit weapons and other hunting tools if it was a male, and needle cases, scrapers (used to scrape the fat off hides) and knives if it was female. “Native people believed that polar bears allowed themselves to be killed in order to obtain the souls of the tools (tatkoit), which they would take with them into the hereafter.” “Legend says that if a dead polar bear was treated properly by the hunter, it would share the good news with other bears so they would be eager to be killed by him. Bears would stay away from hunters who failed to pay respect.”), Temperature Manipulation (In the Inuit religion of the Yup'ik the Negafook (or Negagfok) represents "the North Wind" or "the spirit that likes cold and stormy weather."), Food and Water Manipulation (In Inuit religion, Nerrivik or Nerivik was the sea-mother and provider of food for Inuit culture. She was the patron of fisherman and hunters. In Canada, she was known as either Sedna or Arnapkapfaaluk and in Greenland, she was Arnakuagsak. Nerrivik married the storm-god, who afterwards produced a storm at sea while her male relatives were ferrying her back to their homeland secretly when her husband had been absent hunting. Her relatives having cast her overboard in order to calm the storm, her grandfather cut off the hand with which she continued to grasp the boat; therefore she is now, one-handed, at the bottom of the sea. (Rasmussen, 1921, p. 113) This myth is from the Inughuit (Polar Eskimos), of Smith Sound (in northern Greenland)), Ice Manipulation, Temperature Manipulation and Soul Manipulation (In Inuit mythology, Nootaikok was a spirit who presided over and lived inside icebergs and glaciers. Along with Agloolik, the spirit led hunters to seals), Hunting Mastery (In Inuit mythology, Nujalik is the goddess of hunting on land), Animal Manipulation and Water Manipulation (Nuliajuk is a goddess of the Netsilik Inuit. According to Rasmussen Nuliajuk lives on the bottom of the sea and controls sea mammals (seals, walruses, and sea lions). Whenever humans neglect to observe ritual prohibitions, she imprisons the sea-mammals within the drip-basin under her lamp (making them unavailable to hunters), so that shamans must conjure her so as to release them. Nuliajuk is co-wife with Isarraitaitsoq; their husband is the scorpionfish god Kanajuk. They have an adopted baby, which they stole "from a sleeping mother when her husband was out hunting at the breathing holes". Nuliajuk lives in the ocean for a very long time. Nuliajuk just sits on the ocean floor, her long hair flowing, moving back and forth with the tides and the currents. When you look down into the sea over the side of a boat in summer, you can see her hair, swaying back and forth. Sometimes as her hair moves with the water, it gets all disheveled and tangled up. The creatures of the sea get caught in it and no matter how hard they try they cannot get out. It would be so nice if Nuliajuk could run her fingers through her hair and let all these animals out, but Nuliajuk has no fingers. You see, a long time ago, when she was just a girl, Nuliajuk refused to marry; she would take no man for a husband. It was a cruel world in which she lived. There were no animals to hunt, no caribou, seals, whales, walruses, fish, nothing. Her family was starving and could no longer feed her. If she had married she would have had a husband to support her but no she refused to marry anyone. One day Nuliajuk’s parents loaded their boat with the few things they had and headed off to another hunting place, hoping for better luck. They left Nuliajuk behind. They could no longer support a woman who had refused to marry. Nuliajuk did not want to be left behind so she swam out to the boat. Nuliajuk grabbed the gunwales and tried to climb aboard. Her father took his axe and chopped her fingers off to keep her from climbing in. No longer able to hold on to the gunwales of the boat, she slipped down to the depths of the sea. And that is where Nuliajuk lives to this day. Her fingers, too, fell into the sea one by one, and one by one they became the animals of the sea. They became whales, walruses, fishes and all the other sea creatures. But now Nuliajuk has no fingers with which to comb her hair, and when her hair is all tangled up, these poor animals get caught in and cannot get out. They tickle her head and that makes her angry. She shakes her head; she screams and flails her arms about. She makes the water boil until there are big waves. If her hair gets tangled up there are no animals to hunt, no meat to eat, no sealskin for boats, no whale meat to feed the dogs. Even if there were animals about, no one could go to sea to hunt them when Nuliajuk is angry. Nuliajuk has become the most feared creature in all the land. She has the power of life and death over all the people. The only people who can calm her down are the shamans. Now and then, they dive down to the bottom of the sea. They run their fingers through her hair and make it all neat and tidy. They free the animals. They soothe her and settle her down and the sea becomes calm and smooth again. There are seals, walruses, fish, and whales again. People can go out to hunt and have food to eat.), Soul Manipulation, Underworld Manipulation and Reincarnation (In Inuit mythology, Pana was the god who cared for souls in the underworld (Adlivun) before they were reincarnated), Animal Manipulation and Healing (In Inuit religion, Pinga ("the one who is [up on] high") is a goddess of the hunt and medicine. She is heavily associated with the sky.), Soul Manipulation (In Caribou Inuit communities, Pinga had some authority over caribou herds. She became angry if people killed more caribou than they could eat, so Caribou communities were careful not to over-hunt. Pinga is also a psychopomp, receiving the souls of the newly deceased and preparing them for reincarnation. Angakkuit (shamans) might see or communicate with Pinga or sometimes she'd send a spirit to speak with them), Cloth Manipulation and Fertility Inducement (In Inuit religion, Pukkeenegak is a goddess of children, pregnancy, childbirth and the making of clothes. Considered a benevolent goddess, Pukkeenegak is responsible for childbirth and providing food and clothing materials to Inuit women. She is usually depicted with a tattooed face, wearing tall boots. As the goddess of hearth and home, Pukkeenegak directs and watches over domestic tasks, such as sewing and cleaning, while also directing and protecting pregnant women, as well as providing for conception and childbirth.), Weather Manipulation (Qailertetang is an Inuit goddess who cares for animals, fishers, and hunters and who controls the weather. She dwells with her companion Sedna at the bottom of the sea in the company of seals, whales, and other sea creatures. Qailertetang is depicted as a "large woman of very heavy limbs". Before hunts, she, along with Sedna, are served by shamans on behalf of the rest of the tribe in rituals designed to ensure success in said hunts as coastal Inuit groups' diets mostly consist of sea animals. The word also used to refer to two ritual figures in the Inuit new year holiday, Quviasukvik, the most important Inuit holiday. Two gigantic figures wearing heavy boots, several pairs of breeches, a woman's overjacket, and tattooed sealskin masks and carrying seal spears and scrapers in their hands and an inflated buoy of sealskin on their back, would pair off the men and women and then chase them to the woman's hut "where they are for the following day and night man and wife." After this, the qailertetang go to the shore, invoke the north wind for good weather, and ward off the "unfavorable" south wind. As soon as they finish this, all the men of the village attack them with great noise, pretending to kill them and slashing open the buoys they carry. The men leave to get their drinking cups and the qailertetang "awake to new life." After filling their sealskins with water, each man would pass them a cup of water from it and ask about the future, if the hunt will be successful, and about life events in general. They would answer in murmurs which the inquirer would have to interpret themselves. Inuit scholars Laugrand and Oosten call them the representatives of Sedna.), Ocean Manipulation (Sedna (Inuktitut: ᓴᓐᓇ Sanna, previously Sedna or Sidne) is the goddess of the sea and marine animals in Inuit mythology, also known as the Mother of the Sea or Mistress of the Sea. The story of Sedna, which is a creation myth, describes how she came to rule over Adlivun, the Inuit underworld.) and Transmutation (More than one version of the Sedna legend exists. Some legends have her as the daughter of a goddess named Isarrataitsoq, while others only mention her father. In one legend Sedna is a giant, the daughter of the creator-god Anguta, with a great hunger that causes her to attack her parents. Angered, Anguta takes her out to sea and throws her over the side of his kayak. As she clings to the sides, he chops off her fingers and she sinks to the underworld, becoming the ruler of the monsters of the deep. Her huge fingers become the seals, walruses, and whales hunted by the Inuit. In another version of the legend, she is dissatisfied with men found for her by her father and so marries a dog. Her father is so angry at this that he throws her into the sea and, when she tries to climb back into the boat, he cuts off her fingers. Her fingers become the first seals and she becomes a mighty sea goddess. When she is angered, the shaman travels to wash and comb her hair for her, after which she is placated and releases the animals to the hunters. In other versions, she is unable to comb her hair because she lacks fingers, so a shaman must brush it for her. In the Netsilik region, the story states that Nuliayuk was a mistreated orphan. One day the people tried to get rid of her by attempting to drown her by chopping off her fingertips, which transformed into seals and walruses. Eventually, Nuliayuk marries a sculpin and lives in the sea controlling all sea mammals. Other versions of the legend depict Sedna as a beautiful maiden who rejects marriage proposals from the hunters of her village. When an unknown hunter appears, Sedna's father agrees to give her to him as wife in return for fish. Sedna's father gives Sedna a sleeping potion and gives her to the hunter who takes her to a large nest on a cliff, revealing his true form: a great bird-spirit (variously described as a raven, a fulmar or a Kokksaut/petrel-spirit). She wakes surrounded by birds. Her father attempts to rescue her, but the bird-spirit becomes angry, causing a great storm. In desperation, Sedna's father throws her into the raging sea. Attempting to cling to the kayak, her hands freeze and her fingers fall off becoming the creatures of the sea. She falls to the bottom of the sea and grows a fishtail. Sedna is kidnapped or deceived by a different bird creature in yet another version. Her father then leaves in his kayak to rescue her from the floating ice-island where she is imprisoned while the bird creature is away. The creature, enraged by her disappearance, calls to a spirit of the sea to help him. The sea spirit locates the kayak with the two humans aboard and creates huge waves to kill them. Her father throws Sedna overboard in the hope that this will appease the angry god. Sedna clings to the kayak but her father grabs a little ax and chops three of her fingers off before striking her on the head. The three fingers each become a different species of seal. The stroke to her head sends Sedna to the ocean floor where she resides, commanding the animals of the sea. In an additional version of the story Sedna marries a man who claims to be a fantastic hunter. He then takes her away to a distant island and once there he reveals himself to be a birdman. Being a birdman he was not a good hunter and could only hunt fish. Unable to escape the island she resigned to herself to her situation, until her Father came to visit one day. Her father decided to kill the birdman upon realizing he lied about who he was, attempting to resume his daughter. They left the island on her father's kayak, when the birdman's friends attacked them in retaliation. They flew above the kayak and created great waves to attack the kayak with. Sedna's father was so frightened he threw her overboard, she then grabbed onto the edge of kayak holding on for her life. Fearing she would tip over the boat her father cut off her fingers, making her fall into the water. The fingers that were cut off then became sea animals and she sank to the ocean floor where she became a spirit of the ocean. In one Baffin Island tradition, Sedna was in a kayak with her family when a storm started. Her parents thought she was to blame for the storm and threw her into the sea. She clung to the kayak, but her father cut her fingers off: first the tips, then the second knuckle, then the last knuckle. Her disembodied fingers turned into sea creatures. Sedna gained control over the animals. If humans angered her, she could stop the animals from coming to their hunting sites, thus causing famine. The varying legends each give different rationales for Sedna's death. Yet, in each version, her father takes her to sea in his kayak, chopping off her fingers. In each version she sinks to the bottom of the sea, worshiped by hunters who depend on her goodwill to supply food. She is generally considered a vengeful goddess, and hunters must placate and pray to her to release the sea animals from the ocean depths for their hunt. At Killiniq, people threw worn-out harpoon-heads, broken knives, and morsels of meat and bone into the sea as offerings), Fear Manipulation (Arnapkapfaaluk ("big bad woman") was the sea goddess of the Inuit of Canada's Coronation Gulf area. Although occupying the equivalent position to Sedna within Inuit religion, in that she had control of the animals of the seas, she was noticeably different as can be seen by the English translation of her name. Arnapkapfaaluk was not the beneficent goddess that Sedna was. Instead, she inspired fear in hunters. Rather than providing the Copper Inuit with the seals and other marine mammals, she would withhold them. The breaking of a taboo or other indiscretion would result in an unsuccessful hunt.), Hunting (In Inuit mythology, Arnakuagsak ("old woman from the sea". Alternative: Arnarquagsag, Arnakua'gsak) was an Inuit goddess, one of the primary deities of the religion, who was responsible for ensuring the hunters were able to catch enough food and that the people remained healthy and strong. She was worshipped primarily in Greenland, but was essentially equivalent to the Canadian Sedna or Arnapkapfaaluk and the Alaskan Nerrivik.), Soul Manipulation, Concept Manipulation, Time Manipulation, Spatial Manipulation, Existence Erasure, etc (In Inuit religion, Silap Inua ('possessor of spirit', ᓯᓚᑉ ᐃᓄᐊ) or Sila ('breath, spirit', ᓯᓪᓚ) (Iñupiaq: siḷam iñua) is similar to mana or ether, the primary component of everything that exists; it is also the breath of life and the method of locomotion for any movement or change. Silla was believed to control everything that goes on in one's life. Silla is a spirit of the sky, the wind, and the weather. Though identified as male, he is never depicted, and thought to be formless. There are very few myths in which Silla is a character, because he is not thought to have many personality characteristics. He also represents a concept somewhat akin to the Hindu idea of Paramatman, or Emerson’s idea of the great Over soul: Silla is also believed to be the substance which souls are made of. Contrary to the Christian missionaries who have identified Nanook the polar bear spirit as the supreme deity of the Inuit, Silla is much closer to this role. However Silla also has a somewhat malevolent aspect: he is known to lure children away from their play off into the tundra, never to be seen again.), Lunar Manipulation (Via the Tarqiup Inua), Intangibility (In Inuit mythology, an inua (ᐃᓄᐊ; plural inuat ᐃᓄᐊᑦ) is a spirit or soul that exists in all people, animals, lakes, mountains, and plants. This is not an individual soul, but rather "the vital force representing a chain or continuum of all the individual spirits of that genus which had lived, were living, or were to live." Among the Yup'ik near Kuskokwim Bay of Coastal Alaska, the word yua (absolutive case form of the word yuk "human; human-like spirit") has similar connotations as that of the Iñupiaq of Northern Alaska, who, similarly to the Inuit, call it iñua or inua. This meaning is based in a common understanding of most Arctic peoples, including both the Yup'iak and Iñupiaq, that "all the world is animate, and that animals have souls or spirits", a foundational belief of the continuum and inter-connectivity of all life and spirit of all that is, has been, and is yet to be. The concept is similar to mana. Masks worn by shamans and non-shamanic dancers can represent animal spirits. Spirit masks represent the inua of the genus, not of an individual of that genus. A spirit mask of a seal, for example, represents an abstraction or communal essence of the spirit of all seals), Animal Manipulation (Via Tekkitsertok), Water Manipulation and Bodily Enhancement (In Inuit mythology, Tootega is a wisened old goddess, who lives in a stone hut and has the ability to walk on water.), Invisibility, Healing, Summoning and Animal Manipulation (Torngarsuk is the master of whales and seals and most powerful supernatural being in Greenland. He appears in the form of a bear, or a one-armed man, or as a grand human creature like one of the fingers of a hand. He is considered to be invisible to everyone but the angakkuit (the medicine men or shaman among Inuit peoples). These conflicting descriptions leave us unsure as to his form, but as a grand spirit or demon Torngarsuk is invoked by fishermen and by the angakoqs" when one falls ill. There are other spirits invisible to everyone but the angakkuq, who teach men how to be happy. They see Torngarsuk as their benefactor; when the Anguekkok call upon him, they ask that if he does not come that he leave them "in the land of plenty". Each angakkuq keeps a familiar spirit in a leather bottle which he evokes and consults like an oracle. This familiar spirit seeks Torngarsuk in a cave and brings good fortune as well as healing power.), Light Manipulation (In Inuit mythology, Tulugaak was the creator of light. The meaning of tulugaq is 'raven'; cf. the god Tuluŋigraq ("something like a raven"). Sometimes related to other sky gods, like Torngarsuk and Anguta from Inuit pantheon.)
Biology Manipulation, Elemental Manipulation (Metal), Solar/Lunar Manipulation, Fire Manipulation and Statistics Amplification (Via Dažbog), Plant Manipulation, Nature Manipulation, Life-Force Manipulation and Afterlife Manipulation (Via Jarilo), Water Manipulation, Rain Manipulation, Spatial Manipulation and Archetypal Manipulation/Ontological Property Manipulation (Via Kresnik), Temperature Manipulation and Ice Manipulation (Via Maržanna and Calming Frost of Death's Blizzard), Death Manipulation, Causality Manipulation, Destiny Manipulation, Earth Manipulation and Accerelated Development (Via Mokosh/Matka Ziemia), Hammermanship, Earth Manipulation, Archery Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Order Manipulation, Law Manipulation, Concept Manipulation, Information Manipulation, Reality Warping (“The sky rings with thunder, then the clouds shined with lightning and he appeared into existence as if by lightning.” The chieftain spoke as Batic smiled, as this statement was actually amplifying him with Satoshi looking absolutely horrified. “Just how powerful is he?” Satoshi asked himself only to see a thunderbolt striking him, forcing him to his knees. “Controlling concepts is useful.” Batic thought to himself with Satoshi now being able to read his thoughts, only to see Existence within his mind as the forest once created by Batic") Lightning Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, Sky Father Physiology, Weather Manipulation and Immunity to Curse Inducement, Existence Erasure, Army Manipulation, Statistics Amplification (Via Perun), Invisibility Manipulation, Creation, Statistics Amplification, Transduality (Type 3/4; Created duality), Empathic Inducement and Mind Manipulation (Created Lada, the embodiment of Love), Questionable Omnipotence, Omnipresence and Omniscience (as the supreme being in Slavic mythology and theology), Causality Manipulation, Destiny Manipulation and Fate Manipulation (As the God of fate and destiny), Concept Manipulation (Rod gave form to his two avatars – light and darkness. This is how the night and day were born. The Slavs understood that in order for there to be light and life, there had to be darkness and death. This is the cycle of life and the very principle of wholeness) and presumed Lightning Manipulation alongside Rule Manipulation (He had created the forces and the cycles that presided over all that ever existed. And the universe was now divided into three worlds. PRAV/RULE was the realm of the divine and supreme truth, JAV/REALITY, the tangible reality in which people live and the world in-between, and NAV/UNDERWORLD, as the home to the lower aspects of existence) and Protection (Weapons of Perun protected before bad luck, bad powers, disease and thunder itself - Via Rod), Environmental Destruction, Creation, Matter Manipulation, Reality Warping (It is possible that Svarog echoes the mythology of northern Europe: the smith god in Norse and Baltic mythology forges weapons for the Thunderer, and as in Finnish mythology, the smith god Ilmarinen is the creator of the Sun, the sky, and many wondrous objects. The smith god also fights the powers of chaos in defense of his creation), Light Manipulation (Czech historians Martin Pitro and Petr Vokáč believe that Svarog is a god who receded into the background after the creation of the world, but at the same time is a celestial smith and sun god), Sealing, Fire Manipulation, Regeneration and Regeneration Negation (True Godly), Large Size (Type 7 to 11; as large as the universe if not larger), Heat Manipulation, Magma Manipulation (Via Svarog), Weapon Mastery and Statistic Amplification, (Via the flag of Svetovid. the flag gave the people who possessed it the ability to plunder cities, destroy temples or houses without suffering consequences, and to execute judgments. The gate, which had a flag and eagles on it, was probably an altar of sorts; A white horse was sacrificed to Svetovit. The god himself was supposed to ride this horse at night to fight his enemies, which was proved by the fact that in the morning the horse was drowsy and dirty. The horse could only be ridden by a priest to not diminish the value of the horse, and pulling a hair from its mane or tail was considered a sin. The horse was also used for divination: the priests set up three rows of spears with the spearheads downwards, where each row of spears was crossed with each other, if the horse crossed these rows of spears with its right foot first, it meant good luck in a planned battle or attack, if with the left first, the battle was called off), Victory Manipulation (A god of victory - Via Svetovid), Disease Manipulation, Immortality (Type 10; can never actually die as he transcends the concept of evil, according to Old Slavic Texts), Transduality (Type 5 - By climbing up into the sphere of Perun, Veles disrupts the equilibrium of the world and needs to be put in his place. Perun achieves this in a fierce battle, smiting his adversary with lightning and driving him back down into his proper place, the watery realm lying beneath the roots of the cosmic tree (axis mundi). Order thus restored, the two gods cease hostilities until the next time that Veles tries to crawl up into Perun's realm. The duality and conflict of Perun and Veles does not represent the dualistic clash of good and evil; rather, it is the opposition of the natural principles of earth and water (Veles) against heaven/sky and fire (Perun)), Regeneration (True-Godly), Earth Manipulation and Law Manipulation (His priests had knowledge on natural laws. So he should have the same via magic), Magic and Shapeshifting (He used mantras, chants and melodies, much like the shamans of today, to help guide willing souls to enter altered or trance-like states, so as to travel between worlds and see into other dimensions), Reality Warping (In the end, he is killed by Perun and in this ritual death, whatever Veles stole is released from his battered body in the form of rain falling from the skies) and Water Manipulation (Via Veles), Concept Manipulation (With regards to the sun in all its aspects. Chludov's Novgorod Psalter of the late 13th century contains a miniature depicting two women. One of them, fiery red, signed as "morning zora", holds a red sun in her right hand in the form of a ring, and in her left hand she holds a torch resting on her shoulder, ending in a box from which emerges a light green stripe passing into dark green. This stripe ends in another woman's right hand, in green, signed as "evening zora", with a bird emerging from her left sleeve), Solar Manipulation, Shadow Absorption, Darkness Manipulation, Statistics Amplification, Empathic Manipulation and Mind Manipulation (A poem states that after a girl asks her to help her fall in love, this wish is granted), Spatial Manipulation (Via the position of the Sun to humans), Sealing (Can permanently seal the Gate of the Sun. She is the Evening Star and sister of the Zorya. She helpfully closes the gates of Dažbog’s Sky Palace after the Sun comes home at night), Invulnerability (A myth from a later period speaks of three Zoryas and their special task: There are in the sky three little sisters, three little Zorya: she of the Evening, she of Midnight, and she of Morning. Their duty is to guard a dog which is tied by an iron chain to the constellation of the Little Bear. When the chain breaks it will be the end of the world) and Water Manipulation (Via Zorya), Water Manipulation and Temperature Generation (Via Živa), Love Manipulation and Treasure Manipulation (Via Baba Slata), Boundary Manipulation, Spatial Manipulation, Future Manipulation (The bannik had the ability to predict the future. One consulted him by standing with one's back exposed in the half-open door of the bath. The bannik would gently stroke one's back if all boded well; but if trouble lay ahead, he would strike with his claws), Heat Manipulation, Steam Manipulation and Shapeshifting (Presumably near bathhouses for the latter. He is usually described as a small, naked old man with a long beard, his body covered in the birch leaves left over from well used bath brooms. Many accounts also claim that he is a shapeshifter and can appear as a local person to someone who stumbles across him, or even as a stone or coal in the oven heating the bathhouse), Earth Manipulation and Lake Manipulation (Via Rusalka), Earth Manipulation (Via Bevo), Agriculture Manipulation and Time Manipulation (Via Chislobog), Boundary Manipulation (Via Chur), Nature Manipulation and Soul Manipulation (Via Devana/Dziewanna), Air Manipulation and Directional Manipulation (Via Dogoda), Animal Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Spatial Manipulation, Dimensional Manipulation, Precognition and Demon Physiology (Via Domovoy), Fate Manipulation, Destiny Manipulation and Causality Manipulation (The Dolya are female destiny deities who dole out fate to all and sundry), Life Manipulation and Invincibility (Via Dolya), Plant Manipulation (Via baked goods - Via Dugnay), Sky Manipulation, Weather Manipulation, Storm Manipulation and Thunder Manipulation (Via Erisvorsh), Animal Manipulation, Death Manipulation and Soul Manipulation (Via Flins), Homing Attack (Via Ipabog), Land Manipulation (Via Julius), Light Manipulation (Via Jutrobog), Plant Manipulation (Via Kirnis), Time Manipulation, Law Manipulation and Elemental Manipulation (Via Koliada), Statistics Amplification, Earth Manipulation, Soul Manipulation, Possession and Air Manipulation (Many years later, one day, Kostroma walked the shore of the river Volga and made a wreath. She boasted that the wind would not blow the wreath off her head. According to the belief, it meant that she would not marry. This boast was not approved by the gods. The wind become stronger, and wreath was blown by the wind from Kostroma's head and fell into the water, where it was picked up by Kupalo, who was nearby in the boat - Via Kostroma), Animal Manipulation (Via Kremara), Heat Manipulation and Animal Manipulation (Domestic pets - Via Krugis), Light Manipulation, Water Manipulation and Love Inducement (Via Kupalo), Animal Manipulation (Via Kurwaichin), Summoning (Over families - Via Lelia), Animal Manipulation (Over Wolves and Bears), Curse Inducement (Empowered by cursed children), Nature Manipulation, Disaster Inducement, Shapeshifting, Power Nullification, Immunity to Darkness Manipulation (Casts no shadow) and Size Manipulation (Via Leshy/Svyatibor), Spatial Manipulation and Fire Manipulation (Via Matergabia), Darkness Manipulation (Morok means darkness in modern Russian), Mind Manipulation (He is a keeper of ways to the truth, hiding such ways to those who pursue truth for vanity and selfishness), Concept Manipulation (Controls the concept of fraudulence as a concept), Lie Manipulation (God of lies - Via Morok), Water Manipulation (Via Morskoy Tsar), Death Manipulation and Soul Manipulation (Via Nemiza), Fire Manipulation, Magma Manipulation,Animal Manipulation (Over serpents), Earth Manipulation, Water Manipulation and Disaster Inducement (Via Ny/Peklabog), Power Bestowal, Statistics Amplification and Fire Manipulation alongside possible Power Nullification (Via Ognyena), Communication Manipulation and Sound Manipulation (Via Ozwiena), Animal Manipulation (Over pets) and Protection (Via Pesseias), Empathic Manipulation and Earth Manipulation alongside Sound Manipulation, Reality Warping and Music Manipulation (Via Pizamar), Earth Manipulation (Via Plön - Via Podaga), Plant Manipulation and Gender Transcendence (Via Polevoy/Poludnica), Air Manipulation and presumed Regeneration and Immortality Negation (Possibly Low-Godly at least - Via Posvist), Fire Manipulation, Sky Manipulation, Battle Empowerment (Via Radagast), Animal Manipulation (Over horses - Via Ratainitsa), Land Manipulation and Statistics Amplification (Via Rugievit/Karevit), Fire Manipulation, Drink Inducement, Plant Manipulation, Divination and Nature Manipulation (According to Boris Rybakov, he concluded that Simargl was the god of seeds, sprouts and roots of plants, the protector of shoots and greens, the intermediary between the highest gods of heaven and earth), Fusionism (Was either seen as a chimera or griffin), Non-Existent Physiology (Type 2 - Via etymology which references his names as meaning empty or to make holes) and Black Hole Manipulation/Physics Manipulation (Via Simargl/Pereplut), Wind Manipulation (As the god of wind), Destiny Manipulation, Resurrection and immunity to Absolute Separation and should possess Meta Power Immunity (as the wind. Links to Vayu as this may also be indicated by the fact that Vayu is also worshipped as the god of war, of the dead, of the harvest, but also of the good and bad fate, as he connects sky and earth), Air Manipulation and Omnipresence (Is linked to Vayu in the Avesta who says "I am to be spread". Is also called breath of life) and Weather Manipulation (Via controlling wind - Via Stribog), Disease Manipulation (There was once an epidemic in the city, which the priests believed was sent by the gods as punishment for abandoning their faith, and that they should start offering sacrifices to the gods if they wanted to survive), Blindsight/Sin Detection (Triglav has his mouth and eyes covered to "not see or hear the sins of men." In Indo-European mythologies, "dark" gods have a vision problem), Archetype:Fortune Deity (One of the temples held a gilded and silver-plated saddle belonging to the god, as well as a well-built horse, which was used during prophecies: several spears were spread on the ground and the horse was led between them – if the horse, steered by the god, did not touch any spear with its foot, it meant good fortune and a good prediction for the upcoming battle or journey. Eventually, on Otto's orders, the temples were destroyed and the offerings distributed to the inhabitants), Heavens/Sky, Land (earth) & Underworld Lordship (hell) (About the idols, the priests said that their most important god had three heads because it ruled three kingdoms, namely, heaven, earth, and hell, and that its face was covered with a bandage so that it might ignore the sins of men as it did not see them and was silent), Miracle Performing (Via others. According to a 12th century source, Hermann bought himself a cap and a tunic in the Slavic style and, after many dangers along a difficult road, when he reached the house of that widow, declared that he had not long since succeeded in escaping from the tempestuous jaws of the sea thanks to the invocation of his god Triglav, and that he therefore wished to offer him the sacrifice promised for his salvation and that he had arrived there, led by him, following a miraculous order through unknown stretches of the road) and Divination (Via Triglav), Land Lordship (crops & ploughed land - Via Uroda), Light Manipulation (God of the Moon - Via Ursula), Storm Creation (Via his breath), Wind Generation (He is an attendant upon Perun and runs alongside his chariot) and Statistics Amplification (Via Varpulis), Death Manipulation, Elemental Manipulation and Treasure Manipulation (Veliona also has the power to control the four main elements (water, air, fire and earth) and takes care of the treasures hidden in her vaults in the underworld)), Soul Manipulation (She takes care of all souls after they leave the body and leads them to the underworld, including the souls of animals that died during the hunt and farm animals), Stagnation (Presumably to do with the underworld. A short myth tells about Veliona stopping the water flow and causing a drought which is followed by thunder goddess Perkūnė trying to hunt Veliona and kill her so the water would start flowing again - Via Veliona/Velns or Velu Mate), Causality Manipulation, Destiny Manipulation, Fate Manipulation, Mountain Manipulation, Divine Magic and Misfortune Redirection (Via her servants, the Vesnas. In Slavic mythology, beautiful women called "vesnas" lived in palaces atop mountains where they discussed the fate of crops and of human inhabitants. A magical circle around their palaces kept them from leaving the mountain top except during February, when they would travel in wooden carts down to the valley below. Only certain people were capable of hearing them singing. People who snuck up to their mountain palaces might learn their fates, but risked an unpleasant end if they were caught by the vesnas), Time Manipulation (Over Youth - Vesna (Cyrillic: Весна) was a mythological female character associated with youth and springtime in early Slavic mythology, particularly within Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia and Slovenia. Along with her male companion Vesnik, she was associated with rituals conducted in rural areas during springtime)) and Beauty Manipulation (Via Vesna), Sacrificial Power and Protection Empowerment (He guards the rivers from contamination. When a man or boy falls into a lake or pond and drowns, their spirit becomes a Vodyanoi) and Water Manipulation (Via Vodianoy), Animal Manipulation (God of bees) and Water Manipulation (Over Honey - Via Zosim), Destiny Manipulation, Causality Manipulation, Logic Manipulation, Life Manipulation, Death Manipulation and Reality Warping (According to Procipius "For they believe that one god, the maker of lightning, is alone lord of all things, and they sacrifice to him cattle and all other victims; but as for fate, they neither know it nor do they in any wise admit that it has any power among men, but whenever death stands close before them, either stricken with sickness or beginning a war, they make a promise that, if they escape, they will straightway make a sacrifice to the god in return for their life; and if they escape, they sacrifice just what they have promised, and consider that their safety has been bought with this same sacrifice")
Time Manipulation and Healing along with resistances to curses (Via Haumea), Animal Manipulation, Subjective Reality and Night Manipulation (Hina is the name assigned to a number of Polynesian deities. The name Hina usually relates to a powerful female force (typically a goddess or queen) who has dominion over a specific entity. Some variations of the name Hina include Sina, Hanaiakamalama, and Ina. Even within a single culture, Hina could refer to multiple goddesses and the distinction between the different identities are not always clear. In Hawaiian mythology, the name is usually paired with words which explain or identify the goddess and her power such as Hina-puku-iʻa (Hina-gathering-seafood) the goddess of fishermen, and Hina-ʻopu-hala-koʻa who gave birth to all reef life.) alongside Plant Manipulation (A girl named Hina-moe-aitu ("Hina-sleeping-with-a-god") liked to bathe in a pool that housed many eels. One day, as Hina was bathing, one of the eels transformed into a young man. Hina took him as her lover. His name was Tuna. After they had been together for a while, one day Tuna told Hina that there would be a great downpour the next day. He would be washed up onto the threshold of her house in his eel-form. When that happened, Tuna said, Hina must cut off his head and bury it, and then regularly visit the place where the head had been buried. Hina obeyed Tuna, returning faithfully to watch the place where she had buried his head. After many days, she saw a shoot sprout from the spot. Another shoot appeared, and the two shoots grew into a pair of coconut trees—the first coconut trees known to man.), Creation, Life Manipulation, Animal Manipulation, Elemental Manipulation, Earth Manipulation, Ocean Manipulation, Water Manipulation, Plant Manipulation, Sky Manipulation, Air Manipulation, Cloud Manipulation, Light Manipulation (In Hawaiian mythology, Kāne is considered the highest of the three major Hawaiian deities, along with Kū and Lono. He represented the god of procreation and was worshipped as ancestor of chiefs and commoners. Kāne is the creator and gives life associated with dawn, sun and sky. No human sacrifice or laborious ritual was needed in the worship of Kāne. The 1907 book Legends of Hawaii has the following account of creation involving Kāne. The author says that there are several versions of this story, probably due to waves of immigration from different areas of Polynesia at different times, but generally they agree on the major points. It says that in the beginning, there was nothing but Po; the endless black chaos. Then Kāne, sensing that he was separate from the Po, pulled himself free of Po by an act of sheer will. Sensing Kāne's presence, Lono and then Kū also pulled themselves free of Po. Then Kāne created the light to push back Po. Lono brought sound to the universe and Kū brought substance. Between them, they created all the lesser Gods. Then together, the three Gods created the Menehune, the lesser spirits to be their messengers and servants. After they created the world to be a footstool for the Gods. Finally, they gathered red clay from the four corners of the world, they mixed the clay with their spittle and molded it into the shape of a man. Then Kāne took a special magical white clay and formed it into a head. Then the three Gods breathed life into the statue and created the first man. The first man was created in the image of Kāne. There is a parallel legend that says that Kāne alone breathed life into the man-statue. That version of the creation myth found in Sacred Texts credits Kāne alone with the creation of the heavens. It then goes on to explain man was made in the image of Kāne by the hands of Ku with Lono as an assistant. At the same time, Kanaloa tried to duplicate Kāne's feat, but his statue failed to come to life. So he challenged him, saying something to the effect, "that man will live only a certain span of time, then he will die. When he dies, I will claim him as my own." This seems to tie in with his position as ruler of the dead as an entity separate from Kāne. Some versions say that Kanaloa is the alter ego of Kāne, the dark half so to speak. Others say he is a lesser god who was created to be in charge of the dead. The author of this particular book says that in the oldest legends, prior to about 1100 A.D., there is no mention of Kanaloa. The author is of the opinion that Kanaloa is, therefore, an addition from some later wave of immigration to the islands. An alternative version has Kanaloa as god of the sea associated with squid or an octopus often seen in the same light as Christian devil and the counterpart of Kāne through the stories of strife), Magic, Mana Manipulation, Aquatic Life Manipulation, Ocean Manipulation (In the traditions of ancient Hawaiʻi, Kanaloa is a god symbolized by the squid or by the octopus, and is typically associated with Kāne. It is also an alternative name for the island of Kahoʻolawe. In legends and chants, Kāne and Kanaloa are portrayed as complementary powers. For example, whereas Kāne was called during the canoe building, Kanaloa was called while the canoe was being sailed. Likewise, Kāne governed the northern edge of the ecliptic while Kanaloa governed its southern edge, Kanaloa is "the subconscious to Kāne's conscious". In this way, they represent a divine duality of wild and taming forces similar to (by Georges Dumézil, et al.) in Indo-European chief god-pairs like Odin–Týr and Mitra–Varuna, or the more widely known yin and yang of Taoism. Kanaloa is also traditionally depicted as an ocean god, hence his association with seamanship, or cephalopods. However, there are also interpretations that see Kanaloa as subordinate to Kāne. Kanaloa is also considered to be the god of the Underworld and a teacher of magic. Legends state that he became the leader of the first group of spirits "spit out" by the gods. In time, he led them in a rebellion in which the spirits were defeated by the gods and as punishment were thrown in the Underworld. In traditional, pre-contact Hawaiʻi, it was Milu who was the god of the Underworld and death, not Kanaloa; the related Miru traditions of other Polynesian cultures support this), Dragon Manipulation and Contract Manipulation (Kihawahine is a Hawaiian shapeshifting lizard goddess (moʻo). When Kihawahine Mokuhinia Kalama‘ula Kalā‘aiheana, the daughter of the powerful sixteenth-century ruling chief of Māui, Piʻilani, and his wife Lā‘ieloheloheikawai, died, her bones were deified, transforming her into the goddess. Kihawahine's home is Mokuhinia, a wetland pond on the island of Moku'ula), Agriculture Mastery (In Hawaiian religion, Kū is one of the four great gods. The other three are Kanaloa, Kāne, and Lono. Some feathered god images or akua hulu manu are considered to represent Kū. Kū is worshiped under many names, including Kū-ka-ʻili-moku (also written Kūkaʻilimoku), the "Snatcher of Land". Rituals for Kūkaʻilimoku included human sacrifice, which was not part of the worship of other gods. Also known as Akua, he was the (god) of war, politics, farming and fishing. As the husband of the goddess Hina, it's been supposedly suggested a form of complementary dualism exists, as the word kū in the Hawaiian language means "to stand" while one meaning of hina is "to fall". However, this assertion remains unsupported by evidence from other Polynesian languages which distinguish the original "ng" and "n". The Hina in New Zealand mythology, for example, is associated with the moon, rather than Hinga, "fallen down". Thus, the Hawaiian name "Hina" is likely more connected to the other Polynesian meanings of Hina, denoting a silvery-grey color like that of Mahina (i.e., the Moon in the Hawaiian language). As primordial gods who have existed for eternity, Kū, Kāne, and Lono caused light to shine in upon the world), Fertility Inducement, Forest Creation, Forest Manipulation, Plant Growth (In Hawaiian mythology, Laka is the name of two different popular heroes from Polynesian mythology. (In other parts of Polynesia they are known as Rātā, Rata, Lata, Ata, or Lasa). In one Hawaiian legend, Laka is the son of the Ali'i nui Wahieloa and Hoʻolaukahili, grandson of Kahaʻinuiahema. He plans to sail to Hawaii to avenge the murder of his father, but his canoe-building is thwarted by the little gods of the forest. Because of his offerings to the great gods, however, they give him two outriggers that binds together for his long voyage. He and his companions successfully steal the bones of his father from the cave of Kai-kapu), In Hawaiian religion, the god Lono is associated with fertility, agriculture, rainfall, music and peace. In one of the many Hawaiian stories of Lono, he is a fertility and music god who descended to Earth on a rainbow to marry Laka. In agricultural and planting traditions, Lono was identified with rain and food plants. He was one of the four gods (with Kū, Kāne, and Kāne's twin brother Kanaloa) who existed before the world was created. Lono was also the god of peace. In his honor, the great annual festival of the Makahiki was held. During this period (from October through February), war and unnecessary work was kapu (forbidden). In Hawaiian weather terminology, the winter Kona storms that bring rain to leeward areas are associated with Lono. Lono brings on the rains and dispenses fertility, and as such was sometimes referred to as Lono-makua (Lono the Provider). Ceremonies went through a monthly and yearly cycle. For 8 months of the year, the luakini (temple) was dedicated to Ku-with strict kapus. Four periods (kapu pule) each month required strict ceremonies. Violators could have their property seized by priests or overlord chiefs, or be sentenced to death for serious breaches), Water Manipulation and Ocean Manipulation (In Hawaiian mythology, Nāmaka (or Nā-maka-o-Kahaʻi, the eyes of Kahaʻi) appears as a sea goddess in the Pele family. She is an older sister of Pele-honua-mea. She is the daughter of Ku-waha-ilo and Haumea, whose other children are Pele, the Hiʻiaka sisters, the Kama brothers, and the bird Halulu. Nāmaka takes as her husband ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū, who had arrived in Lalakeenuiakane or in Kahiki (Tahiti), but he later becomes the husband of her sister Pele, and because of this Pele, the Hiʻiaka sisters, Malulani, and Kaʻōhelo migrate to Hawaii. When Pele quarrels with her powerful sister Nāmaka , Nāmaka sends tidal waves to destroy Pele's lands and homes. Helped by her family, Pele fights Nāmaka, but Nāmaka defeats her), Earth Embodiment, Earth Manipulation, Nature Embodiment, Nature Manipulation, Plant Manipulation, Animal Manipulation (In the religion and mythology of the ancient Hawaiians, Papahānaumoku (pronunciation: [papahaːnaʊmoku]) — often simply called Papa — is a goddess and the Earth Mother. She is mentioned in the chants as the consort of the sky god Wākea. Their daughter is beautiful goddess Hoʻohokukalani, the main character of one myth. Papa is still worshipped by some Hawaiians, especially by women, as a primordial force of creation who has the power to give life and to heal. According to the ancient myths, Papa is the wife of Wākea, son of the god Kahiko. Wākea is the Father Sky in the Hawaiian religion and a personification of the male creative power. He and Papa are representations of the divine masculinity and femininity. Together, they created the Hawaiian Islands and became the ancestors of the Hawaiian chiefs and noblemen. The most important offspring of Papa are the islands called Hawaii (the Big Island), Maui, Oahu and Kauai. Chiefs claimed their descent from Papa and it was believed they were divine as well.), Volcano Deity, Fire Manipulation, Magma Manipulation, Volcanic Eruption Inducement, Volcano Generation, Island Manipulation (Kīlauea is a currently active volcano that is located on the island of Hawaiʻi and is still being extensively studied. Many Hawaiians believe Kilauea to be inhabited by a "family of fire gods," one of the sisters being Pele who is believed to govern Kilauea and is responsible for controlling its lava flows. There are several traditional legends associated with Pele in Hawaiian mythology. In addition to being recognized as the goddess of volcanoes, Pele is also known for her power, passion, jealousy, and capriciousness. She has numerous siblings, including Kāne Milohai, Kamohoaliʻi, Nāmaka, and numerous sisters named Hiʻiaka, the most famous being Hiʻiakaikapoliopele (Hiʻiaka in the bosom of Pele). They are usually considered to be the offspring of Haumea. Pele's siblings include deities of various types of wind, rain, fire, ocean wave forms, and cloud forms. Her home is believed to be the fire pit called Halemaʻumaʻu at the summit caldera of Kīlauea, one of the Earth's most active volcanoes, but her domain encompasses all volcanic activity on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi. Pele shares features similar to other malignant deities inhabiting volcanoes, as in the case of the devil Guayota of Guanche Mythology in Canary Islands (Spain), living on the volcano Teide and was considered by the aboriginal Guanches as responsible for the eruptions of the volcano. Legend told that Pele herself journeyed on her canoe from the island of Tahiti to Hawaiʻi. When on her journey, it was said she tried to create her fires on different islands, but her sister, Nāmaka, was chasing her, wanting to put an end to her. In the end, the two sisters fought each other and Pele was killed. With this happening, her body was destroyed but her spirit lives in Halemaʻumaʻu on Kilauea. They say, "Her body is the lava and steam that comes from the volcano. She can also change form, appearing as a white dog, old woman, or beautiful young woman." In addition to her role as goddess of fire and her strong association with volcanoes, Pele is also regarded as the "goddess of the hula." She is a significant figure in the history of hula because of her sister Hiʻiaka, who is believed to be the first person to dance hula. As a result of Pele's significance in hula, there have been many hula dances and chants dedicated to her and her family. With hula being dedicated to Pele, the dance is often performed in a way that represents her intense personality and the movement of volcanoes) and presumed Water Manipulation (In one version of the story, Pele is the daughter of Kanehoalani and Haumea in the mystical land of Kuaihelani, a floating free land like Fata Morgana. Kuaihelani was in the region of Kahiki (Kukulu o Kahiki). She stays close to her mother's fireplace with the fire-keeper Lono-makua. Her older sister Nā-maka-o-Kahaʻi, a sea goddess, fears that Pele's ambition would smother the homeland and drives Pele away. Kamohoali'i takes Pele south in a canoe called Honua-i-a-kea, along with her younger sister Hiʻiaka and with her brothers Kamohoaliʻi, Kane-milo-hai, Kane-apua, arriving at the islets above Hawaii. There Kane-milo-hai is left on Mokupapapa, just a reef, to build it up in fitness for human residence. On Nihoa, 800 feet above the ocean, Pele leaves Kane-apua after her visit to Lehua and after crowning a wreath of kau-no'a. Pele feels sorry for her younger brother and picks him up again. Pele used the divining rod, Pa‘oa, to pick a new home. A group of chants tells of a pursuit by Namakaokahaʻi, who tears Pele apart. Her bones, KaiwioPele, form a hill on Kahikinui, while her spirit escaped to the island of Hawaiʻi), Sky Manipulation and Heaven Lordship (In the Hawaiian religion, Wākea, the Sky father weds Papahānaumoku, the earth mother. The two are considered the parent couple of the ruling chiefs of Hawaii. Wākea was the eldest son of Kahiko ("Ancient One"), who lived in Olalowaia. He is the ancestor of the aliʻi (nobility of Hawaii), the ruling class that make up the aristocracy known as the noho ali‘i o Hawai‘i (ruling chiefs of Hawai‘i). Wākea is the grandson of Welaahilaninui. The priests and common people come from his brothers, one of whom was called Makuʻu. Wākea means expansive space, zenith, or heaven and Papa means foundation or surface; together, they create a symbol of land and sky or heaven and earth. Departed souls were believed to travel to the home of Wākea. If they proved themselves pure, they would remain in his realm's comfort, but if otherwise they were sent to Lua-o-Milu. Wākea's first high priest was called Komoʻawa. When Wākea was on Earth in ancient times, he was a High Chief.), Lightning Manipulation (In Hawaiian mythology, according to the Kumulipo he is known as Kaha'inuiahema and according to Tregear, the legends about Kaha’i are 'extremely fragmentary and vague', but they indicate that Hema traveled to 'Kahiki' (perhaps Tahiti, but more probably to kahiki 'the distance', as kahiki can be understood to include all of the islands in the Pacific Ocean) to receive a tribute called palala for the birth of his son Kaha’i. There he was captured by the Aiaia (a bird, messenger of the god Kane), died, and was buried in Ulu-paupau. Kaha’i decided to go and avenge his father. A rainbow was the path over which he and his brother ‘Alihi ascended into the skies, where they asked Kane and Kanaloa where Hema's remains were to be found. Kaha’i appears in the genealogy of Hawaiian kings) and Beauty Manipulation (In a legend from Mangareva, Tahaki is famous for his reddish skin. During a diving competition off the inner reef, his enemies make Tahaki dive last. As each person dives down, he changes temporarily into a fish and waits below. When at last Tahaki dives, all the fish swarm in, each removing a piece of his beautiful skin. When Tahaki reappears, he is naked. But luckily for him his grandmother is nearby. No sooner does a fish bite off a piece of skin, than the grandmother takes it out of the fish's mouth and puts it in her basket. Then she goes back to the underworld, taking with her all of Tahaki's skin. Later, the nude Tahaki and his cousin Karihi go down to the underworld, where his grandmother returns each piece of skin to its rightful place. However, some stick insects have helped themselves to pieces of the skin, using it to beautify their armpits. They will not give it back, but the grandmother tells Tahaki not to worry about it, because they only have the skin from the soles of his feet, and no one will notice. So it is that Mangarevan stick insects have red under their arms.), Fertility Manipulation (In Hawaiian mythology, Kamapuaʻa ("hog child") is a hog-man fertility superhuman associated with Lono, the god of agriculture. The son of Hina and Kahikiula, the chief of Oahu, Kamapuaʻa was particularly connected with the island of Maui. A kupua (demigod), Kamapuaʻa is best known for his romantic pursuit of the fire goddess Pele, with whom he shared a turbulent relationship. Despite Pele's power, Kamapuaʻa's persistence allows him to turn her lava rock into fertile soil. He is linked with the humuhumunukunukuāpua'a (reef triggerfish), the state fish of Hawaiʻi. Lilikalā Kameʻeleihiwa describes him as "defiant of all authority, bold and untamed," and states that he "recalls the pig nature that is dormant in most people . . . . Treacherous and tender, he thirsts after the good things in life—adventure, love, and sensual pleasure . . . .") and Animal Manipulation (In Maui the kukui is a symbol of enlightenment, protection and peace. It was said that Kamapua'a could transform into a kukui tree. One of the legends told of Kamapua'a: one day, a man beat his wife to death and buried her beneath Kamapua'a while he was in tree form. Because he saw that the woman had been a good person, he raised her to new life, but damned her husband to death. One well known myth involves Olopana and some birds. Being the Trickster that he was, one day Kamapua’a stole some chickens from Olopana, who was enraged at the theft. Olopana sent his warriors after Kamapua’a, who, along with his own followers, fought back, until it became clear they could not win. Kamapua’a took his followers and fled until they came up against a waterfall where they were seemingly cornered. It was at this point that Kamapua’a shifted into a hog which his followers used to climb to the next level of the falls and to freedom. His pig-form dammed up the water of Kaliuwa‘a where they were. Olopana's men pursued. As they trekked up Kaliuwa‘a, Kamapua‘a released the water killing all but Olopana. Olopana flees to Wai‘anae where he ultimately loses to Kamapua‘a.), Water Manipulation (In Hawaiian religion, Kamohoaliʻi is a shark god and a brother of Kāne Milohaʻi, Pele, Kapo, Nāmaka, and Hiʻiaka. He is also the father of Nanaue. Kamohoaliʻi swam in the area around the islands of Maui and Kahoolawe. When a ship was lost at sea, Ka-moho-aliʻi shook his tail in front of the fleet and the kahuna would feed him awa, a narcotic drink, and Kamohoaliʻi would guide the men home. He is sometimes said to have guided the ships of the original inhabitants of Hawaii from the mainland to their island home in this way. Kamohoaliʻi had the power to take on the form of any fish and is believed to own multiple underwater caves beneath the ocean where he dwells), Bodily Manipulation, Fertility Inducement (In Hawaiian mythology, Kapo is a goddess of fertility, sorcery and dark powers. Kapo is also known as Kapo-ʻula-kīnaʻu, where "the epithet ula-kinaʻu is used in allusion to the fact that her attire, red in color, is picked out with black spots. The name Kapo alone is the only by which she is usually known." "Kapo is said to have been born of Papa (or Haumea) while she was living up Kalihi valley on Oahu with Wakea, her husband. Some say that she was born from the eyes of Papa. She is of high rank and able to assume many shapes at will." She is the mother of Laka, although some versions have them as the same goddess. She is the sister of Kāne Milohaʻi, Kāmohoaliʻi, Pele, Nāmaka and Hiʻiaka. Kapo also had a detachable vagina, which she once used as a decoy to aid her sister Pele to flee the overzealous Kamapuaʻa), Attack Reflection and Magic (She saved Pele from being raped by Kama-pua'a by sending her flying vagina (kohe lele) as a lure. Kama followed this to Koko Crater, Oahu, where it left an imprint. Later Kapo hid it in Kalihi Valley. "When the Hawaiians dream of a woman without a vagina it is Kapo. ... unless a medium possessed by Kapo wears a ti leaf protection she is in danger of having this part of her body torn at.", "Kapo, sister of the poison-tree gods of Maunaloa and proficient in the arts of herb medicine and sorcery, teaches Ke-ao-melemele on the dancing field near Waolani in Nu'uanu valley until she can dance in the skies and over the sea.", "As Kapo’ulakina’u (Kapo-red-spotted) she was the Kapo invoked by kahuna when sending evil back upon someone.), Size Manipulation, Durability Negation, Reality Warping and Invulnerability (The Hawaiian god Kaulu has many strange abilities and is an extremely powerful fighter. This in which Kaulu is a trickster god and is quite destructive and at times violent, and is known for being one of the most powerful beings in their mythology. In fact, Kaulu was even powerful enough to kill several other deities of the Hawaiian pantheon. Kaulu is immortal and does not age. Kaulu also seems to be invulnerable to being harmed when fighting. In one the legends of Kaulu, he fought against some of the other gods and killed them, and he killed a huge monster shark. Kaulu had his strange abilities since birth, he was already able to shapeshift, speak, and other things. Kaulu's brother Kaeha also displayed his shapeshifting ability when he turned into a tiny size and hid in a leaf while speaking to people as a prank, and making them sacrifice their alcoholic beverage to him. Kaulu also has the ability to communicate with spirits, and when he was a kid he used the spirits to find his brother Kaeha. It would seem that Kaulu actually has some kind of reality warping ability as well. When Kaulu was just a child he challenged the ocean and its waves to a fight, and the huge, many story high waves crashed against him, but they he didn't even budge. Kaulu then struck the ocean, and ever since then, the waves around Hawaii have been much smaller. In another legend, Kaulu's brother Kaeha was tricked by some of the gods to go out on a surfboard then be eaten by the chief of sharks, so Kaulu then drained the entire ocean by drinking it, hence why the ocean is salty. Kaulu then tore the jaws of the shark apart with his bare hands and freed and saved his brother Kaeha. The story mentions Kaulu being attacked by some other supernatural figure with a lightning bolt, and Kaulu blocked the lightning bolt with one finger. In the legends of Kaulu, he was even able to pull pranks on the spirits and gods and was so good at shapeshifting that not even spirits could find him when he hid from them. The Hawaiian seer or sage Makali stated that Kaulu is "all-powerful". In another part of the legend, Kaulu flies or travels to the realm of the gods in heaven and asks them for food. The guards jokingly agree to let him have as much as he can carry, and Kaulu takes all of the food and storage of their entire farm in his arms. In one of Kaulu's first stories as a kid, he challenged the ocean and its waves to a fight. Kaulu mocked the spirits of, or spirits which control the waves and swells, and taunted them. Kaulu asked them how strong they were and when they said they were very strong, Kaulu fought them. When Kaulu struck the surf and waves, it caused them to become weak and that is why the waves are smaller today. In another feat of reality bending, Kaulu then faced off against a huge dog monster and tore it to bloody pieces, which is why dogs are smaller now as well, says the story.), Hook Proficiency (Māui's next feat was to stop the sun from moving so fast. His mother Hina complained that her kapa (bark cloth) was unable to dry because the days were so short. Māui climbed to the mountain Hale-a-ka-lā (house of the sun) and lassoed the sun’s rays as the sun came up, using a rope made from his sister's hair. The sun plead for life and agreed that the days shall be long in summer and short in winter (Pukui, Elbert, & Mookini 1974:36); Māui would go fishing in the broken coral reefs below Haleakala with his brothers. Māui was a poor fisherman; even though he had a magical hook that could catch anything, he did not use it for ordinary tasks. Māui's brothers would sometimes tease him for the small amount of fish that he would bring in, but Māui would get them back by playing tricks on them), Soul Manipulation, Underworld Lordship and Resurrection alongside Immortality (Type 5 - According to ancient Hawaiian myth, Milu is the god of the dead and ruler of Lua-o-Milu. He is now thought to share analogs with Hades. Under his command, are a host of beings known as spirit catchers who would trap wandering ghosts and bring them to his afterlife domain. In one legend, a chief harrowed of the loss of his wife, has his prayers answered and receives guidance from a deity who shows him the way into Milu's kingdom. They journey far out and find a tree split in two. Next they slide down it into the Earth's lower regions. Here, the deity hid behind a rock and covered the chief with odd smelling oil then sent him out by himself. Once the chief found Milu's palace, he noticed a group of spirits who were so distracted in the game they were playing, he was able to join, and luckily, when they did realize he was near them, they mistook him for a stinking ghost. When the crowd was finished, they wanted to play another game, hence the chief proposed they should all pull their eyes out and paid his attention to those belonging to Milu. He later caught them in a coconut cup and blinded the god. Now he was able to escape to Wākea's heaven, where the Underworld's inhabitants could not set foot. Eventually a deal was made and Milu's eyes were returned, on the condition that the chief's wife's soul be brought back.), Water Manipulation (In Hawaiian mythology, Nuakea is a beneficent goddess of milk and lactation. This name was also a title for a wet nurse of royal prince, according to David Malo. Nuakea was appealed to staunch the flow of milk in the mother's breasts.), Wind Manipulation and Flight (In Hawaiian mythology, Pakaʻa is the god of the wind and the inventor of the sail. In the legend, Pakaʻa was the child of a traveling royal named Kuanuʻuanu and a beautiful common woman named Laʻamaomao. Kuanu'uanu was summoned back to his liege Keawenuiaumi before Pakaʻa's birth. Pakaʻa was then raised by Laʻamaomao and her elder brother Maʻilou, who Pakaʻa was told was his father. Pakaʻa however questioned this, because despite his young age, he was much taller than Maʻilou. He then went traveling with the king of Kauaʻi, Paiʻea, to the other Hawaiian Islands, taking the Gord of Laʻamaomao, which gave him control over the many winds of Hawaii.), Cold Manipulation, Freezing, Snow Manipulation, Curse Manipulation, Temperature Manipulation and immunity to Fire Manipulation (In Hawaiian mythology, Poliʻahu (Cloaked bosom or temple bosom) is one of the four goddesses of snow, all enemies of Pele. She was thought to reside on Mauna Kea, which if measured from the seafloor is the world's tallest mountain. Poliʻahu met the aliʻi Aiwohikupua on the Eastern slope of Mauna Kea. The two fell in love and Aiwohikupua took Poliʻahu home to his native Kauaʻi. There Poliʻahu discovered that the aliʻi was already betrothed to a princess of Maui. Poliʻahu left in dismay, but managed to first curse the betrothed. She first chilled the princess of Maui to the bone, then turned the cold into heat. Finally, the princess gave up and left him. Later Poliʻahu similarly cursed Aiwohikupua, freezing him to death. The four goddesses are defined by their otherworldly beauty. Poliʻahu is noted as Hawaii's most beautiful goddess. In the first run, Poliʻahu easily passed the stranger. Graciously, Poliʻahu exchanged sleds with the stranger, before winning again. On the third run, the stranger tried to prevent Poliʻahu from winning by opening lava streams in front of her, revealing herself as the volcano goddess Pele.Poliʻahu ran towards the top of the mountain, reeling from Pele's attack. Once she regained her composure, Poliʻahu threw snow at the lava and froze it, confining it to the island's Southern end. To this day, Pele is said to rule Kīlauea and Mauna Loa, but must submit to Poliʻahu on the northern end of the island.), Animal Manipulation (Via Waka)
Trickster and Power Nullification (Via Azeban), Creation and Magic (Via Glooscap), Dream Manipulation (Via Jiibayaabooz), Plant Manipulation, Insect Manipulation, Chaos Manipulation, Darkness Manipulation, Evil Embodiment and Creation (Via Malsumis), Weather Manipulation, Freezing, Storm Creation and Flight (Via Pamola), Creation and Reality Warping (Tabaldak is the androgynous creator among the Abenaki and Algonquian people of northeastern North America. Their name means "The Owner" who "created all living things but one". Tabaldak created people out of stones, but thought these people's hearts were too cold. They broke up these stones and left them scattered over the Abenaki land. Next they tried wood, and out of these came the Abenaki people. The only creature Tabaldak did not create was Odzihodo, whose name means "He Makes Himself from Something." Initially Odzihodo only had his hand, and as he was not a creator of things, required help from Tabaldak. By the time he was fully formed, Odzihodo had already transformed the world to his vision. To do this, he piled dirt to make mountains, and dug lines for rivers. He took great care in forming Lake Champlain, and happy with his work, turned into a stone.), Creation (Via Ahone), Life Manipulation, Soul Manipulation, Reality Warping, Death Manipulation, Existence Erasure and many more (Via Gitche Manitou), Emotion Manipulation (Via Okeus) and Weapon Manipulation (Via “Mācuahuitl.” The chief then said, destroying the sword with a club as Satoshi was so shocked he could hardly react in time where he was sent flying away with one hit, as he saw his shoulder ripped straight through with the mace then removing itself. “You are indeed powerful.”), Empathic Manipulation and Reality Warping (Via Gendenwitha), Earth Manipulation and Growth Inducement (Via De-oh-há-ko - In one variant of the myth of Ata-en-sic, the Three Sisters grew from her daughter Tekawerahkwa's dead body. According to this version, Ata-en-sic has a daughter named Tekawerahkwa (transl. Earth Woman), whom the west wind impregnates with Hah-gweh-di-yu and Hä-qweh-da-ět-gǎh. As Tekawerahkwa dies by childbirth, either she wishes for her body to sustain the people or Ata-en-sic sows on her grave the seeds she had brought when she fell to Earth, but never planted before. From Tekawerahkwa's body parts grow various crops: the spirits of the corn, beans, and squash come from her breasts, hands, and navel respectively; sunflowers from her legs; strawberries from her heart; tobacco from her head; and purple potatoes or sunchokes from her feet), Immortality (Type 3 via feathers - Iroquois mythology tells of Hé-no, the spirit of thunder who brings rain to nourish the crops. The Iroquois address Hé-no as Tisote (transl. Grandfather). He appears as a warrior, wearing on his head a magic feather that makes him invulnerable to the attacks of Hah-gweh-di-yu. On his back, he carries a basket filled with pieces of chert which he throws at evil spirits and witches. Hé-no lives in a cave under Niagara Falls. At that time, a young girl lives above the falls and is engaged to marry a disagreeable old man. Rather than marry, she climbs into a canoe and heads down the river. The girl and the canoe are carried over the falls; the canoe is seen falling to destruction, but the girl disappears. Hé-no and his two assistants catch her in a blanket and take her to his cave. One of the assistants is taken with her beauty and marries her. Later, Hé-no rescues her village from a huge serpent that was devastating it with diseases. He lures the serpent to a spot on Buffalo Creek where he strikes it with a thunderbolt. Fatally wounded, the serpent tries to escape to the safety of Lake Erie but dies before he gets away. His body floats downstream to the head of Niagara Falls, stretching nearly across the river and arching backward to form a dam. The dammed water breaks the rocks, and the snake's body falls onto the rocks below. This forms Horseshoe Falls but destroys Hé-no's home in the process)), Animal Manipulation, Soul Manipulation, Underworld Manipulation and Earth Manipulation (Iroquois myths tell of the dzögä́:ö’ (Jo-gä-oh) or the Little People. The dzögä́:ö’ are invisible nature spirits, similar to the fairies of European myth. They protect and guide the natural world and protect people from unseen hidden enemies. There are three tribes of dzögä́:ö’. The first tribe is the Ga-hon-ga who inhabit rivers and rocks. They live in rocky caves beside streams and have great strength despite their small stature. The Ga-hon-ga enjoy feats of strength and enjoy inviting people to their habitations to compete in contests. They enjoy playing ball with rocks, tossing the rocks high in the air, so they are often called Stone Throwers. The second tribe is the Gan-da-yah who protect and advise the fruits and grains. Throughout the growing season, the Gan-da-yah guards crops against disease and other pests. Their special gift is the strawberry plant; in the spring they loosen the earth so it can grow. They turn strawberry leaves toward the sun and guide their runners. When the strawberries ripen, the Honödí:ön (transl. Company of Faith Keepers) hold the spring festival with its nighttime dances of thanksgiving to the dzögä́:ö’. They sometimes visit the people in the form of a robin for good news, an owl for a warning, or a bat for an imminent life-and-death struggle. Believers in the Gan-da-yah say, "The most minute harmless insect or worm may be the bearer of important 'talk' from the 'Little People' and is not destroyed for the 'trail is broad enough for all'" The third tribe of dzögä́:ö’ are the Oh-do-was, who inhabit the shadowy places under the earth. In this underworld, there are forests and animals, including a white buffalo. The Oh-do-was guard against poisonous snakes and creatures of death that try to escape from the underworld. Occasionally, the Oh-do-was emerge from the underworld at night and visit the world above where they hold festivals and dance in rings around trees. Afterward, grass will not grow in the ring), Wind Manipulation (Iroquois myths tell of Gaoh, the personification of the wind. He is a giant and an "instrumentality through whom the Great Spirit moves the elements". His home is in the far northern sky. He controls the four winds: north wind (Bear), west wind (Panther), east wind (Moose), and south wind (Fawn). The North Wind is personified by a bear spirit named Ya-o-gah. Ya-o-gah can destroy the world with his fiercely cold breath but is kept in check by Gǎ-oh. Ne-o-ga, the south wind, is as "gentle, and kind as the sunbeam". The West Wind, the panther Da-jo-ji, "can climb the high mountains, and tear down the forests...carry the whirlwind on [his] back, and toss the great sea waves high in the air, and snarl at the tempests". O-yan-do-ne, the east wind, blows his breath "to chill the young clouds as they float through the sky".), Transmutation and Flight (According to Iroquois mythology, So-son-do-wah is a great hunter, known for stalking a supernatural elk. He is captured by Dawn, a goddess who needs him as a watchman. So-son-do-wah falls in love with the human woman Gendenwitha (transl. She Who Brings the Day, alternate spelling: Gendewitha). He tried to woo her with song. In spring, he sings as a bluebird, in summer as a blackbird, and in autumn as a hawk. The hawk tries to take Gendenwitha into the sky with him. However, Dawn ties So-son-do-wah to her doorpost. She changes Gendenwitha into the Morning Star, so the hunter can watch her all night but never be with her) and Death Manipulation (Iroquois mythology tells of the Flying Head (Mohawk Kanontsistóntie), a monster in the form of a giant disembodied head as tall as a man. It is covered with thick hair and has long black wings and long sharp claws. At night, the Flying Head comes to the homes of widows and orphans, beating its wings on the walls of the houses and issuing terrifying cries in an unknown language. A few days after the Flying Head visits, a death claims one of the family. The Seneca name for the Flying Head is Takwánö'ë:yët, meaning whirlwind), Creation, Reality Warping, Light Manipulation, Spatial and Time Manipulation and Healing alongside Regeneration (True-Godly) and Immortality (Type 5/10 - The Oeh-dah (Earth) was a thought in the mind of the ruler on a great island floating above the clouds. This ruler was called by various names, among them Ha-wen-ni-yu, meaning He who governs or The Ruler. The island is a place of calm where all needs are provided and there is no pain or death. On this island grew a great apple tree where the inhabitants held council. The Ruler said "let us make a new place where another people can grow. Under our council tree is a great sea of clouds which calls out for light." He ordered the council tree to be uprooted and he looked down into the depths. He had Atahensic, Sky Woman, look down. He heard the voice of the sea calling; he told Atahensic, who was pregnant, to bring it life. He wrapped her in light and dropped her down through the hole. She was carried down to the waters by a flock of birds and placed on the back of a turtle. The water animals worked to bring some soil to the surface, the soil was placed on the back of the turtle and grew to become the island, Oeh-dah. Atahensic heard two voices under her heart and knew her time had come. One voice was calm and quiet, but the other was loud and angry. These were the Do-yo-da-no, The Twins. The good twin, Hahgwehdiyu or Teharonhiakwako (transl. Sapling), was born normally; the evil twin, Hahgwehdaetgah or Sawiskera (transl. Flint), forced his way out from under his mother's arm, killing her during childbirth. After the death of Sky Woman, the island was shrouded in gloom. Hahgwehdiyu shaped the sky and created the sun from his mother's face saying "you shall rule here where your face will shine forever." Hahgwehdaetgah, however, set the great darkness in the west to drive down the sun. Hahgwehdiyu then took the Moon and Stars from his mother's breast, and placed them, his sisters, to guard the night sky. He gave his mother's body to the earth, the Great Mother from whom all life came. There is another version of the myth of Hahgwehdiyu in which he and Hahgwehdaetgah are Atahensic's grandsons instead. According to this variant, Atahensic had a daughter named Tekawerahkwa (transl. Earth Woman), whom the west wind impregnated with Hahgwehdiyu and Hahgwehdaetgah. As Tekawerahkwa died by childbirth, either she wished for her body to sustain the people or Atahensic sowed on her grave the seeds she had brought when she fell to Earth, but never planted before. Out of Tekawerahkwa's remains grew various plants: the sister spirits of the corn, beans, and squash came from her breasts, hands, and navel respectively; sunflowers from her legs; strawberries from her heart; tobacco from her head; and purple potatoes or sunchokes from her feet. Hahgwehdiyu, corresponding to the Huron spirit Iosheka, created the first people. He healed disease, defeated demons, and gave many of the Iroquois magical and ceremonial rituals. Another of his gifts was tobacco, which has been used as a central part of the Iroquois religion) and Transmutation (Hahgwehdiyu created the world from his own body and that of his mother's. His outstretched palm became the sky, his mother's head the sun, and her breasts became the moon and stars. He made her body the earth, into which he planted a seed, which grew into the maize plant.)
Sky, Lightning and Weather Manipulation (Via Zojz), Solar Manipulation (presumably) and Light Manipulation (An epithet considered to be associated with the sky-god is "father", thought to be contained in the Albanian noun Zot ("Sky Father", from Proto-Albanian: *dźie̅u ̊ a(t)t-), used to refer to the Supreme Being. In Albanian the god who rules the sky is referred to as i Bukuri i Qiellit ("the Beauty of the Sky"), who is sometimes also associated with the Sun. The Albanian sky and lightning god could be related to Perëndi (another name for the Supreme Being), to Baba Tomor (father god in central Albanian folk beliefs), to Shurdh (weather and storm god in northern Albanian folk beliefs), and to the mythological demigod Drangue (Albanian culture hero)), Earth Manipulation (The Albanian oath taken "by the eye of the sun" (Albanian: për sy të diellit) or "by the star" (për atë hyll) is related to the Sky-God worship. The Sun is considered "the Beauty of the Sky" (i Bukuri i Qiellit) by the Albanians. Oaths taken "by the sky" (për atë qiell), "by the sun" (për atë diell), "by the ray of light" (për këtë rreze drite) and "by the sunbeam" (për këtë rreze dielli) are often sworn by the Albanians. During the ceremonial ritual of celebration of the first day of spring (Albanian: Dita e Verës), "the Beauty of the Sky" is the human who is dressed in yellow personifying the Sun, worshiped as the giver of life and the god of light, who fade away the darkness of the world and melts the frost. In an Arbëreshë folk song of mythological nature, E Bija e Hënës dhe e Diellit ("the Daughter of the Moon and the Sun") is described as the lightning of the sky (Albanian: pika e qiellit) which falls everywhere from heaven on the mountains and the valleys and strikes pride and evil. Described in some traditions with a star on her forehead and a moon on her chest, her victory over the kulshedra might symbolize the supremacy of the deity of the sky over that of the underworld. The sky is often paired with the earth in Albanian oath swearings, e.g.: për qiell e dhé, pasha tokën e pasha qiellin, etc.)) and Weapon Manipulation (As the wife of the highest god was soaring over the seas to delight in the sight of the order which her husband's wisdom had created, the god Talas noticed her. She was so beautiful that no other goddess could match her. So the god Talas went after the wife of the highest god and as soon as he reached her, he raped her through the use of brute force. Afterwards the wife of the highest god, despite being above all the other goddesses, decided to take her own life due to the desecration she suffered, but only after telling her husband what she had been through. So she stepped before her husband, and immedatelly after reporting what happened, she seized a weapon and stretched herself as a corpse before the highest of the gods. Because of that horrible suicide, but more than that, because of the defilement which his wife had suffered from the god Talas, the highest god swore an oath to take vengeance on the god who did that disgrace to him. After some time the highest god accomplished his revenge by hitting Talas with one of his cruel thunderbolts that tore him to pieces, after which his corpse would have emitted a stormy wind that no one could approach, so his whole body was buried in the ground. The god Talas did not smell like humans, but rather more pleasant. Hence the interpretation that he was the god of the sea-storm or the god of the storm surge) and Creation (This introductory religious formula brings the audience into a distant world and a primordial time. Including elements ranging from paganism to monotheism, the primeval religiosity of the Albanian mountains and epic poetry is reflected by a supreme deity who is the god of the universe and who is conceived through the belief in the fantastic and supernatural beings and things, resulting in an extremely structured imaginative creation. The components of Nature are animated, so the moon, sun, stars, clouds, earth and mountains participate in the world of humans influencing their events. People also address oaths or long curses to the animated elements of nature. The supreme god allows the existence of terrestrial female deities with their intervention in earthly events and interaction with humans), Fire Manipulation and resistance to Mind Manipulation (In Albanian folk beliefs the lightning was regarded as the "fire of the sky" (zjarri i qiellit) and was considered the "weapon of the deity" (arma/pushka e perëndisë), indeed an Albanian word to refer to the lightning is rrufeja, related to the Thracian rhomphaia, an ancient pole weapon. Albanians believed in the supreme powers of thunder-stones (kokrra e rrufesë or guri i rejës), which were believed to be formed during lightning strikes and to be fallen from the sky. Thunder-stones were preserved in family life as important cult objects. It was believed that bringing them inside the house could bring good fortune, prosperity and progress in people, in livestock and in agriculture, or that rifle bullets would not hit the owners of the thunder-stones. A common practice was to hung a thunder-stone pendant on the body of the cattle or on the pregnant woman for good luck and to contrast the evil eye), Water Manipulation (The word perëndi is especially invoked by Albanians in incantations and songs praying for rain. Rituals were performed in times of summer drought to make it rain, usually in June and July, but sometimes also in the spring months when there was severe drought. In different Albanian regions, for rainmaking purpose, people threw water upwards to make it subsequently fall to the ground in the form of rain. This was an imitative type of magic practice with ritual songs; O perëndi, nepna shi në vërri!Të bëhet misri dhe shelegu me bri! = Oh 'sky', give us rain on winter pastures! So that corn and lambs grow horns! - Via Perëndi), Spatial Manipulation, Time Manipulation and Intangibility, Immortality (Type 5 or 10; is the literal sky or space based on Old Albanian interpretations) and Regeneration/Regeneration Negation (True-Godly), Durability Negation (Via Qielli), Solar Manipulation, Spatial Manipulation and Light Manipulation (Via Dielli), Lunar Manipulation and Light Manipulation (Via Hëna), Light Manipulation, Reflection and Power Nullification, Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Immortality (Types 1 and 5), Shapeshifting (Turned into a fish to escape Typhon.), Empathic Manipulation (Represents love and beauty; often viewed as irresistable to men; in Roman accounts, she gave birth to Eros.), Plant Manipulation (Gave birth to Priapus, who grew plants through very questionable means; her blood turned roses red), Curse Manipulation (Cursed the women of Lemnos with foul body odor), Fear Manipulation (Gave birth to Phobos and Deimos, the daimons of fear and terror), Transmutation (Turned Acmon into a shearwater. Transformed the god Nerites into a shellfish.), Petrification (Turned Anaxarete into stone.), Animal Manipulation (Caused king Glaucus' mares to fall into a frenzy and tear him to pieces.),Biological Manipulation (Bestowed great beauty onto the Koronides. Cured Ladike of his impotence.), Life Manipulation (Granted Pygmalion's ivory statue life), Smoke Manipulation (Cause a mist to surround Aeneas), Telekinesis (Cause spears and arrows aimed at Aeneas to only graze his shield), Power Bestowal (Gave Aeneas immortality. Gave Hermaphroditos the ability to make men effeminate), Water Manipulation (In Metamorphoses, create a firery, hot spring at the gates of Rome to keep it from being invaded), Age Manipulation, Madness Manipulation (She presides over the erotic divine madness along with Eros.), Flight (In The Anacreontea, she flew over the white sea fast enough to make breaking waves), Flight (She is considered the Albanian equivalent of the Roman Venus, Norse Freyja and Greek Aphrodite), Resistance to Mind Manipulation (Rainbow is regarded in popular beliefs as Prende's belt, and oral legend has it that anyone who jumps over the rainbow changes his sex. The goddess Prende is associated in Albanian folk beliefs with the cult of the planet Venus (Afërdita in Albanian)' people go for healing mental illness - Via Prende), Light Manipulation and Star Manipulation (Via Afërdita and Yjet (the Stars), Shenjëzat (the Pleiades), Fate Manipulation (The fatia (Albanian fatí, definite form: fatía, pl.: fatí/të; English: fate) is an Albanian mythological figure associated with human destiny. Often depicted as three female deities, the essential function of the fatí is to maintain the order of the universe and to enforce its laws) and Time Manipulation (Indeed, in their life, the heroes can be assisted by zanas and oras, who symbolize the vital energy and existential time of human beings respectively. The zana idealizes feminine energy, wild beauty, eternal youth and the joy of nature. They appear as warlike nymphs capable of offering simple mortals a part of their own psychophysical and divine power, giving humans strength comparable to that of the drangue. The ora represent the "moment of the day" (Albanian: koha e ditës) and the flowing of human destiny. As masters of time and place, they take care of humans (also of the zana and of some particular animals) watching over their life, their house and their hidden treasures before sealing their destiny. Hence, the goddesses of fate "maintain the order of the universe and enforce its laws" – "organising the appearance of humankind." However great his power, the supreme god holds an executive role as he only carries out what has been already ordained by the fate goddesses) and Animal Manipulation (Ride butterflies - Via the Fates), Law Manipulation (Ora (Albanian: orë, definite form: ora, pl.: orë/t) is an Albanian mythological figure that every human possesses from birth, associated with human destiny and fate. The essential function of the ora is to maintain the order of the universe and to enforce its laws), Spatial Manipulation (The ora is regarded as a kind of personal goddess belonging to only one individual. The ora organize the aspect of all humankind by attending the birth of every human and weaving his future. The ora that belongs to the house is often imagined as a serpent.), Omnipresence (The Ora reside towards the north of the Drin River in Northern Albania. Within Central Albania it was believed that the Ora were present everywhere, “listening to people’s blessings and curses, which they would then aim to quickly fulfil”. Outside of Central Albania Oras live in forests and mountains, residing in streams, lakes, and caves. Baron Franz Nopcsa related the term ‘Ora’ to the ancient Greek Oreads, “nymphs of the mountains”. Extract from Songs of the Frontier Warriors (Mujo’s Ora’s), translated by Robert Elsie – As Slavic Warrior Paji Harambashi searches for Mujo within the mountain ranges, he encounters three snow-white Oras – Mujo’s protectors. “And turning, set off for the high mountain meadows, But nowhere upon them was he to find Mujo. Anger and rage of the shkja took possession. There in the moonlight at the edge of a fountain Did he encounter the three snow-white oras. In the light of the moon did they seem to be playing.”), Probability Manipulation, Damage Transferal, Limited Causality Manipulation, Shapeshifting and Durability Negation (In Northern Albania, the Oras are represented – similarly to the Southern Albanian Fatia – as a group of three mythological goddesses who gather in the night to perform the task of “determining the child’s fate at birth” and distribute their favours upon the child. The inhabitants of the Dukagjini Mountains believed that three types of Fates existed: “e Bardha (The White One) distributes good luck and wishes humans well, e Verdha (The Yellow One) distributes bad luck and casts evil spells, and e Zeza (The Black One) who decides death") and Shapeshifting (Within Albanian folklore and poetry, Ora had the ability to take any form they pleased, including “birds, beasts, women, or serpents.” In Northern Albania, Oras “often appear as serpents.” – similarly to the Southern Albanian deity Vitore. Both the Ora and Vitore are “widely represented as a serpent with golden horns who brings gold.” Albanian stories describe beliefs associated with the protective serpent Oras. The mythological cycle of the ‘deeds of Muyi’ reveal the Ora’s ability to provide the hero with supernatural powers and healing while in the form of a serpent. Within Albanian folklore it was believed every person was assigned an Ora at birth, for there were “as many Ora as there were humans”. Ora travel with their person and provide protection. The Ora – similar to the ancient Greek Moirai – attend the birth of each child, determining their destiny while providing their blessings upon the child; “organising the appearance of humankind”. With the birth of each child many Oras gather in the night towards the cliffs to decide upon the qualities that child would receive. Albert Doja refers to the studies of Maximilian Lambertz, revealing that the faces of the Oras change depending on the degree of happiness they bestow upon the newborn child. “Should an Ora howl at a person, the threads of their fate would be cut”. Once an Ora has been assigned to a newborn its appearance would change based on the qualities of the child; a “white Ora for the brave, or a black Ora for the cowardly” - Via Ora), Paralysis Inducement and Mind Manipulation (Syri i Keq is “one of the curses of Albania”; the Evil Eye. Evil Oras and devils would appear at night and then vanish at the “first cock-crow two hours after midnight, as they were now powerless”. Throughout Albania people would wear many types of charms to ward off the evil oras and devils. Children may have a coin tied to their forehead, or blue glass beads could be attached to the hair of both children and horses. Edith Durham reports that the dried head of a snake, cut off with a large silver medjidieh (coin) is a “very good charm” against the Evil Eye. It would be wrapped with a silver medal of St. George, then blessed by a priest - providing protection against the evil Oras and devils when worn), Magic and Darkness Manipulation (Edith Durham reports on the frequent supernatural happenings in the city of Gjakova, Kosovo. In the mountain side on the road to Prizren remains a cavern that travels “miles underground - some say even beneath the Drin”. A large abandoned ancient city remains within the cavern, with a bazar “stocked with all of the finest and best fruit, flesh, fish, and fair raiment”. Evil oras disguised as serpents would guard the cavern; for if any man were to touch the items within the ancient city, they would “devour him in the darkness”. Durham’s studies within Albania reveal that no man has ventured within the cavern for many years. - Via Ora), Probability Manipulation (The Vitore (Albanian definite form: Vitorja, also Gjarpni i Vatrës, Gjarpni i Shtëpisë, Bolla e Shtëpisë or Ora e Shtëpisë) is a household divine serpent (gjarpër or bollë) in Albanian mythology and folklore, associated with human destiny, good fortune and the souls of the ancestors. In folk beliefs the household serpent is strongly related to the cult of the hearth (vatër) and it is especially considered the guardian of the family and the house - Vitore), Earth Manipulation (Via Toka/Dheu), Water Manipulation, Atmosphere Manipulation and Air Manipulation (Via Uji or the Water), Earth Manipulation and Land Manipulation (Via Guri (the Stone, the 'heavy' one); Malet/Bjeshkët (the Mountains; The cult of the mountain and mountain tops is widespread among Albanians. Pilgrimages to sacred mountains take place regularly during the year. This ancient practice is still preserved today, notably in Tomorr, Pashtrik, Lybeten, Gjallicë, Rumia, Koritnik, Shkëlzen, Mount Krujë, Shelbuem, Këndrevicë, Maja e Hekurave, Shëndelli and many others)), Cloud Manipulation and Intangibility (Reja (the Cloud), Lightning Manipulation and Thunder Manipulation (Shkreptima/Vetëtima/Rrufeja (the Lightning and Thunder; Shurdh is a weather and storm god in Albanian pagan mythology, who causes hailstorms and throws thunder and lightning. Shurdh was worshiped in northern Albania until recent times)), Transduality (Type 2/3), Fire Manipulation and Water Manipulation (I Verbti (Albanian: [i ˈveɾbti]) is an Albanian adjectival noun meaning "the blind one", which was used in northern Albanian folk beliefs to refer to the god of fire and wind in the Zadrima region, and to the thunderstorm god in Dukagjin and the Malësia e Vogël; in Shala the thunderstorm god was referred to as Rmoria. These beliefs survived in northern Albania until recent times. In Zadrima it was believed that by controlling the wind I Verbti is able to fan the flames of fire and move water, the opposite element to fire. A reconstructed name of the Albanian fire god is *Enj-i, from which the Albanian word for "Thursday" – e enjte – is considered to be derived. Originally holding a prominent role in the Albanian pantheon, under Christianization the god of fire and wind was demonized and considered a false god, and it was spread about that anyone who invoked him would be blinded by fire. The purifying power of fire underlies the popular idea according to which the god of fire is the enemy of uncleanliness and the opponent of filth. In Dukagjin, Malësia e Vogël and Shala it was believed that the thunderstorm god Shën Verbti ("the holy blind one") or Rmoria lives in the clouds and travels using storm clouds which announce hailstorms when he arrives), Holy Manipulation and Questionable Nigh-Omnipotence (With the coming of Christianity in Albania, I Verbti was demonized and considered a false god, and it was spread about that anyone who invoked him would be blinded by fire. However, in folk beliefs the god I Verbti was often considered more powerful than the Christian God. The struggle between the old and the new god and the predominant popularity of I Verbti in Albanian folk beliefs is expressed in a tale narrated from a Christian point of view, according to which two lads met together, then one said: "Let me pray to I Verbti! Afterwards we will go to fight on!" The other, however, replied to him: "I Verbti, there's no such thing! But the God in heaven, who is only one, he is the true God!" So one prayed to I Verbti and the other to the true God. Then they fought against each other. But God arranged it so that the one who prayed to the true God was killed, while the other who prayed to I Verbti survived. Hence all the people placed their hopes in I Verbti - Via I Verbti), Storm Manipulation and Water Manipulation (Via the Ljuba), Fire Manipulation (Via the Stihi), Water Manipulation and Temperature Manipulation (Via the Kulshedra), Invulnerability, Immortality (Type 3 and 8 via the Drangue) and Lightning Manipulation (The drangùe (Albanian definite form: drangùa, drangòni) is a semi-human winged divine hero in Albanian mythology and folklore, associated with weather and storms. Babies destined to become drangue are born with their heads covered in caul and with two or sometimes four wings under their arms. The drangue hold supernatural powers, especially in the wings and arms. A drangùe is made invulnerable by the singular conjunction produced at his birth, and can die only if this conjunction is repeated once again. The main goal of the drangue is to fight the kulshedra in legendary battles. He uses meteoric stones, lightning-swords, thunderbolts, piles of trees and rocks to defeat the kulshedra and to protect mankind from storms, fire, floods and other natural disasters caused by her destructive power), Victory Manipulation, Solar Manipulation and Light Manipulation (E Bija e Hënës dhe e Diellit ("the Daughter of the Moon and the Sun") is a character in Albanian mythology and folklore. She is the lightning of the sky (Albanian: pika e qiellit) which falls everywhere from heaven on the mountains and the valleys and strikes pride and evil. In the legends she helps a hero winning a fight against a kulshedra. Sometimes described with a star on her forehead and a moon on her chest, her victory over the kulshedra symbolizes the supremacy of the deity of the sky over that of the underworld), Concept Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation (E Bukura e Dheut is beauty itself, golden-haired, but may also appear in the form of an arap with black skin. She may be a good spirit or (more often) evil, with magical powers the derive from her dress, and lives in the underworld, where her palace is guarded by a three-headed dog, a kuçedra and all sorts of other weird and wonderful creatures. She is sometimes described as always ready to help, and so powerful that she can undertake tasks that would normally be the province of God or of an angel. In some traditions e Bukura e Dheut is a chthonic goddess of the underworld or earth goddess, The ancestors of the Albanians presumably had in common with the Ancient Greek theogony the tripartite division of the administration of the world into heaven, sea, and underworld, and in the same functions as the Greek deities Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades, they would have worshiped the deities referred to as the Beauty of the Sky (i Bukuri i Qiellit), the Beauty of the Sea (e Bukura e Detit), and the Beauty of the Earth (e Bukura e Dheut). The phrases "the Beauty of the Sea" and "the Beauty of the Earth" are kept to refer to figures of Albanian folk beliefs and fairy tales, "the Beauty of the Sky" continues to be used in Albanian to refer to the monotheistic God. In central Albanian folklore, e Bukura e Dheut is the wife of Baba Tomor - Via the E Bukura e Dheut) Earth Manipulation, Death Manipulation, Curse Inducement, Water Manipulation, Omnipresence (nxiri is a concept referring to all-seeing eyes that look at humans from the ground following their movements everywhere, and it is considered to be the sight of the living Earth. Some people believe that water is to the living Earth what blood is to the humans.) Weight Manipulation (According to an old Albanian custom, when an Albanian migrates to a foreign land, he takes with him a bag of earth of the "mother earth" (Alb. baltë mëmë-dheu), which in case the emigrant dies abroad, would be thrown on the grave, so that the earth would be light to the dead person), Victory Manipulation (The cult of the earth mother goddess is also reflected in the renowned Balkan motif of immurement, a practice that according to legend is required to ensure the accomplishment of the construction of a building by sacrificing the wife of the chief builder. This motif is documented in Albanian legends about the construction of the strongholds of Shkodër (Rozafa Castle#Legend), Dibër, and Berat, but also in regions like Mirditë or Malësia e Madhe. In the Albanian legends, the woman who is to be immured in the building accepts to be sacrificed, but worried about her infant son, she makes the request to leave one of her breasts unwalled, so that she can nurse her son, the castle will stand and the son will enjoy it, becoming brave and winning battles in it), Probability Manipulation (In the Albanian mountains it was believed that the earth does not treat sinners and bad persons well. In the grave they would suffer being squashed by the earth; their graves also could catch fire. According to folk beliefs the earth could not bear inside her a dead person who has committed serious crimes during his life, so in that case the dead becomes a wandering lugat, harming people and livestock), Mountain Manipulation (Baba Tomor has taken the Earthly Beauty to be his bride. She spends her days with her sister, the Sea Beauty, E Bukura e Detit, but when evening comes, the wind, faithful servant of Baba Tomor, carries her back up the mountainside to him. Mount Tomor overlooks the town of Berat, which the old man jealously guards as his favourite city. Across the valley is Mount Shpirag with furrow-like torrents of water running down its slopes. While Baba Tomor was dallying in bed with the Earthy Beauty one day, Shpirag took advantage of the moment and advanced to take over Berat. The four guardian eagles duly awakened Baba Tomor from his dreams. When told of Shpirag's surreptitious plans, Baba Tomor arose from his bed. His first concern was for the safety of the Earthly Beauty and so he ordered the East Wind to carry her back to the home of her sister. Mounting his mule, Tomor then set off to do battle with Shpirag. With his scythe, Tomor lashed into Shpirag, inflicting upon him many a wound which can be seen today as the furrows running down the mountainside. A trace of the hoof of Baba Tomor's mule can, it is said, be seen near the village of Sinja BR. Shpirag, for his part, pounded Tomor with his cudgel and left many a wound on the lofty mountain, but was overcome. The two giants ultimately slew one another and the maiden drowned in her tears, which became the Osum river." — Legend of Baba Tomorr) and Time Manipulation (A widespread test widespread in all Albanian lands, consisted in performing a particular ritual with ashes poured in the area of the future domestic hearth (Alb. vatër), repeating it three times during three nights, and there were special people who knew how to decipher the signs that appeared in the ashes. Another test was performed using fire, which was kindled at the center of the tested plot on a calm and windless night with waxing moon. If the smoke spread over the ground in a soft and uniform manner, it was a good sign; if the smoke went up and only from one side, it was a bad sign and another place was to be tested - all for Zonja e Dheut (also Gheg Albanian: Zôja e Dheut) is the Albanian name for the Earth Goddess. In Albanian folk beliefs, earth is the object of a special cult, important oaths, and curse formulas. The Earth Mother Goddess or Great Mother (Magna Mater) is simply referred to as Dheu "The Earth" in Albanian, and traces of her worship have been preserved in Albanian tradition. The Albanian noun Toka "The Earth" is also used to refer to the living Earth), Animal Manipulation (Via Kau or nature), Fire Manipulation and Purification (Strong beliefs in the demon of fire have persisted among Albanians until today. The belief in a fire god, who was referred to as I Verbti ("the blind one"), survived in northern Albania until recent times. Under Christianization this deity was demonized and considered a false god, and it was spread about that anyone who invoked him would be blinded by fire. However, in folk beliefs the god I Verbti was often considered more powerful than the Christian God. The struggle between the old and the new god and the former predominant popularity of I Verbti among Albanians is expressed in a tale narrated from a Christian point of view. The purifying power of fire underlies the popular idea according to which the god I Verbti is the enemy of uncleanliness and the opponent of filth - via En), Evil Manipulation (Via Djall), Fire Manipulation, Soul Manipulation and Death Manipulation (Vatër), Immortality (Type 5 or 9 - The fire of the domestic hearth, zjarri i vatrës, holds divine attributes in folk beliefs, being considered the sustainer of the continuity between the world of the living and that of the dead, and ensuring the continuity of the tribe (fis) from generation to generation) and Resurrection (The function of the fire of the domestic hearth (zjarri i vatrës) is the sustenance of the continuity between the world of the living and that of the dead. After death, the souls of the ancestors (hije) assume a divine connotation and remain in contact with the family protecting the domestic hearth; Nëna e Vatrës), Sealing (Cape of Rodon), Storm Manipulation (According to a mythical tale from the Shala region, as the wife of the highest god was soaring over the seas to delight in the sight of the order which her husband's wisdom had created, the god Talas noticed her. She was so beautiful that no other goddess could match her. So the god Talas went after the wife of the highest god and as soon as he reached her, he raped her through the use of brute force. Afterwards the wife of the highest god, despite being above all the other goddesses, decided to take her own life due to the desecration she suffered, but only after telling her husband what she had been through. So she stepped before her husband, and immedatelly after reporting what happened, she seized a weapon and stretched herself as a corpse before the highest of the gods. Because of that horrible suicide, but more than that, because of the defilement which his wife had suffered from the god Talas, the highest god swore an oath to take vengeance on the god who did that disgrace to him. After some time the highest god accomplished his revenge by hitting Talas with one of his cruel thunderbolts that tore him to pieces, after which his corpse would have emitted a stormy wind that no one could approach, so his whole body was buried in the ground. The god Talas did not smell like humans, but rather more pleasant. Hence the interpretation that he was the god of the sea-storm or the god of the storm surge), Law Manipulation (Via the Kanun), Contract Manipulation and possible Concept Manipulation (Besa (pledge of honor) is an Albanian cultural precept, usually translated as "faith" or "oath", that means "to keep the promise" and "word of honor". The concept is synonymous, and, according to Hofmann, Treimer and Schmidt, etymologically related, to the Classical Latin word fides, which in Late Ancient and Medieval Latin took on the Christian meaning of "faith, (religious) belief" today extant in Romance languages (and then also loaned into Albanian, as feja), but which originally had an ethical/juridical scope. The Albanian adjective besnik, derived from besa, means "faithful", "trustworthy", i.e. one who keeps his word. Besnik for men and Besa for women continue to be very popular names among Albanians. Besa is of prime importance in the Albanian traditional customary law (Kanun) as a cornerstone of personal and social conduct.), Curse Inducement (Via the Syri I Keq), Teleportation and Water Manipulation (Via Lamia) and Breath Attack (In Albanian folklore Kukuth (kukudhi) and Karkanxholji (Karkançoli, related to Greek καλλικάντσαρος) are undead corpses, who go around in January, laden with chains and effusing a deadly breath. Known also among Calabrian Albanians. According to another version, the Karkançual is vested with iron clothes, which is why chainmail armor is known as këmish karkançoli in Albanian - via Kallikantzaros), Resurrection and Nightmare Inducement (Via Kukudh), Soul Manipulation, Illness Inducement and Death Manipulation (The Kukudh is a revenant, a miser's poor soul that haunts his house after his death. For this reason, people feared the house of a miser and would avoid staying overnight out of fear of being killed. Only a brave boy may defeat the creature and bring eternal peace to its damned soul, being appointed heir in reward.), Ocean Manipulation (Via Baloz), Life-Force Manipulation (Legends state that dhampirs were, for the most part, normal members of the community. But dhampirs, especially male, of paternal vampire descent could see invisible vampires and practice sorcery, often starting careers as vampire hunters, which would be practiced for generations from father to son. Some traditions specify signs by which the children of a vampire can be recognized. Albanian legends state they have untamed dark or black hair and are very cunning or courageous in nature. They are not attracted to blood and can eat normally like other human beings, though the option to bite other living beings in order to extend one's life is always an open choice. When being compared to a vampire, dhampirs are said to be very lethal towards the blood drinkers, since a dhampir's blood and spit is like an acid for the vampires, making them impossible to be bitten. Due to having mixed blood, a dhampir will not be burned by the sun. In Bulgarian folklore, possible indications include being "very dirty", having a soft body, no nails or bones (the latter physical peculiarity is also ascribed to the vampire itself), and "a deep mark on the back, like a tail." In contrast, a pronounced nose was often a sign, as were larger than normal ears, teeth or eyes. According to J. Gordon Melton, from his book, The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead, in some areas, a true dhampir possessed a "slippery, jelly-like body and lived only a short life—a belief ... that vampires have no bones), Flight and Fear Manipulation (Via Lugat), Body Manipulation (Perria, is generally a protective figure, however she can also do harm. In Albanian popular belief, she is depicted as female mountain-spirits clad in white. Their duty is to punish anyone who is wasteful with bread by disfiguring the person and making him a "crooked hunchback". - Via Perria), Existence Erasure, Life Manipulation, Fate Manipulation, Causality Manipulation, Probability Manipulation and Reality Warping (The shtojzovalles are small male and female creatures of extraordinary beauty. They live in forests and pastures and spend their time singing and dancing. They have the ability to fly and at night they spin the thread of human existence. They are invisible to humans and a human can see them only if they lift an invisible veil in front of their eyes. Occasionally humans and shtojzovalles are married, but a human can keep a shtojzovalle maiden only if he gives her his clothes to wear. If a human builds their house on lands inhabited by shtojzovalles, the house will be haunted by shtojzovalles shaking heavy iron chains. When people go for a walk and step on a shtojzovalle they may get devoured by it), Death Manipulation and Water Manipulation (Albanian Christians and especially the Catholics of northern Albania and Malësia have attributed several Christian characteristics to the shtojzovalles. According to these traditions when Archangel Michael fought against Satan the angels who remained neutral became the shtojzovalles. The shtojzovalles weep in repentance for their neutrality and if their tears fall on a human he will die. The Albanian phrase i ka rënë pika (English: "a drop fell upon him"), metaphorically means that someone died and the phrase is derived from this belief - Via shtojzovalles), Flight (According to legend, only the shtriga herself could cure those she had drained (often by spitting in their mouths), and those who were not cured inevitably sickened and died. The name can be used to express that a person is evil. According to Northern Albanian folklore, a woman is not born a witch; she becomes one, often because she is childless or made evil by envy. A strong belief in God could make people immune to a witch as He would protect them. Usually, shtriga were described as old or middle-aged women with grey, pale green, or pale blue eyes (called white eyes or pale eyes) (Albanian: sybardha) and a crooked nose. Their stare would make people uncomfortable, and people were supposed to avoid looking them directly in the eyes because they have the evil eye (Albanian: syliga). To ward off a witch, people could take a pinch of salt in their fingers and touch their (closed) eyes, mouth, heart and the opposite part of the heart and the pit of the stomach and then throw the salt in direct flames saying "syt i dalçin syt i plaçin" or just whisper 3–6 times "syt i dalçin syt i plaçin" or "plast syri keq." In some regions of Albania, people have used garlic (Albanian: hudhër); to send away the evil eye or they have placed a puppet in a house being built to catch the evil. Newborns, children or beautiful girls have been said to catch the evil eye more easily, so in some Albanian regions when meeting such a person, especially a newborn, for the first time, people might say "t’rujt Zoti" meaning may God keep you safe and touch the child's nose to show their benevolence and so that the evil eye would not catch the child - Via the Shtriga), Vampire Physiology (Via the Vampir), Superhuman Physical Characteristics and Hammermanship (Via Đerzelez Alija) and Statistics Amplification (In traditional Albanian culture, Gjakmarrja (English: "blood-taking", i.e. "blood feud") or hakmarrja ("revenge") is the social obligation to kill an offender or a member of their family in order to salvage one's honor. This practice is generally seen as in line with the social code known as the Canon of Lekë Dukagjini (Kanuni i Lekë Dukagjinit) or simply the Kanun (consisting of 12 books and 1,262 articles). The code was originally a "a non-religious code that was used by Muslims and Christians alike." Protecting one's honor is an essential component to Albanian culture because it is the core of social respectability. Honor is held in very high regard because it translates over generations. Legacies and history are carried in the family names of Albanians and must be held in high priority, even at the cost of one's life. Therefore, when a personal attack of a formidable magnitude is unleashed on a member of any family, an equal punishment is to be expected by the laws of the Kanun)
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Flight (Depicted as being able to fly and this is suggested in Timaeus), Conceptual Manipulation (The Demiurge has absolute knowledge of "Forms", being able utilize forms to restructure the entirety of the cosmos), Creation (Responsible for the creation of the physical realm, having created it from the chaotic nothingness that predates all physical matter, space and time), Law Manipulation (Crafted the very laws of reality and gave them hegemony over the physical realm, setting the foundation for how everything will function. Can alter and restructure the laws of the physical realm at will), Acausality (Paracausality; Exists as a part of The World of Forms, which is beyond causality and all of space-time as a whole), Space-Time Manipulation (Fashioned the entirety of space and time, including past, present and future, as a result of their forms), Non-Physical Interaction (Can interact with ideals and immaterial realms such as The World of Forms), Abstract Existence (The Demiurge exists within The World of Forms, where everything is conceptual in nature and are the highest universals), Reality Warping (Capable of altering reality on the scale of the entire physical world and even effecting The World of Forms), Transdualism (Type 3; Per nature of existing within The World of Forms, Demiurge exists beyond all dualisms, being completely unbound by all opposites), Soul Manipulation (Granted humans spiritual essence, aka a soul), Elemental Manipulation (Fire, Water, Earth & Air; Created and can manipulate the forms of all elementals), Regeneration (High-Godly), Immortality (Type 1, 3, 5, 8 & 10), Large Size (Type 11), Non-Corporeal (Exists without any form of physicality, instead being purely conceptual), Life Manipulation (Can grant life to humans and other lifeforms)
Weapon Mastery, Transition Manipulation, Reality Warping, Season Manipulation (Janus was associated with the calendar and time. His association with transitions meant that he was often seen as a god of time. Janus was especially associated with celebrations around the New Year in mid-winter. He oversaw seasonal events such as planting, harvests, seasonal changes, and the new year), Celestial Manipulation (The ancient Romans revered Janus as the force that initiated movements and motion. Thus no action in the cosmos could begin without his intervention. In some versions of the story, Janus was associated with the sun and the moon as well as the phases and movements of other celestial bodies in the cosmos), Boundary Manipulation (Involved in boundaries through spatial transitions; a part of him in the form of the goddess Cardea who is the goddess of hinges as well as the gateway that separates Earth and Heaven), Cosmic Manipulation (Janus was associated with the sun and the moon as well as the phases and movements of other celestial bodies in the cosmos), Desired Ability Manifestation/Complete Result, Reality Warping and Absolute Wish (Stands between abstract entities and actualized goals; Can control desires by using keys or through transitions), Progress Manipulation, Eternal Evolution and Absolute Defense (Ancient Romans believed that Janus had the key to doors or gateways; thus he stood guard at the door and transported people from what was to what is to become), Dream Manipulation, Dream Walking, Oneiricpotence and Fictional Transcendence (The ancient Romans believed that he was the intermediary between one’s dreams and reality), Duality Embodiment (His two faces embody the duality of beginnings and endings; also the god of duality), Fertility Manipulation and Fertility Inducement (Could control fertility; Male aspect of fertility in the form of fecundity), Gate Manipulation (God of gates), Interaction Manipulation (The ancient Romans worshiped Janus as the deity that presided over all forms of beginnings – this could be abstract or concrete; The transition from childhood to adulthood was believed to be carried out by Janus. Thus Janus was concerned with every manner of change or transition taking place in the cosmos, symbolically and metaphorically. The ancient Romans also called upon Janus in times of marriage ceremonies, child outdooring, and deaths), Opposites Embodiment (Janus, of course, is everyone – all of us -- as we struggle to reach decisions on the choices that punctuate our lives. We are unsure which is the real face of the Janus figure, or whether there is a right direction to point, although compasses are oriented toward true north. Janus is two-faced, not from hypocrisy or insincerity, but as a result of reflection. He always looks at both sides of the question, reflectively and deeply within the conscious mind. The ideas we will explore include such apparent polarities as justice and forgiveness, belief and skepticism, the ascetic and the sensuous), Motion Manipulation and Meta Movement (As a god of motion, Janus looks after passages, causes actions to start and presides over all beginnings. Since movement and change are interconnected, he has a double nature, symbolised in his two-headed image. He has under his tutelage the stepping in and out of the door of homes, the ianua, which took its name from him, and not vice versa. Similarly, his tutelage extends to the covered passages named iani and foremost to the gates of the city, including the cultic gate of the Argiletum, named Ianus Geminus or Porta Ianualis from which he protects Rome against the Sabines), Teleportation (Typical with many Roman gods, Janus is depicted with a staff in his right hand. The Romans believed that he used the staff to guide travellers embarked on a journey to safety), War Empowerment and Stagnation (In ancient Rome, it was believed that the deity who oversaw the period between war and peace was Janus. In other words, without Janus, there could be no transition from one period to another; As the god of beginnings and endings, Janus was revered at the commencement and conclusion of military campaigns, believed to have the power to keep war at bay and to be the ultimate arbiter of whether peace or strife reigned), Sacrifice Empowerment (His shrine the Janus Geminus in the Roman Forum, "According to the historian Livy, Numa intended the shrine: as an index of peace and war, that when open it might signify that the nation was in arms, when closed that all the peoples round about were pacified")
Via Jupiter:
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Weather Manipulation (In Ovid's Metamorphosis, Zeus blanketed the Earth with clouds to hide Io from Hera), Lightning Manipulation, Immortality (Types 1 and 5), Can curse others, Transmutation (Turned Orion into a constellation), Shapeshifting, Petrification, Can change the gender of others, Fire Manipulation, Non-Corporeal (In his true form), Light Manipulation, Darkness Manipulation, BFR (Sent the Titans and Typhon to Tarturus), Earth Manipulation, Telekinesis (Can keep the Sun and Moon from moving), Power Bestowal (Granted Memnon immortality), Resurrection (Resurrected Memnon and Pelops), Empathic Manipulation (Caused Porphyrion to lust after Hera), Power Negation (Killed the god Phaethon, even though gods in Greek mythology cannot be killed), Fate Manipulation (In the Illiad, Zeus weighed Achilles' and Hector's life on a scale and found it was Hector's time to die), Sleep Manipulation (Put Enymion into eternal sleep), Animal Manipulation (When Bellerophon attempted to enter Olympus, he sent a gadfly to bite his horse Pegasus, bucking him off), Creation (In Works and Days, Zeus created the third generation of humanity from ash trees), Absorption (When eating Metis, his first wife, he absorped her cunning and wisdom), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2), Abstract Existence (Type 1) , Life Manipulation, Water Manipulation, Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Weather Manipulation (In Ovid's Metamorphosis, Zeus blanketed the Earth with clouds to hide Io from Hera), Lightning Manipulation, Immortality (Types 1 and 5), Can curse others, Transmutation (Turned Orion into a constellation), Shapeshifting, Petrification, Can change the gender of others, Fire Manipulation, Non-Corporeal (In his true form), Light Manipulation, Darkness Manipulation, BFR (Sent the Titans and Typhon to Tarturus), Earth Manipulation, Telekinesis (Can keep the Sun and Moon from moving), Power Bestowal (Granted Memnon immortality), Resurrection (Resurrected Memnon and Pelops), Empathic Manipulation (Caused Porphyrion to lust after Hera), Power Negation (Killed the god Phaethon, even though gods in Greek mythology cannot be killed), Fate Manipulation (In the Illiad, Zeus weighed Achilles' and Hector's life on a scale and found it was Hector's time to die), Sleep Manipulation (Put Enymion into eternal sleep), Animal Manipulation (When Bellerophon attempted to enter Olympus, he sent a gadfly to bite his horse Pegasus, bucking him off), Creation (In Works and Days, Zeus created the third generation of humanity from ash trees), Absorption (When eating Metis, his first wife, he absorbed her cunning and wisdom), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2), Abstract Existence (Type 1) , Life Manipulation, Water Manipulation, Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Social Influencing (Zeus is notorious for his ability to seduce and allure female, including other gods, with Zeus's attempts being successful in nearly every scenario, even when taking the form of non-human creatures), Weather Manipulation (Zeus is stated to the god of weather and in Ovid's Metamorphosis, he blanketed the Earth with clouds to hide Io from Hera), Lightning Manipulation (Zeus is the god of thunder and as such, has control over lightning, including being able to directly touch bolts of lightning and throw that at opponents), Homing Attack (It's stated that Zeus's lightning bolts never miss, meaning they can hit an opponent at any angle and at any place), Transmutation (Turned Orion into a constellation in the sky and is capable of turning two beasts into stone), Biological Manipulation (Zeus is capable of changing genders, both of themselves and others, and this is an extension of Greek Gods having the capacity to control their bodies), Telekinesis (Zeus forbade the setting of the sun and the moon, preventing them from moving), Power Bestowal (Can bestow powers to other individuals, such as giving Memnon immortality), Resurrection (Greek Gods can bring people back to life if they desired), BFR (Sent the Titans and Typhon to Tartarus, which he could do to anyone who angered him), Fate Manipulation (In the Illiad, Zeus weighed Achilles' and Hector's life on a scale, deciding it was Hector's time to die), Acausality (Non-Linearity; Zeus is exempt from the confines of fate and is one of the few gods who can defy the will of The Fates), Animal Manipulation (Sent a gadfly to bite Pegasus when Bellerophon tried to enter Olympus, causing the horse to buck him off), Creation (Zeus created the third generation of humanity from ash trees), Absorption, Information Manipulation (Absorbed the cunning and wisdom out of Metis upon eating her), Sleep Manipulation (Put Enymion into eternal sleep), Non-Physical Interaction (Greek Gods can interact with souls and other immaterial aspects of reality), Abstract Existence, Non-Corporeal (Greek Gods exist as representations of different natural phenomena and are meant to be anthropomorphic versions of whatever they rule over, with their true states being just merely the very things they govern, such as Zeus existing as a mere lightning bolt in his true form), Immortality (Type 1 & 5; Greek Gods are ageless and eternal, meaning they never age. It's stated repeatedly that Greek Gods are "deathless" and "undying", with their nature placing them outside of the confines of conventional life and death as we understand it), Shapeshifting (Greek Gods have the innate power to transform their bodies into other lifeforms and creatures, taking whatever appearance they desire, often using this to blend in with humanity or with the environment), Healing (Greek Gods can heal themselves of any injury, including being cut down to small pieces, having their heads split open to at most being able to recover from the complete destruction of their bodies from their non-physical selves), can grant himself Regeneration (Mid-Godly; Greek Gods are capable of giving themselves regenerative properties, such as Zeus giving Prometheus a regenerating liver as punishment to make him suffer, with it being highly likely that Greek Gods can grant them regeneration that can recover their whole bodies), Negation (Greek Gods are capable of harming other gods to the degree where they aren't able to heal, including if they gave themselves regeneration and Zeus particularly could kill the god Phaethon, despite the fact killing other gods is considered impossible in Greek Mythology), Conceptual Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Soul Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Willpower Manipulation (Gods can create, control and even potentially remove the "psykhḗ" in an individual, which is an all-encompassing life essence that defines all aspects of being, including the mind, soul, heart and will that comprises all being), Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Weather Manipulation (In Ovid's Metamorphosis, Zeus blanketed the Earth with clouds to hide Io from Hera), Lightning Manipulation, Immortality (Types 1 and 5), Can curse others, Transmutation (Turned Orion into a constellation), Shapeshifting, Petrification, Can change the gender of others, Fire Manipulation, Non-Corporeal (In his true form), Light Manipulation, Darkness Manipulation, BFR (Sent the Titans and Typhon to Tarturus), Earth Manipulation, Telekinesis (Can keep the Sun and Moon from moving), Power Bestowal (Granted Memnon immortality), Resurrection (Resurrected Memnon and Pelops), Empathic Manipulation (Caused Porphyrion to lust after Hera), Power Negation (Killed the god Phaethon, even though gods in Greek mythology cannot be killed), Fate Manipulation (In the Illiad, Zeus weighed Achilles' and Hector's life on a scale and found it was Hector's time to die), Sleep Manipulation (Put Enymion into eternal sleep), Animal Manipulation (When Bellerophon attempted to enter Olympus, he sent a gadfly to bite his horse Pegasus, bucking him off), Creation (In Works and Days, Zeus created the third generation of humanity from ash trees), Absorption (When eating Metis, his first wife, he absorbed her cunning and wisdom), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2), Abstract Existence (Type 1) , Life Manipulation, Water Manipulation
Transduality (Type 4; The State of Brahman is connected to Para Brahman which is inherently above the concepts of dualism, in the same vein as Atman, a concept beyond identification and description which is both dual and non-dual, with Atman being the true nature of the State. The Atman is a concept in Hindu theology which is the Supreme Self, a concept beyond identification involving all types of phenomena where the person becomes one with their Universal Self, with it transcending everything including things like duality. The Atman is transcendent over Yin and Yang alongside all dualisms),
Nonexistent Physiology (Type 2; Free from all notions of existence and non-existence, for it is simply another binary encompassed by duality as both Taiji and Wuji are differentiation and non-differentiation)
Acausality (Type 5; Notions of Cause and Effect are a result of binary and differentiation, which become irrelevant in the face of Atman given its transcendence over duality and dualism on a conceptual level) and many, many more powers
Omniscience, Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Immortality (Type 5/9), Invulnerability (God of Wisdom. He is the most powerful Vanara due to the boons granted by various deities. Is said to be incredibly beautiful such that no-one but Rama and Krishna are superior in this aspect. He is one of the seven immortal beings known as the Chiranjivis; as a child, he withstood holding the sun within his hands but later died, only to be revived with complete immortality. He is invulnerable to all forms of harm, including Transcendent Weaponry such as the Brahmastra. He possesses a speed faster than the speed of light. His infinite strength allows him to perform great feats such as lifting the mountain full of medicinal herbs or going toe-to-toe with many powerful demons including Ravana himself; his strength is such that he is capable of lifting and carrying any burden for a cause. He is called Vira, Mahavira, Mahabala and other names signifying this attribute of his), Weapon Mastery, Shapeshifting, Creation, Power Bestowal, Healing and Regeneration (High-Godly - Mastery of his Mace. Lord Hanuman has a huge takeover as he is an incarnation of Mahadev, hence Alongside the powers of Lord Vayu, He's endowed with the powers of All Gods, including the Trinity. He Literally flicked away the Vajra of Indra and his Brahmastra with his tail, while he was an infant, before Indra finally managed to strike him. He can fly even faster than the wind deity Vayu and Garuda, the king of the birds. He was known to persevere even in the most difficult situations and is very innovative. He has always been a faithful devotee of Rama and Sita. His name of Sankata Mochana means "the remover of dangers, hardships, or hurdles". He can assume any form he wishes. He can decrease or increase his size as per his will. He is a master of all the eight Siddhis, granting him various incredible abilities. He can extend or shorten his tail as desired; Is sometimes said to be a trickster. Created his son, Makardhwaja from his own sweat according to the Puranas), BFR (According to the Hanuman Chalisa, he can lock people within Rama's court, a place outside of space and time. Can bestow the eight Siddhis and nine Nidhis onto devotees. Heals all kinds of diseases, pains and sorrows of devotees. One of his many attributes is that of the Slayer of demons, evil and negative energies: Keeps away ghosts, evil spirits, demons, Brahmarakshasa, devils, Sakini, Dakini, and prevents effects of the planets in the sky, evil created by talismans, thanthra done by others and evil chants. The following names of Hanuman describe some of these qualities, Rakshovidhwansakaraka, Akshahantre, Dashagreevakulantaka, Lankineebhanjana, Simhikaprana Bhanjana, Maharavanamardana)
At least Human Level (Is above an average human in capability), varies from City Block Level to Mountain Level (Should at least superior to Samantha who is herself likely superior to the Police Officers in Akaria who can destroy city blocks during the War on Drugs - During the Red Lane, he casually destroyed a meteor which threatened entire mountains) up to Multi-Continent level with the Shadow Sword (Satoshi with the Shadow Sword was able to bind all of Akaria in chains; the Jade Emperor's usage of Heavenly Brigade: Death Shower threatened the entire world casually, and was going to annihilate Akaria, a country composed of multiple continents)
At least Street Level (Defeated Aloa Arundel who casually took down an entire street of people; beat Muro who scales to Aloa in terms of capability), varies from Multi-Continent level with the Shadow Sword (Satoshi with the Shadow Sword was able to bind all of Akaria in chains) up to Universe Level (He helped kill Yeongjo, the same person who could create universes with ease, upscales from Danjong who could also make universes with a thought), if not far higher with the State of Brahman (the State of Brahman allowed Satoshi to shut down Danjong's powers with a finger snap)
At least Street Level (Defeated Aloa Arundel who casually took down an entire street of people), varies from Multi-Continental, Moon Level to Universe Level (Survived fighting the Bakunawa and even went inside him, destroying him, the same Bakunawa who spat out moons, affected all of Akaria and could eat universes), Far Higher with the State of Brahman (Whilst in the State of Brahman, he upscales from numerous characters who can create universes with ease)
At least Universal (Is superior to his prior selves) to Multiversal (He fights Damian in his Heavenly Apparel who can destroy multiverses), far higher with the State of Brahman (Whilst unseen, Damian states that he is stronger than himself in his Heavenly Apparel whilst Satoshi is in the State of Brahman)
Speed:Hypersonic+ (Is far superior to Satoshi who could avoid gunfire) | FTL+ (Fought all Ten Emperors, each of whom are faster than light in the Red Lane) | Immeasurable (Is infinitely superior to the likes of Damian, Satoshi and Hajime, each of whom can casually move in stopped time) | Far Higher in his true form
Lifting Strength:Class 25 (In the Red Lane, he lifted buildings casually) | Varies from Class P (Could damage Moons during the Green Lane) to Universal or Infinite when alive (could lift the universes he sliced during the Green Lane) | Far Higher in his true form
At least Human Level (Is above an average human in capability), varies from City Block Level to Mountain Level (Should at least superior to Samantha who is herself likely superior to the Police Officers in Akaria who can destroy city blocks during the War on Drugs - During the Red Lane, he casually destroyed a meteor which threatened entire mountains) up to Multi-Continent level with the Shadow Sword (Satoshi with the Shadow Sword was able to bind all of Akaria in chains; the Jade Emperor's usage of Heavenly Brigade: Death Shower threatened the entire world casually, and was going to annihilate Akaria, a country composed of multiple continents)
At least Street Level (Defeated Aloa Arundel who casually took down an entire street of people; beat Muro who scales to Aloa in terms of capability), varies from Multi-Continent level with the Shadow Sword (Satoshi with the Shadow Sword was able to bind all of Akaria in chains) up to Universe Level (He helped kill Yeongjo, the same person who could create universes with ease, upscales from Danjong who could also make universes with a thought), if not far higher with the State of Brahman (the State of Brahman allowed Satoshi to shut down Danjong's powers with a finger snap)
At least Street Level (Defeated Aloa Arundel who casually took down an entire street of people), varies from Multi-Continental, Moon Level to Universe Level (Survived fighting the Bakunawa and even went inside him, destroying him, the same Bakunawa who spat out moons, affected all of Akaria and could eat universes), Far Higher with the State of Brahman (Whilst in the State of Brahman, he upscales from numerous characters who can create universes with ease)
At least Universal (Is superior to his prior selves) to Multiversal (He fights Damian in his Heavenly Apparel who can destroy multiverses), far higher with the State of Brahman (Whilst unseen, Damian states that he is stronger than himself in his Heavenly Apparel whilst Satoshi is in the State of Brahman)
At least Human Level (Is above an average human in capability), varies from City Block Level to Mountain Level (Should at least superior to Samantha who is herself likely superior to the Police Officers in Akaria who can destroy city blocks during the War on Drugs - During the Red Lane, he casually survived a meteor which threatened entire mountains) up to Multi-Continent level with the Shadow Sword (Satoshi with the Shadow Sword was able to bind all of Akaria in chains; the Jade Emperor's usage of Heavenly Brigade: Death Shower threatened the entire world casually and was going to annihilate Akaria, a country composed of multiple continents, all of which he survived)
At least Street Level (Defeated and survived against Aloa Arundel who casually took down an entire street of people; beat Muro who scales to Aloa in terms of capability), varies from Multi-Continent level with the Shadow Sword (He also defeated Yeongjo and survived Shindansu, an attack which threatened Akaria) up to Universe Level (He helped kill Yeongjo, the same person who could create universes with ease, upscales from Danjong who could also make universes with a thought), if not far higher with the State of Brahman (the State of Brahman allowed Satoshi to shut down Danjong's powers with a finger snap)
At least Street Level (Defeated Aloa Arundel who casually took down an entire street of people), varies from Multi-Continental, Moon Level to Universe Level (Survived fighting the Bakunawa and even went inside him, destroying him, the same Bakunawa who spat out moons, affected all of Akaria and could eat universes), Far Higher with the State of Brahman (Whilst in the State of Brahman, he upscales from numerous characters who can create universes with ease)
At least Universal (Is superior to his prior selves) to Multiversal (He fights Damian in his Heavenly Apparel who can destroy multiverses and survives), far higher with the State of Brahman (Whilst unseen, Damian states that he is stronger than himself in his Heavenly Apparel whilst Satoshi is in the State of Brahman)
Range:Extended Melee Range, Tens of Meters with ranged attacks | Building Level to City Block Level to Country Level (He could destroy the Blue Lane) | Multi-Continental+ (His fight with Wu destroyed all of Akaria, a country composed of multiple continents) | Varies from Moon Level (Could slice the Bakunawa's moons casually; upscales from Taejong who can affect moons) to Universal (Destroyed universes during the Green Lane War) | Multiverse+ in his true form | Multiverse+ with the Shadow Sword (Via using the Ritual Circle)
Intelligence:Extremely Gifted (He is able to work with Sakura during missions, someone who is also incredibly gifted in terms of intelligence as she was able to figure out where he was, move there and help him in one go; is also able to manipulate people)
Standard Tactics: Minamoto typically defeats his opponent with immense speed and even when against opponents at the same level of attack power and speed, he always comes out on top, typically by slicing their head off as he also usually fights for the kill, rarely if ever sitting idly by. Against opponents with more abilities than him such as those of the Purple Lane, Thomas Fujiwara or Damian Alanis, he quickly dismantled them, threatening to kill them with ease. He rarely uses the Shadow Sword but when he does, he usually decimates the opponent with immense speed and precision.
Ruyi Jingu Bang (A cudgel that weighs over thirteen thousand pounds. It has the ability to fly and act via Sun Wukong's prompt and can even fight for him. It is capable of shapeshifting along with the ability to multiply itself thousands of times over. On top of all of that the staff itself is stated multiple times to be capable of growing to any size, similar to Sun Wukong. It could fill the Universe or grow smaller than a hair, because of this power it is capable of even holding the Milky Way in place) and can transcend the infinite energy of someone whose energy symbolises Absolute Infinity where this same person transcends death and can create a universe out of thin air, manipulating the material and non-material worlds.
Using the two weapons at the same time.
The Shadow Sword (Tula Harba) is a broadsword with an eye in the middle. It allows him to absorb and control Mana, teleport, create rituals, absorb virtually anything and summon the World of Darkness at will alongside Existence Erasure and true Durability Negation. He can do things like wrap it in Mana, absorb energy, revive the dead. He can also use both weapons simultaneously.
The Cheng Ying
The Cheng Ying with Mana
“Dawn envelops the pine forests on the outskirts of the State of Wei. There, a pair of hands holds a sword hilt, and raises it in celebration of the transition from night to day. However, the blade is nowhere to be found. The only clue to its existence is a shadow on the opposite wall. As the sword is swung in an arc, a gentle whisper is heard. The trees shivered, its leaves rustling as though in a soft breeze, though there was no wind. Then, there was silence. Suddenly, the pine trees topple to the ground, cut cleanly at the roots. Indeed, Cheng Ying is an elegant sword that shrouded in mystery.”
Aladdin's lamp
Weaknesses: His Okami takes up a considerable amount of energy. The Shadow Sword can involuntarily possess him. | He is emotionally manipulated during the War. | None Notable with the State of Brahman
The Jōgan (淨眼, Pure Eye) is a unique dōjutsu that is known only by the Moon Clan, whose members claim it's troublesome and that it's a power strongly inherited from their clan. Before gaining control of this dōjutsu, it would independently activate in the presence of dangerous/hidden targets. It can perceive the flow of energy, enabling Satoshi to observe the visible changes in one's chakra (or chi) and likewise track a target through their energy. It can clearly see the flow of someone's blood, oxygen and even their soul. It can also see through invisible barriers that connect between dimensions, as well as predicting where teleportation will be used. Apparently, unique to other dōjutsu, the wielder retains full sight and access to its power even if the eye's natural state is damaged.
Satoshi's eye.
The word iddhi means “power”. It was originally an everyday word, a household term applied to things with the ability to promote success in perfectly normal ways. Anything with the ability to promote success was called an iddhi. The meaning was then extended to cover success in marvellous, miraculous ways, until we come across the sort of iddhis that are exclusively mental phenomena. Because they are mental, they have productive and beneficial properties that render them far more marvellous and wide-ranging than anything physical. They are like our labour-saving devices. Nowadays we have tractors that can build roads and so on. These too would have been called iddhis. But these are physical marvels. The iddhis we are concerned with here have to do with the mind; they are mental, not physical.
Satoshi using Mana with his Pure Eye.
An exponent of iddhis (psychic powers) has trained his mind to such a degree that he can cause other people to experience whatever sensations he wishes to have them feel. He can cause others to see things with their own eyes just as he wishes them to see, to hear clearly and distinctly such sounds as he wishes them to hear, to smell just as he wishes them to smell, to experience taste sensations as if really experiencing them with the tongue, and to feel as if through the skin softness, hardness, and other such tactile stimuli. The process can then be extended until the demonstrator is able to cause the other person to experience fear, love or any mental state without realizing why. The iddhis are thus extremely useful and quite wonderful.
It grants several abilities:
His left eye possesses the abilities to warp space through spatial manipulation which increased in potency through time (as every user's Pure Eye-based abilities increases through every future user's usage), allowing him to phase through attacks temporarily (for 1 minute) and dream manipulation only improved, allowing him to speak to anyone, regardless of distance as shown when he speaks to the Brothers.
His right eye's ability is the power to manipulate matter through telekinesis such as when he controls sand to build a house and he can travel to his own dimension.
As his son inherited his eyes, he should have: Supernatural ice known as the Ice, allowing him to freeze most things whilst also possessing his grandfather and father's abilities related to the Eye. His spatial manipulation can be used through the ice to teleport ice entities and attack or to generate space to make a box to seal opponents as shown when he did this against the Destroyer.
His right eye allows him to summon a lightning-fire chimera known as the Raijinate that has the head of a dragon and through controlling telekinesis to make a "mirror" to affect his opponent. For example, when they try to attack him, he isn't there in front of him, instead he is somewhere else as he manipulates experiences through controlling emotions by going from the astral plane or the afterlife as he observes the psyches and spirits of other beings and he can further sense the locations of any beings. He can further adapt his grandfather's abilities through stopping time for mere moments and moving whilst the time is stopped, appearing to move instantly but this ability drains stamina the more it is used.
Its other powers:
He then experiences manifold supranormal powers.
Having been one he becomes many; having been many he becomes one. He appears. He vanishes.
He goes unimpeded through walls, ramparts, & mountains as if through space. He dives in & out of the earth as if it were water.
He walks on water without sinking as if it were dry land.
Sitting cross-legged he flies through the air like a winged bird.
With his hand he touches & strokes even the sun & moon, so mighty & powerful. He exercises influence with his body even as far as the Brahmā worlds.
Just as a tuft of cotton seed or a ball of thistle down, lightly wafted by the wind, rises effortlessly from the earth up into the sky, in the same way, whenever the Tathāgata concentrates his body in his mind & his mind in his body, and remains having alighted on the perception of ease and buoyancy, then his body rises effortlessly from the earth up into the sky. He then experiences manifold supranormal powers... even as far as the Brahmā worlds. It’s a mental image that corresponds with the physical body. However, in this sense, it is part of rūpa, i.e. the physical realm, even though it is created by and perceived by the mind. This is because it has physical properties like shape, position, color, etc. It takes on the same physical shape and attributes as the coarse material (oḷārika) body. The idea is, I think, that the mind-made body is the felt or perceived body, i.e. the physical body as experienced internally. Normally we have an inner map or idea of the body which matches the externally perceived body quite well; but this is not always the case. Consider the well known phenomenon of phantom limbs. For an amputee, the phantom limb they can experience would be their mind-made body, which doesn’t completely correspond with the coarse body.
Nikubbanā iddhi - is the performance of various types of miracles (pātihāriyas) such as making oneself appear as thousands, from being thousands becoming one, dive into the earth, walk in the sky as does a bird flying, appear in all four postures in the sky, touch the sun and moon and take different physical forms. These nikubbanā iddhi are manifested due to the attainment of the jhānas with wholesome desire, energy, consciousness and investigative wisdom [as a basis].
Mano-mayā iddhi - is the creating of hundreds or thousands of forms similar to oneself. These forms are exact copies of oneself. When the Buddha performs the twin miracle (yamakamahāpātihāriya) a second Buddha, an exact replica, is made to appear. When Ven. Dabba mallaputtatissa was in-charge of assigning lodgings to visiting monks, who sometimes [deliberately] arrived late, after dark, and requested accommodation in various [far away] places such as Gijjhakūta mountain, Vepulla mountain and Isigili mountain, he would make several images of himself appear and accompany the different groups of monks to different locations at the same time. He would then show the requisites such as the walking stick, bed, chair, water container and the images would disappear. These are manomayā iddhi.
Next comes the nāna-vipphārā iddhi. This is the good fortune of not meeting with any life theatening situation until the attainment of arahantship by those destined to become arahants, in a particular life. Some noble cases of this are the Arahants Ven. Bakkula, Ven. Sankicca, Ven. Dabbamallaputtatissa and Ven. Bhotapāla. Astrologers had advised that Bakkula should be bathed in the river Ganges on the day of his birth. When he was being bathed a fish as large as a boat came on the scene, frightened the mother and swallowed the baby. The child was destined to become an arahant and through the power of that, the fish [was prevented from diving under the water and] floated away like a log and was caught by a fisherman in the city of Bārānasa. The fish was taken from house to house and eventually was sold to a rich housewife for 1000 gold pieces. On cutting open the fish the childless lady found a baby, which was alive and well. While looking after the baby the natural parents came and requested his return, but he was not given back. The natural parents then went and complained to the king, who advised that both parties should bring up the child in turn. Then the child was brought up living for alternate periods of four months each in both families. He was given the name Bakkula because he grew up in two households. Bakkula was ordained after eighty years as a layman, became an arahant after just seven days, and then lived until he was one hundred and sixty. It was the power of his destiny to become an arahant that caused him to survive inside the stomach of the fish. This is called nāna-vipphāra iddhi.
Samādhi-vipphāra iddhi is the power of mundane and supramundane penetrating concentration. The power of the jhānas affords protection from danger. The young laywoman disciple Uttarā was providing alms to the Buddha and the Sangha in Rajagaha for a continuous period of fifteen days. She had arranged for a courtesan by the name of Sirimā to attend to her husband during the period of her absence. Sirimā developed a deep sense of jealousy and hatred towards Uttarā and on the fourteenth day she came to the place where the food was being prepared and poured boiling oil over the head of Uttarā with the intention of killing her. However, Uttarā was a person who had attained the jhānas through loving-kindness meditation; she quickly entered jhāna based on mettā and due to the power of this mettā and jhāna the boiling oil became cool when pouring down over her body. However, when a second attempt was made the servants caught and beat Sirimā into submission. Uttarā emerged from jhāna and forgave Sirimā. The following day she made Sirimā listen to Dhamma, which succeeded in her becoming a stream-enterer. The escape from the dangers of that heat of the oil was due to the power of concentration. This is called samādhi-vipphāra iddhi.
Ariyā iddhi are special qualities limited only to arahants. They are capable of perceiving things that normally people consider attractive (subha) as unattractive (asubha). Similarly, they are adept at perceiving unattractive things as neutral. Once, the Ven. Kassapa,39 an arahant, was on alms round (pindapāta) in a very poor neighbourhood, a leper while serving food dropped a finger, which was putrefied and oozing with puss, into his bowl. He noticed the finger only when he began to consume the meal. He did not feel any revulsion but consumed sufficient food for his sustenance and threw away the rotten finger. It is only arahants who can act with such equanimity. This is called ariyā iddhi. It arises as a result of the development of wholesome desire, energy, consciousness and investigation in the process of fulfilling the perfections.
There is also what is known as kamma-vipāka-jā iddhi, which are applicable to both wholesome and unwholesome sides. Birds fly, likewise petas, pisācas, kumbhandas, etc. move in the air without being seen by others and can take possession of others' minds. Deities travel in the air, create whatever they want and enjoy those things. They are not the result of supernormal knowledge, but are kammaviāpka-jā iddhi. Sometimes there are humans with such powers that can cause others to drop dead. King Vattagāmani-abhaya 41 ground his teeth because of some misconduct by his brother and caused his brother to drop dead. These are kamma-vipāka-jā iddhi. Prior to achieving the state of stream-entry, Vessavana42 used to frown at the accused brought before him and they would drop dead, as would mustard seeds burst when heated. These are called kamma-vipāka-jā iddhi. They occur both on the wholesome and unwholesome sides. If on the wholesome side they arise as a result of wholesome desire, energy, consciousness and investigation and on the unwholesome side they are the result of unwholesome desire, energy and consciousness. There is no [wise] investigation on the unwholesome side.
Next comes vijjā-mayā iddhi, i.e. the power of the occult. These amazing practices were more prevalent in the past than at present. There were various practices such as black magic, the undoing of the effects of black magic, making dead bodies rise up, spirits taking possession of humans' minds & bodies, making demons work for one, the treatment of snakebites and curing diseases by chanting mantras. Here again wholesome desire, energy, consciousness and investigation form the basis of wholesome acts while unwholesome desire, energy, and consciousness form the basis of unwholesome acts.
Punnavato iddhi - some people are possessed with special powers as a result of past wholesome kamma. The parents of the lay-woman disciple Visākhā were Dhananjaya and Sumanadeva. Dhananjaya's parents were Mēndaka and Candapadumā. These four, i.e. Visākhā's parents and grandparents, had a servant named Punna. All of these five had special punnavato iddhi. 43 When Mēndaka looks up at the sky after a bath it rains paddy enough to fill 1,250 stores. At the house warming of his palace there arose gold sheep in an area of eight karāsas. 44 These sheep were as big as horses and could produce anything that one wished to have from their mouths,45 as if from a wishing tree. This is a result of punnavato iddhi. Chandapadumā would cook about one kilo of rice and offer to anyone who came by. No matter how many spoonfuls of rice were taken from the cooked rice the amount remained the same, this too is a punnavato iddhi. Dhananjaya would take a bag with 1000 gold pieces and start to distribute, giving out 100 to 200 each time, but the 1000 pieces never reduces. That is punnavato iddhi. Sumanadeva would take a quantity of seed paddy and distribute portions of that to anyone who comes, but the original quantity remains exactly the same. The servant Punna while making one cut with a plough, seven more cuts on either side would appear, giving him an additional fourteen cuts this is punnavato iddhi. Wholesome desire, energy, consciousness and investigation that arose in performing a wholesome act in a previous life are the causes of this special power.
Next is sammappayoga iddhi. All mundane and supramundane activities performed wisely give suitable (good) results, e.g. if a farmer wisely cultivates his field he will reap a befitting harvest. This is a sammappayoga iddhi. Similarly, a trader who acts wisely will end up with suitable profits. One who performs their job wisely will receive promotions. If we consider the supramundane side, wisely giving alms gives suitable results, wisely observing precepts gives suitable results, wisely listening to or learning Dhamma suitably develops Dhamma knowledge, wisely developing the jhānas results in the obtaining of the jhānas, wisely developing supernormal knowledges results in gaining the abhinnās and wisely developing insight (vipassanā) results in gaining the insight knowledge’s (vipassanā-nānas). If we wisely fulfil the moral precepts, concentration and wisdom we will attain the paths & fruits of streamentry, etc. Therefore, when wisely engaging in anything, mundane or supramundane, the desire, energy, consciousness and investigation involved [form the basis and] become the iddhi-pādas and this is called sammappayoga iddhi. These four ways to [attain] psychic power, developed by all Buddhas, Paccekabuddhas and Arahants, are dhammas that lead to enlightenment. It is with the help of these dhammas, which lead to enlightenment, that one fulfils all mundane and supramundane wishes. The Buddha attained enlightenment by fulfilling these dhammas that lead to enlightenment (bodhi-pākkhiya dhammas) and requisites for Buddhahood (bodhi-sambhāra).
Genjutsu: Satoshi can cast genjutsu by glancing at someone or by simply manipulating the person's mind and heart.
Satoshi using Limbo.
Satoshi using Limbo
Limbo: The user projects an invisible version of themselves into the unseeable world known as Rinbo (輪墓, Wheel Grave). "Limbo of the Patriarchs" or "Limbo of the Fathers" (Latin limbus patrum) is seen as the temporary state of those who, despite the sins they may have committed, died in the friendship of God but could not enter Heaven until redemption by Jesus Christ made it possible. The Limbo of Infants (Latin limbus infantium or limbus puerorum) is the hypothetical permanent status of the unbaptised who die in infancy, too young to have committed actual sins, but not having been freed from original sin. Used without qualification, "bardo" is the state of existence intermediate between two lives on earth. According to Tibetan tradition, after death and before one's next birth, when one's consciousness is not connected with a physical body, one experiences a variety of phenomena. These usually follow a particular sequence of degeneration from, just after death, the clearest experiences of reality of which one is spiritually capable, and then proceeding to terrifying hallucinations that arise from the impulses of one's previous unskillful actions. For the prepared and appropriately trained individuals, the bardo offers a state of great opportunity for liberation, since transcendental insight may arise with the direct experience of reality; for others, it can become a place of danger as the karmically created hallucinations can impel one into a less than desirable rebirth.
The effect of Limbo.
Satoshi summoning an invisible being from a different dimension.
And it can disappear and take all of Satoshi's damage for him.
The Limbo disappearing from reality.
"The first bardo begins when we take birth and endures as long as we live. The second is the bardo of dreams. The third is the bardo of concentration or meditation. The fourth occurs at the moment of death. The fifth is known as the bardo of the luminosity of the true nature. The sixth is called the bardo of transmigration or karmic becoming.
Kyenay bardo (skye gnas bar do) is the first bardo of birth and life. This bardo commences from conception until the last breath, when the mindstream withdraws from the body.
Milam bardo (rmi lam bar do) is the second bardo of the dream state. The Milam Bardo is a subset of the first Bardo.
Samten bardo (bsam gtan bar do) is the third bardo of meditation. This bardo is generally only experienced by meditators, though individuals may have spontaneous experience of it. Samten Bardo is a subset of the Kyenay Bardo.
Chikhai bardo ('chi kha'i bar do) is the fourth bardo of the moment of death. According to tradition, this bardo is held to commence when the outer and inner signs presage that the onset of death is nigh, and continues through the dissolution or transmutation of the Mahabhuta until the external and internal breath has completed.
Chönyi bardo (chos nyid bar do) is the fifth bardo of the luminosity of the true nature which commences after the final 'inner breath' (Sanskrit: prana, vayu; Tibetan: rlung). It is within this Bardo that visions and auditory phenomena occur. In the Dzogchen teachings, these are known as the spontaneously manifesting Tögal (Tibetan: thod-rgal) visions. Concomitant to these visions, there is a welling of profound peace and pristine awareness. Sentient beings who have not practiced during their lived experience and/or who do not recognize the clear light (Tibetan: 'od gsal) at the moment of death are usually deluded throughout the fifth bardo of luminosity.
Sidpa bardo (srid pa bar do) is the sixth bardo of becoming or transmigration. This bardo endures until the inner-breath commences in the new transmigrating form determined by the "karmic seeds" within the storehouse consciousness.
Zen Buddhism's founder Dogen called it "When you leave this life, and before you enter the next life, there is a place called an intermediary realm. You stay there for seven days. You should resolve to keep chanting the names of the three treasures without ceasing while you are there. After seven days you die in the intermediary realm and remain there for no more than seven days. At this time you can see and hear without hindrance, like having a celestial eye. Resolve to encourage yourself to keep chanting the names of the three treasures without ceasing: ‘I take refuge in the Buddha. I take refuge in the Dharma. I take refuge in the Sangha.’ After passing through the intermediary realm, when you approach your parents to be conceived, resolve to maintain authentic wisdom. Keep chanting refuge in the three treasures in your mother’s womb. Do not neglect chanting while you are given birth. Resolve deeply to dedicate yourself to chant and take refuge in the three treasures through the six sense roots. When your life ends, your eye sight will suddenly become dark. Know that this is the end of your life and be determined to chant, ‘I take refuge in the buddha.’ Then, all buddhas in the ten directions will show compassion to you. Even if due to conditions you are bound to an unwholesome realm, you will be able to be born in the deva realm or in the presence of the Buddha. Bow and listen to the Buddha.” --- Shobogenzo, section 94, "Mind of the Way”, and thus, Limbo is seen as an invisible shadow or set of shadows that cannot be gazed upon except by those with the same eyes.
The Shadow Sword
Shadow Sword (His weapon of choice) which is a broadsword with an eye in the middle. It allows him to absorb and control Mana, teleport, create rituals, absorb virtually anything and summon the World of Darkness at will alongside Existence Erasure and true Durability Negation. He can do things like wrap it in Mana, absorb energy, revive the dead.
Satoshi's true form.
Satoshi using Mana.
His Mana knocking people out.
Satoshi using Mana with his Pure Eye.
Mana Manipulation (Mana Ferhez - Where he can control Mana, allowing him to control the soul, mind and heart). Even when outside the World of Darkness, he can still use Mana (or even other sources of energy like cosmic energy) and knock people out with a singular glance or control them to do his bidding.
Scar of Shadow is an ability that comes from the Shadow Sword, allowing him to reopen the mental, emotional, conceptual, psychological and physical wounds a person has ever received in their lives.
Laia Faqadta (Qwaitha): Riqana-ḏ-aksa-mahda-nishba - Zihrun ḏ Alma ḏ-hšuka: Tula harba-ḏ-siniawis ad bira ad aksa - Qwaitha-ḏ-šahriala u Id Šahriala u bunkha Malka-ḏ-hšuka u Id Šahriala u bunkha Malka-ḏ-hšuka or Supreme Command (Power): Life and Void of the Time - Before Creation of the World of Darkness: Shadow Sword of the Underworld, causing the Ritual Circle to completely manifest, linking the World of Darkness to the real world, devouring the World of Light as well as all of Existence was devoured with Kento being the core. “Just what are you doing?!” Lucifer asked as Krun smiled menacingly. “This is the Supreme Usage of the Shadow Sword… the sacrifice of Creation for darkness itself. I win, Devil.” Krun said as Kento himself looked surprised. “Holy Slave for Mana?!” Lucifer thought to himself as he felt himself finally dying as even Ashoka witnessed the entirety of the Arena and the Cosmos crumbling as the Ritual Circle then absorbed everything, devouring the entire World of Darkness as all the lords of Darkness looked horrified, realising what Krun was doing as Qin and Anathan remained silent.
Crisis of the Queen: What does this is unknown but it is likely a far more evolved and higher form of her daughter's ability; as she could use it to withstand even a branch of the Sidrat-al-Muntaha.
Rišaia Malakta-ḏ-hšuka (Original Queen of Darkness): Uses the origin of Mana in her hands and "allows me to cloak myself and bless those I deem fit with the World of Darkness’ traits such as negative emotions, curses, blessings, light manipulation, dark manipulation, elemental manipulation, causality control, law manipulation and all other powers" which means she has all these abilities.
Monarch of Shadow: Whilst not fully explained, he has the ability to adapt to any situation and control all probabilities.
Satoshi when using the Monarch of Darkness
Šaiul (Hellfire): A technique that can summon black flames.
Šaiul
Sumqaq: Haila ḏ-hšuka (Poisoned Well: Power of Darkness): A technique that fires poisoned mana that has the properties of water which can affect people on the conceptual level.
Mana Barrier: Uthra-ḏ-hšuka (Guardian of Darkness): A barrier which can defend him from virtually anything.
Possible Scorpion Physiology and Mana Manipulation (“Your devil genes are gone meaning thy existence as the spoil of Beelzebub is gone. Think of Hag’s power at 50% as the ability to poison one similar to Satoshi’s usage of Blood Poison… but amplified to the extent where he can wipe away genetics, memories or the like but if they only are a devil in some regard. If they aren’t, the poison can never be healed by any means. Considering you are more than a devil… your genes will slowly be removed, leading to the removal of memories, experiences, conceptions, ideas, actions, etc… but Hag and thus all of us wilt gain complete immunity and healing to all related abilities of that genotype and species.” Zartai explained)
Scorpion Pincer (Šabuy Taqfa): An attack where he pierces someone with his claws, injecting them with conceptual poison.
Scorpion Stinger (Šabuy Parqitha): A more concentrated version of the previous attack with the exception that the poison can never be healed, using his stinger (tail).
Scorpion Stinger: Pinching Death (Šabuy Parqitha: Hbes-ḏ-Muta): An attack that uses his full power to do immense conceptual damage.
Scorpion Stinger: Scorching Annihilation (Šabuy parqitha: šaita Mutana): This attack kills the opponent, destroying their soul, mind, name, idea, etc.
Ominous Nebula's actual effect.
An example of the technique.
Ominous Nebula: A technique of extreme concentration where Mag revolves her dark energy around herself at immense speeds to the point of seeming invisible, creating a vortex that surrounds and attracts all living beings around her. This power makes the air flow and creates a vacuum and everything that comes in contact with it, effectively making her a mini black hole.
The Creation of the World of Darkness with its worlds that span without limit.
Hands of the King (Idahatha-ḏ-Malka): Allows her to summon "crushing hands of Mana" which can cause an incurable disease and crush ten forests.
Creation of the World (Nisba-ḏ-Alma): It alloweth me to make the Tibil at 33% or the first stage, the World of Darkness at 66% or my second stage of it and finally thus the World of Light as I know it at 99% or the third and final activation of the power.” Ptahil explained as he saw the scales towering over him fully, constantly adding purple flakes unto the left Pan of the Scales as her terror grew ever more, feeling his crown of thorn-based light being added unto the scale. “I… I CAN ALSO MAXIMISE THE WORLD OF MANA TO ITS LIMITS, DEVOURING ENTIRE MULTIVERSES AND FAR BEYOND! SATOSHI KILLETH ME BY USING THE POWER OF EXISTENCE TO ANNIHILATE ME FOR I CAN ALSO USE CONCEPTUAL DARKNESS THAT IS SURELY THUS PRIMORDIAL IN NATURE!!! YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT IN ORDER TO GAIN US… HE-!” He screamed as Kento’s mere presence caused him to bleed, as though it was due to the effects of the World of Imagination. “PLEASE, I BEG OF THEE TO NOT END ME SO EASILY!! I CAN ALSO HELP RECREATE ALL OF EXISTENCE!! SPARE US!!! SURELY WE ARE NOT THE SUPREME ONE!!!!” Ptahil screamed still as the Scales continually tipped towards the left side. “THE CREATION OF THE WORLD ALLOWETH ME TO DO WHATEVER I WANT AS LONG AS THE NOTION OF CREATION AND POWER EXISTETH!!! THAT IS ALL! I WAS THE TRUE RULER OF THE WORLD OF DARKNESS AFTER MY MOTHER RUHA AND MY BROTHER UR, WHO WAS A DRAGON!!” He continued to scream - he can create all three worlds at 33% power each.
Satoshi's true nature/King of Light.
His armour as King of Light.
The Holy Spirit
The true power of his final form.
Malka-ḏ-Nhūra (King of Light): His final transformation which amplifies his power infinitely.
When Sage Art is initially used.
Monkey Sage Mode?
Vanara Sanyāsī (Forest Dweller/Monkey Hermit or Sage)
Sage Mode.
Vanara Sanyāsī (Forest Dweller/Monkey Hermit or Sage) Mode is a mode gained by summoning the Monkey God, Hanuman. Satoshi’s features were as follows: a highly arching tail of the langur, the pinkish face with the more pronounced and powerful muzzle of the bandar and the stance of a human being, whilst also now bearing white hairs that surrounded his lower chins ever so slightly; also being tawny coloured like a series of flashing thunderbolts wrapped up in a white cloth beaming like a cluster of Ashoka flowers wide opened, with his eyes resembling refined gold and he was difficult to look at, like a flash of lightning. He was yellow, like lightning. He looked like a flash of lightning. He was as swift as lightning. His short and stout head rested on the crook of his arms. Because his shoulders were so large, the waist above his hips seemed to be slender. His tail was bent at the end and was covered with long hair. It was erect and dazzling, like a banner. His lips were red and his tongue had the complexion of copper. His ears were red and his brows moved. His face was like the moon with its beams and the teeth were round and sharp. The inside of the mouth was adorned with white and dazzling teeth. Above it, the extensive mane looked like a mass of ashoka flowers and was as resplendent as a blazing fire and he looked fearlessly with eyes that were as yellow as honey; equal to a mountain, shook his hair, quivered his body and let out a great roar like from a vast cloud. The two eyes shone, fixed like the sun and the moon. His mouth and nose were copper coloured. His face looked like the solar disc when it is touched by the evening. The great ape’s copper-coloured behind was radiant and looked like a large and shattered mountain, exuding ochre-hued minerals. “Indeed Satoshi is Atulit baldhama (Abode of Unlimited Power) by way of Hanuman and thus the State of Brahman alongside this form of newness.” Ashoka thought to himself. It grants six Abilities:
“Sage Art: 翡翠绿世界 (Fěicuì lǜ shìjiè - Emerald Green World).” Satoshi said as Hanuman roared loudly, shaking the tower which could casually contain a universe unto itself. “A roar… is that the command?” The man thought to himself as time unfroze, disabling the effect of A-Jamãn (Without time), causing the man to then see a tower - It summons a tower which forces a genjutsu on the opponent, incapacitating them.
“Sage Art: 火山之火 (Huǒshān zhī huǒ - Flames of the Fiery Mountain)!” Satoshi then said as upon the man returning
“Sage Art: 火山之火 (Huǒshān zhī huǒ - Flames of the Fiery Mountain)
into the Tower’s world, he was set atop a mountain of raw flame. "The mountains are about twenty miles from here. You have to cross them to get to the West, but they're over 250 miles of flame. Not a blade of grass can grow anywhere around. Even if you had a skull of bronze and a body of iron you would melt trying to cross them." Satoshi explained. "The immortal has a plantain fan," the young man replied. "If you ask it to, the fan puts out the fire at the first wave, makes a wind blow at the second wave, and brings rain at the third wave. That is how we can sow and reap the crops to support ourselves. Without it nothing would be able to grow." On hearing this Monkey rushed back inside, gave the cakes to Sanzang, and said, "Don't worry, Master: Don't get upset about what's going to happen the year after next. East these cakes up and I'll tell you all about it." Sanzang took the cakes and said to the old man, "Please have a cake, sir." "I could not possibly eat one of your cakes before we've offered you any of our tea and food," the old man replied. "Sir," Monkey replied, "there's no need to give us food or tea. But could you tell me where the Iron Fan Immortal lives?" "What do you want to know about the immortal for?" the old man asked. "The cake−seller told me just now that the immortal has a plantain fan," said Monkey. "If you borrow it the first wave puts the fire out, the second raises a wind and the third brings rain. That's why you're able to sow and reap the crops to support yourselves. I want to go to ask the immortal to come so we can put out the flames on the Fiery Mountains and cross them. And you'll be able to sow, reap and live in peace." "It's a nice idea," said the old man, "but as you have no presents the immortal wouldn't come." Hanuman explained calmly, as the man screamed in severe pain upon doing so.
“Sage Art: 猴圣石祖 (Hóu shèng shí zǔ - Stone Patriarchs of the Monkey Sage!)” Satoshi said, summoning two gibbons atop each shoulder. “We are doing that technique, eh?” Each gibbon said to the other; the male is the “Ape Patriarch” (Yuan jiazhang, 猿家長), while the female becomes known as the “Western Ape Immortal” (Xi yuan xian, 西猿仙) and the “Ape Matriarch” (Yuan nu jiazhang, 猿女家長). The two are much sought after by animal, human, devil, and deva to teach them the essence of the Dao. Both become the religious teachers of countless beings, from the lowliest creature to the purest deva in the highest heaven. “Satoshi, ready thyself!” The Ape Patriarch said, breaking Satoshi out of the bindings completely with the man looking shocked, if not visibly terrified upon seeing this, countering this by attempting to wish the State of Brahman into existence, and this seemingly failed with his previous state of being (for his eyes were those of celestial bodies) maintaining itself fully. “Let us recite the verses of Sun Wukong’s creation, rending heaven and earth therein:
The two Patriarchs
The call of death.
“It stills the ocean with its might, It awes the jade sea into calm. It stills the ocean with its might: Tides wash its silver slopes and fish swim into its caves. It awes the jade sea into calm: Amid the snowy breakers the sea−serpent rises from the deep. It rises high in the corner of the world where Fire and Wood meet; Its summit towers above the Eastern Sea. Red cliffs and strange rocks; Beetling crags and jagged peaks. On the red cliffs phoenixes sing in pairs; Lone unicorns lie before the beetling crags. The cry of pheasants is heard upon the peaks; In caves the dragons come and go. There are deer of long life and magic foxes in the woods; Miraculous birds and black cranes in the trees. There are flowers of jade and strange plants that wither not; Green pine and bluish cypress ever in leaf, Magic peaches always in fruit. Clouds gather round the tall bamboo. The wisteria grows thick around the mountain brook And the banks around are newly−coloured with flowers. It is the Heaven−supporting pillar where all the rivers meet, The Earth's root, unchanged through a myriad aeons. There was once a magic stone on the top of this mountain which was thirty−six feet five inches high and twenty−four feet round. It was thirty−six feet five inches high to correspond with the 365 degrees of the heavens, and twenty−four feet round to match the twenty−four divisions of the solar calendar. On top of it were nine apertures and eight holes, for the Nine Palaces and the Eight Trigrams. There were no trees around it to give shade, but magic fungus and orchids clung to its sides. Ever since Creation began it had been receiving the truth of Heaven, the beauty of Earth, the essence of the Sun and the splendour of the Moon; and as it had been influenced by them for so long it had miraculous powers. It developed a magic womb, which burst open one day to produce a stone egg about the size of a ball. When the wind blew on this egg it turned into a stone monkey, complete with the five senses and four limbs. When the stone monkey had learned to crawl and walk, he bowed to each of the four quarters. As his eyes moved, two beams of golden light shot towards the Pole Star palace and startled the Supreme Heavenly Sage, the Greatly Compassionate Jade Emperor of the Azure Vault of Heaven, who was sitting surrounded by his immortal ministers on his throne in the Hall of Miraculous Mist in the Golden−gated Cloud Palace. When he saw the dazzling golden light he ordered Thousand−mile Eye and Wind−accompanying Ear to open the Southern Gate of Heaven and take a look. The two officers went out through the gate in obedience to the imperial command, and while one observed what was going on the other listened carefully. Soon afterwards they reported back: "In obedience to the Imperial Mandate your subjects observed and listened to the source of the golden light. We found that at the edge of the country of Aolai, which is East of the ocean belonging to the Eastern Continent of Superior Body, there is an island called the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit. A magic stone on the top of this mountain produced a magic egg, and when the wind blew on this egg it turned into a stone monkey which bowed to each of the four quarters. When he moved his eyes, golden light shot towards the Pole Star Palace; but now that he is eating and drinking, the golden light is gradually dying." In his benevolence and mercy the Jade Emperor said, "Creatures down below are born of the essence of heaven and earth: there is nothing remarkable about him." On his mountain the monkey was soon able to run and jump, feed from plants and trees, drink from brooks and springs, pick mountain flowers and look for fruit. He made friends with the wolves, went around with the tigers and leopards, was on good terms with the deer, and had the other monkeys and apes for relations. At night he slept under the rockfaces, and he roamed around the peaks and caves by day. As the saying so rightly goes, "There is no calendar in the mountains, and when winter's over you don't know the time of year." On hot mornings he and all the other monkeys would play under the shade of some pines to avoid the heat. Just look at them all: Climbing trees, picking flowers, looking for fruit; Throwing pellets, playing knucklebones; Running round sandy hollows, building stone pagodas; Chasing dragonflies and catching locusts; Worshipping the sky and visiting Bodhisattvas; Tearing off creepers and weaving straw hats; Catching fleas then popping them with their teeth and fingers; Grooming their coats and sharpening their nails; Beating, scratching, pushing, squashing, tearing and tugging; Playing all over the place under the pine trees; Washing themselves beside the green stream. After playing, the monkeys would go and bathe in the stream, a mountain torrent that tumbled along like rolling melons. There is an old saying, "Birds have bird language and, animals have animal talk." All the monkeys said to each other, "I wonder where that water comes from. We've got nothing else to do today, so wouldn't it be fun to go upstream and find its source?" With a shout they all ran off, leading their children and calling to their brothers. They climbed up the mountain beside the stream until they reached its source, where a waterfall cascaded from a spring. They saw One white rainbow arching, A thousand strands of flying snow, Unbroken by the sea winds, Still there under the moon. Cold air divides the greeny crags, Splashes moisten the mountainside; A noble waterfall cascades, Hanging suspended like a curtain. The monkeys clapped their hands and explained with delight, "What lovely water. It must go all the way to the bottom of the mountain and join the waves of the sea." Then one monkey made a suggestion: "If anyone is clever enough to go through the fall, find the source, and come out in one piece, let's make him our king." When this challenge had been shouted three times, the stone monkey leapt out from the crowd and answered at the top of his voice, "I'll go, I'll go." Splendid monkey! Indeed: Today he will make his name; Tomorrow his destiny shall triumph. He is fated to live here; As a King he will enter the Immortals' palace.” The monkeys said in unison. “They are monkeys of the Animal Realm, therein existing below me in rank surely. They are indeed incredibly powerful but this is but one part of thy technique, that being the fourth technique.” Hanuman explained to which the monkeys smiled, bowing down to Hanuman with humility. Since the creation of the world, it had been nourished for a long period by the seeds of Heaven and Earth and by the essences of the sun and moon, until, quickened by divine inspiration it became pregnant with a divine embryo using the corresponding yin (earth/female) and yang (heaven/male) energy to fuel their reenactment of the creation of the cosmos through sexual union. As mated gibbons often do, the pair sings the most beautiful duets that echo throughout time and space. The power of their song continues to increase as their immortal lives extend through the ages. However… with this… the man felt sheer horror as their screams drowned out his soul, heart and mind; withering his thoughts to dust and nothing more than a plant in the worst of condition, becoming so powerful that the duet is capable of crumbling mountains, churning the oceans, and shaking the very firmament of heaven. In fact, their song inadvertently topples one of the mountain pillars supporting the sky and as the Jade Emperor sensed this, he smiled, but couldn’t help but notice their noises that were shaking the house of Satoshi in both the Blue Lane and the Sahara, causing miniature tremors as every part of the School was shaking too. “So Satoshi is… evolving?” Damien thought to himself with slight shock and surprise, if anything, as at least 13 days had passed for him, with his ears being hardly affected by way of Saint George’s Godly Sight… which couldn’t allow him to see the World of Brahman but he could see the World of Darkness, in its transcendental dimensionality, yes! The Jade Emperor then snapped his fingers, stopping the gibbon’s mating calls and devouring them in eternal silence as everything that was affected by their incessant calls… stopped their actions. “Finally, that damn call is done!” The man thought to himself, immediately allowing him to attack the monkeys who turned to stone, disappearing to the sands of time. “Satoshi… continue to work on thyself.” Hanuman explained as he then used Isitva on the man who had no choice but to counter by using A-bîsh (without affliction or torment), attempting to make himself immune, summoning a huge arrow of flames in hand only for Hanuman to then summon his own arrow, which was thus the Brahmastra in its glory.
“Sage Art: 无数万那罗-最终魔幻观音真相 (Wú shù wàn nà luō-zuìzhōng móhuàn guānyīn zhēnxiàng - Countless Vanaras - Final Demonic Vision: The Truth of Guanyin)!” He said, throwing them into his mouth as he chewed them to tiny pieces and then spat them into the air. “Change!” he cried, and they changed at once into two or three hundred million little monkeys (from two hairs), bears and chimpanzees; encircling the combatant on all sides. For you see, when someone acquires the body of an immortal, he can project his spirit, change his form, and perform all kinds of wonders. Since the Monkey King had become accomplished in the Way, every one of the eighty-four thousand hairs on his body could change into whatever shape or substance he desired. Many were of outstanding valour and the female chimpanzees and bears gave birth to great beings of immensely gifted nature. They produced hundreds and thousands of healthy progeny. These dwellers of the forest were imposing in form and in strength and fearlessness resembling lions and tigers. All were able to cleave rocks and mountains and fight with their nails or their teeth. Skilled in every kind of weapon, they could shake great peaks, uproot the stoutest trees and by their velocity even put the sea god to shame. Able to tear up the earth with their feet and cause the ocean to overflow, they could fly in the air and seize the clouds. These beings of the monkey tribe wandered in the woods, making captive the elephants, and by their shouts causing the birds in flight to fall to the ground. Thus were born millions of monkeys, able to assume any form, together with hundreds and thousands of monkey chiefs. These chiefs begot other brave and powerful beings, some of whom dwelt on the mountains while others inhabited the valleys and forests. Vali would inevitably become the leader of the monkeys, ultimately being superseded by Hanuman in time as other Vanara lived under the command of group leaders, such as Nala, Nila and Hanuman. They were as strong as eagles and skilled in every sort of warfare as Seth was visibly horrified, seeing a huge mountain, specifically that of the Flower Fruit Mountain which was indeed the pillar of Heaven, where a hundred rivers meet— The Earth’s great axis, in ten thousand kalpas unchanged as Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven had been nourished for a long period by the seeds of heaven and earth and by the essences of the sun and moon as the bodhisattva Guanyin appeared Āditya and Candra came from his eyes, Maheśvara came from his forehead, Brahmā came from his shoulders, Nārāyaṇa came from his heart, Devi Sarasvatī came from his canines, Vāyu came from his mouth, Dharaṇī came from his feet, and Varuṇa came from his stomach as this form of the bodhisattva was a male. “Guanyin?!” Seth thought to himself in absolute fear as the power of Keter kept him from going insane.
The Truth of Guanyin
“The Thousand-Armed and Thousand- Eyed Guanyin (千手千眼觀音; pinyin: Qiānshǒu Qiānyǎn Guānyīn) is described as being superior to all gods and buddhas of the Indian pantheon. The Āryakāraṇḍavyūhanāmamahāyāna Sutra also states that "it is easier to count all the leaves of every tree of every forest and all the grains of sand in the universe than to count the blessings and power of Avalokiteshvara. He is the Adi-Buddha, who is 'svayambhu' (self-existent, not born from anything or anyone). Now then… let us recite:” Ashoka said as every monkey and creature that was spawned (numbering in the millions casually from two hairs) clapped their hands, doing not a mating call but a call of death… to signify the rebirth of the Future Sage of Guanyin’s right eye: “Cundī Dhāraṇī: namaḥ saptānāṃ samyaksaṃbuddha koṭīnāṃ tadyathā, oṃ cale cule cunde svāhā a Oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ (Sound of the Enlightened Jewelled Lotus) Upon this being said, this allowed for a single pore in Avalokiteshvara's body to open and reveal in brilliant illumination a vast multitude of world systems as Seth was horrified, for he could hardly move a muscle. There are no gods… anymore. Yet it is said that Satoshi wilt be a Sage in due time by way of complete mastery of Vanara Sanyāsī (Forest Dweller/Monkey Hermit or Sage) Mode. He will go on the path of vacomārgātita where he is and will go beyond the path of words and he shalt gain Amaratva or Natural and complete immortality. Surely, this is not a part of the State of Brahman but Satoshi’s natural being by way of summoning Hanuman for more than 5 minutes or even a minute at most and then absorbing energies of the natural variety; as the final two techniques are related to Sun Wukong’s Journey in some truest regard. This is not a genjutsu… it is teleportation, illusions in the form of Tamasyi Maya where none can detect it however that is what he would call genjutsu alongside with the Tower of Emerald (Emerald World where he can summon the Chi’eng fish or create a hallucinatory world)… his ninjutsu are the flames (his second technique), the Stone Patriarchs screaming which could affect dimensions (the third technique and thus the precursor to this fourth technique of the present); and the Water Curtain Cave which is his fifth technique and his final technique, that of the sixth… is Taijutsu (or Jujutsu) not too similar to the Bodhisattva Form. Verily, it is to be said in a way of manageable understanding that the second part of his Sagely form will thus incorporate the powers of the other Vanara in his final technique… alongside a secret technique incorporating the ability to turn into the opponent by way of his millions of myriads of magical forms. Thus, I speak: If there are bhikṣus, bhikṣuṇīs, upāsakas, or upāsikās who memorize and recite this dhāraṇī 800,000 times, their deadly karma in every place, created over innumerable eons, will be completely annihilated. In every place where they are born or reside, they will always meet Buddhas and bodhisattvas. They will always have adequate resources and abilities to do as they wish. In any birth, they will always be able to leave the home life, and will have the ability to maintain the pure precepts of a bodhisattva. They will be born in human or heavenly realms, they will not fall into evil destinies, and they will always be protected by all the heavenly guardians. This great dhāraṇī of Cundī is a great brilliant mantra teaching that is spoken by all Buddhas of the past, all Buddhas of the future, and all Buddhas of the present time. I also now speak it thusly to benefit all sentient beings, causing them to attain Anuttarā Samyaksaṃbodhi. If there are sentient beings with little merit, who lack the roots of goodness, natural ability or the Factors of Bodhi, if they obtain hearing of this dhāraṇī method, they will quickly realize the attainment of Anuttarā Samyaksaṃbodhi. If there are people who are always able to remember, recite, and maintain this dhāraṇī, they will all obtain immeasurable roots of goodness. Thus, with this, he will thus become Omni-Sage or the Sarv Gyani, able to see all worlds with his sight alone. Thus… he will finally gain his true power.” Ashoka thought to himself as Hanuman smiled and fought Seth who was trapped on the Mountain whilst also being bound by the creatures in reality as the thousands of hands that Guanyin had rained down like meteors from the skies, with him being unable to dodge.
“Sage Art: 水簾洞印記-五行真山 (Shuǐ lián dòng yìnjì-wǔháng zhēnshān = Seal of the Water Curtain Cave - True Mountain of Five Elements)!” Satoshi thought to himself as the Guanyin statue clapped its hands in unison only for Seth to alter reality however the statue would not permit this, sealing off Seth in a beautiful cavernous area. Here, take a look: Situated within the heart of the mountain, the Water Curtain Cave can be found by traveling through a magnificent waterfall cascading down from a spring that went down to join the waves of the sea. It was in the land of Aolai in the Eastern Continent of Superior Body, where there was also the southern Jambu continent. The entrance of the cave is connected to the waterfall by an iron bridge leading to the cave, with water rushing below that poured out through a fissure in the rocks. This cavern boasts a serene landscape, which include piles of emerald moss, white clouds gracing the air amidst wisps of colored mist, dragon pearls hanging in niches and exotic blooms all around, tall bamboos, sprigs of plum blossom and a few pines that always attract rain. Within this haven of tranquility, there is a house with windows, which include stone chairs and beds, a stove and fireplace, a table, stone plates and bowls. A stone tablet with the a carved inscription reads: "Happy Land of the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit, Cave Heaven of the Water Curtain (花果山福地、水簾洞洞天, Huāguǒ shān fúdì, shuǐlián dòng dòngtiān). Here’s a poem: 翠蘚堆藍，白雲浮玉，光搖片片煙霞。 虛窗靜室，滑凳板生花。 乳窟龍珠倚掛， 縈迴滿地奇葩。 鍋灶傍崖存火跡，樽罍靠案見殽渣。 石座石床真可愛，石盆石碗 更堪誇。 又見那一竿兩竿修竹，三點五點梅花。 幾樹青松常帶雨，渾然像個人家。 (Fresh mosses piling up indigo, White clouds like jade afloat, And luminous sheens of mist and smoke; Empty windows, quiet rooms, And carved flowers growing smoothly on benches; Stalactites suspended in milky caves; Rare blossoms voluminous over the ground. Pans and stoves near the wall show traces of fire; Bottles and cups on the table contain left overs. The stone seats and beds were truly lovable; The stone pots and bowls were more praiseworthy. There were, furthermore, a stalk or two of tall bamboos, And three or five sprigs of plum flowers. With a few green pines always draped in rain
The Water Curtain Cave.
. This whole place indeed resembled a home) as Seth looked horrified, seeing the thousand hands converge on him fully as Seth smiled, using his power to deflect the hands, each of which could end the universe. “Jiugong, 九宮 (Nine Dragons).” The Ape Patriarchs said, summoning a wall from a tree which released nine phantom dragons, doing their mating call as Guanyin smiled calmly. "I've got you, you piss−spirit of a human," roared the Buddha at him. "You never left the palm of my hand. This is a mere inch of my being.” The Buddha Guanyin said. “You’re wrong there. I never left my tower!” Seth said arrogantly as he felt his crown starting to crack. "Tsk. There's no need to go. Just look up." Guanyin said with humility. He turned his five fingers into a mountain chain belonging to the elements Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth, renamed them the Five Elements Mountain, and gently held him down, using his thousand hands to bind the poor man’s soul (Atman). “With my full power, I can escape… knobhead!” Seth said as his crown was then ripped off his head, clanging to the side. "It doesn't matter," the Buddha said, producing from his sleeve a strip of paper on which were written the golden words Om mani padme hum, sticking it to the summit of the mountain; for it was several infinitudes larger than Mount Sumeru and Kunlun as the paper was pasted firmly to a square boulder on the top of the Five Elements Mountain. When this was done the mountain sank roots and joined up all its seams. The King of Potential was still able to breathe and he could still stick his hands out and move them. “Now then…” The Patriarchs said, allowing the phantom dragons to become nine stone tablets which surrounded the mountain whole; “石敢當 壓在太山根玉; pinyin: shí gǎn dāng yazai, taishan gen wang (“By way of the stone tablets, pressed under the base of Mt. Tai was the King”) The Patriarchs said in unison, sealing him with a Mountain which could surely contain the universe as its base as the King was angered… and in the tower… his Atman was sealed as his full power was now released, breaking out of the creatures’ grip with ease, ultimately attacking everyone with Satoshi looking horrified.
“第六聖功：輪迴 - 六界：國家之恩 (Dì liù shèng gōng: Lúnhuí - liù jiè: Guójiā zhī ēn = Sixth Sage Art: Samsaric Rebirth - Six Realms: Boon of the State).” Satoshi thought to himself as he felt his soul manifesting from within, for this was his full power henceforth, crushing all the universes and multiverses sent at him with his hand. This would be… the hardest battle he would ever have to face. “I am surprised… this knowledge I have gained shows me how paltry you truly are.” Seth said arrogantly, immediately sensing his power slowly dipping as he blitzed Satoshi, kicking him so hard that his body became nothing more than jelly only for the State of Brahman to force Satoshi’s body into place.
"Seventh Sage Art: Brahman’s Return: Golden Chainmail Armour of the Sun’s Immortality (第七賢功：婆羅門歸來：鎖子黃金甲太陽的不朽, Dì qī xiángōng: Póluómén guīlái: Tàiyáng bùsǐ jīn suǒ jiǎ).” summons armour that is as radiant as the sun.
“Eighth Sage Art: Lord of the Monkeys - Life’s Calamities (第八聖功：猴君-人生劫難, Dì bā shèng gōng: Hóu jūn-rénshēng jiénàn).” Krun then said, causing the entirety of space-time to shudder in terror. “He’s now using the ability where he has 72 lives, like myself plus the ability to cause the Heavenly Calamities (sanzai lihai, 三災利害) sent by heaven to punish him for achieving immortality and defying his fate. Though your appearance will be preserved and your age lengthened, after five hundred years Heaven will send down the calamity of thunder [lei zai, 雷災] to strike you. Hence you must be intelligent and wise enough to avoid it ahead of time. If you can escape it, your age will indeed equal that of Heaven; if not, your life will thus be finished. After another five hundred years Heaven will send down the calamity of fire [huo zai, 火災] to burn you. The fire is neither natural nor common fire; its name is the Fire of Yin [yin huo, 陰火], and it arises from within the soles of your feet to reach even the cavity of your heart, reducing your entrails to ashes and your limbs to utter ruin. The arduous labor of a millennium will then have been made completely superfluous. After another five hundred years the calamity of wind [feng zai, 風災] will be sent to blow at you. It is not the wind from the north, south, east, or west; nor is it one of the winds of four seasons; nor is it the wind of flowers, willows, pines, and bamboos. It is called the Mighty Wind [bi feng, 贔風], and it enters from the top of the skull into the body, passes through the midriff, and penetrates the nine apertures. The bones and the flesh will be dissolved and the body itself will disintegrate. You must therefore avoid all three calamities. The destructions are of three kinds: those by fire, those by water and those by wind. […] The destructions succeed one another in the following sequence: seven by fire followed by a destruction by water. This cycle of eight destructions is repeated a total of seven times. This is then followed by seven more destructions by fire, followed by a final by wind. Thus there are 7 x 8 or 56 destructions by fire; 7 by water and a final 64th by wind.
Ninth Sage Art: 第九仙功：黃魔道 (Dì jiǔ xiān gōng: Huáng módào: Way of the Yellow Demon). He turned his head sharply to the Southeast opened his mouth three times, and blew. A yellow hurricane suddenly arose. It was really terrible. As it howled and moaned all was changed; Without sign or shadow the yellow dust whirled, Whistling through forests, toppling mountains, and uprooting trees, Picking up dust to blot out the tumbling ridge. The Yellow River's waters were all in turmoil, While the Yangtse's waves were blown backwards. The Polar palace was rocked in the sky, The Senluo Palace in the Underworld was all but blown down. Heaven was filled with the shouting of Arhats, The Eight Great Vajrapanis were all yelling wildly. Manjusri's black−coated lion fled, Samantabhadra's white elephant was nowhere to be found. The True Martial Emperor's tortoise and snake were missing, Zi Tong's mule was blown away by its saddle−cloth. Travelling merchants called on Heaven, Boatmen made vows to the gods as they sought safety. Lives were washed away in the torrent, Fortune or death was decided by the waters. The cave palace on the magic mountain was murky dark, And Penglai, island of joy, was wrapped in gloom. Lao Zi could hardly manage to look after his furnace, The Star of Longevity put away his fan of dragon's beard grass. The Queen Mother, on her way to a Peach Banquet, Had the pendants at her waist blown in a tangle. Erlang could not find his city of Guanzhou; Nezha could scarcely draw his sword from its scabbard. Heavenly King Li lost sight of the pagoda in his hand, Lu Ban the carpenter dropped his gold−tipped awl. Three stories of the pagoda at Thunder Monastery fell, And the stone bridge at Zhaozhou collapsed. The red wheel of the sun sent out no light, And all the stars in the sky were dimmed. The birds of the Southern hills were carried to the North, The waters of the East lake flowed to the West. Husband was parted from wife, Mother snatched from child. The dragon king searched the seas for his yakshas, The thunder god hunted everywhere for his lightning. The Ten Kings of hell looked for the judge, While the bull−headed demons searched for the horse−faced. This hurricane overturned Potaraka Island, Rolling up all of Guanyin's scriptures. The white lotus went flying beyond the seas, And the twelve courts of the Bodhisattva were all blown down. Pan Gu, who had seen all winds since creation, Had never seen one as fine as this, Howl, howl−− As mountains and seas trembled, Heaven and Earth were all but blasted asunder. The hurricane that the monster had summoned up made all the little Monkeys that the Great Sage had produced from his hair whirl round in mid−air like so many spinning−wheels, and, far from being able to use their cudgels, they could not even control their own bodies. At this critical moment Monkey shook his hair and put it back on his body, then advanced to give battle with his iron cudgel held high. The monster blew another yellow hurricane at him, and it was so strong that Monkey had to shut his fiery eyes with their golden pupils tight. Opening them was out of the question. Unable to use his iron cudgel, he had to flee from the scene of battle, at which the monster put his wind away and went back to his cave. When Pig saw the great yellow hurricane blow up and cast Heaven and Earth into darkness, he held on to the horse and kept a grip on the carrying pole while he crouched in the hollow on the mountain side, not daring to open his eyes or raise his head as he invoked the Buddha and made all sorts of vows to him. He did not know whether Monkey had won or lost, or whether their master was still alive. As he worried about all this the wind died down and the sky became clear again. He raised his head to look towards the entrance of the cave, but he could neither see any weapons nor hear any gongs or drums. The idiot did not want to get any nearer to those gates, and there was nobody else to look after the horse and the baggage, so he was stuck there, not knowing what to do, and feeling miserable. His gloomy thoughts were interrupted by the sound of Monkey shouting to the West of him. Pig half rose to his feet to welcome him and said, "That was quite a wind, elder brother. Where've you been? It must be a brain−snatching wind," interrupted Pig, "or a goat's ear wind, or a hemp wind, or a head−twisting wind." "No, no," the old man said, "it's called a Divine Samadhi Wind." "What's it like?" Monkey asked. "It can darken Heaven and Earth, Make gods and devils gloomy, Split rocks open and bring cliffs down, And it doesn't stop till you're dead," Now we have used the fire of samadhi on him, which has tempered his body and made it a diamond one that cannot be harmed. The best course would be to let me take him and put him in my Eight Trigrams Furnace, where I can refine out my elixir with the civil and martial fire and reduce him to ashes at the same time. The Jade Emperor then ordered the Six Dings and the Six Jias to untie him and hand him over to the Lord Lao Zi, who took him away in obedience to the imperial decree. At the same time the Jade Emperor summoned the Illustrious Sage Erlang to his presence and rewarded him with a hundred golden flowers, a hundred jars of imperial liquor, a hundred pills of elixir, rare jewels, lustrous pearls, brocade, embroidery, and other gifts to share with his sworn brothers. The True Lord Erlang thanked him for his bounty and returned to Guanjiangkou. This is not the ordinary Way: it involves seizing the very creation of Heaven and Earth, and encroaching on the hidden workings of the sun and moon. Once the elixir is made, devils and spirits cannot tolerate it. Although it will preserve the youthfulness of your face and prolong your life, in five hundred years' time Heaven will strike you with a thunderbolt. You must be clear−sighted in nature and mind, so that you can hide from it before it comes. If you succeed in avoiding it you will live as long as Heaven; and if you don't, it will kill you. Another five hundred years later Heaven will burn you with fire. This fire will be not heavenly fire or ordinary fire but 'hidden fire'. It will burn you from the soles of your feet to the crown of your head; your five viscera will be reduced to ashes, your four limbs will be destroyed, and a thousand years of asceticism will have been so much wasted time. Yet another five hundred years later a wind will blow at you. It will not be the North, South, East, or West wind, nor will it be a warm, fragrant wind from the Northwest; nor will it be the kind of wind that blows among flowers, willows, pine, and bamboo. It will be what is called a 'monster wind'. It will blow through the crown of your head down into your six entrails. It will go through the Cinnabar Field below your navel and penetrate your nine orifices. Your flesh and your bones will be destroyed and your body will disintegrate. So you must avoid all three of these disasters. I have mastered the seventy−two earthly transformations. My somersault cloud has outstanding magical powers. I know how to conceal myself and vanish. I can make spells and end them. I can reach the sky and find my way into the earth. I can travel under the sun or moon without leaving a shadow or go through metal or stone freely. I can't be drowned by water or burned by fire. There's nowhere I cannot go. "This weapon," he said, "is made of tempered steel to which I have added the magic elixir. It preserves my miraculous essence, can transform itself, is proof against fire and water, and can snare anything. One of its names is Diamond Jade and the other is Diamond Noose. When I went out through the Han Pass some years ago to turn into a foreigner and become a Buddha, I have a great deal to thank it for. It's the best protection at any time. Just watch while I throw it down and hit him. The demon king was not afraid in the least. Bringing out his gleaming white ring he threw it into the air with a shout of "Catch them!" and as it came whistling down it trapped all the six different kinds of weapons, so terrifying Nezha that he fled for his life empty−handed. The demon king returned to his cave in triumph. When the two thunder gods saw this from up in the sky they smiled to themselves and said, "It's a good thing we realized how things were going and didn't throw our thunder splinters. If he'd caught them too we'd never have dared report back to the Heavenly Honoured Ones." The pair of them landed their clouds and went with the prince to the Southern slope of the mountain. "The demon king really has got enormous powers," they told Heavenly King Li. "The wretched demon's magic powers are nothing much," said Monkey with a laugh, "apart from that terrible ring. I wonder what sort of treasure it is and why it can catch everything when it's thrown into the air. There is no other weapon matching it on Earth, Nor iron to rival it throughout the world. It changes into anything I like, And leaps about whenever I say the spell. For many a year I've carried it around, Keeping it with me every single day. I will not put it down even to eat, Nor do I when I sleep at night. I took it with me to the Peach Banquet, And carried it into the celestial court. When I sinned my sin in drunken pride, I used it to force compliance with my evil will. When Heaven sent me down to the mortal dust, I committed all kinds of wickedness down here. I used to devour people in this cave, Until I fell in love and married in Gao Village. This rake has plunged beneath the sea to stir up dragons, And climbed high mountains to smash up tigers' dens. No other blade is worth a mention Besides my rake, the sharpest weapon ever. To win a fight with it requires no effort. "If I ask him to revive the body that'll be too easy for him. He'll only have to call on the King of Hell and ask for the king's soul back. The best way will be to ban him from going to the Underworld. The Seven−star Sword Strives for a thrust to the heart. The one strikes fear into the stars; The other's wrath is more terrible than lightning. The two of them fought thirty rounds, but neither came out on top. Monkey was delighted, though without showing it. "So this vicious devil is a match for my iron cudgel. As I've already got his three treasures I'm only wasting my time slogging it out with him like this. It'd be much better to pop him into the gourd or the vase. But that's no good," he reflected further. "As the saying goes, 'a possession is at its owner's disposal.' If they don't do what I tell them, everything will be ruined. I'll have to lasso him with the Dazzling Golden Cord." Using one hand to parry the magic sword with his cudgel, the splendid Great Sage raised the rope in the other and sent it whistling through the air to lasso the demon king. Now the king had a Rope−tightening Spell and a Rope−loosening Spell. When he lassoed others he would say the tightening spell, and nobody would be able to get free, and if he lassoed his own people he would say the loosening spell, and no one would be hurt. Recognizing this rope as one of his own family's treasures he said the loosening spell, at which the noose slid open. He got free and threw the rope back at Monkey, catching him. Before the Great Sage could apply some slimming magic to escape the demon had recited the tightening spell. Monkey was held fast, unable to free himself; he was locked tight by a gold ring at his neck. The demon jerked at the rope and pulled him over. Monkey turned and was about to go when he turned back to add, "Master, I know that you haven't the patience to sit still, but I'll make a spell to keep you safe here." With that he took out his gold−banded cudgel and in a flash he drew a circle on the ground with it. He asked the Tang priest to sit in the circle with Pig and Friar Sand standing on either side and the horse and luggage nearby. Then he put his palms together and said to the Tang Priest, "The circle I've drawn is stronger than a wall of bronze or iron. No tiger, leopard, wolf, demon, fiend or monster will dare come anywhere near it. But you must not step outside it. I guarantee that you'll come to no harm as long as you sit inside the circle; but once you leave it very nasty things will happen to you. Please, please, please stay inside it whatever happens." Sanzang did as he was told and they all sat down. Only then did Monkey set off due South on his cloud to beg for some food. When he saw the ancient trees of another farmhouse reaching up to the sky he brought his cloud down for a closer look. That's something else you wouldn't know, Master," Pig replied. "In the old days people used to draw circles on the ground to make pens. He draws a circle with his cudgel and says it's stronger than a wall of bronze or iron. But how could it possibly keep out any tigers, wolves or evil monsters that came here? We'd be a meal served up to them on a plate." "What should we do about it, Wuneng?" Sanzang asked him. "We're not sheltered from the wind or the cold here," Pig said. "If you ask me we should carry on West along the trail. Monkey went off begging on his cloud, so he's bound to be back soon. He'll catch up with us. If he's got any food we can eat it before going on. All we've got from sitting here so long is cold feet." These words were to be Sanzang's undoing: he followed the idiot's advice and they all left the circle. The Tang Priest walked along the trail with Pig leading the horse and Friar Sand carrying the luggage. They soon reached the house with high towers, which was a South−facing compound. Outside the gates was a whitewashed wall, above which rose a multicolored gatetower shaped like lotuses leaning together. The gates stood half open. While Pig tethered the horse to a stone drum by the threshold Friar Sand put the luggage down and Sanzang sat on the doorsill out of the wind. "Master," said pig, "this looks like a nobleman or a minister's house. There's nobody at the gates, so I suppose they're all inside warming themselves up by the fire. Sit down and let me take a look." "Do be careful," said the Tang Priest. "Don't go charging into their house.” Monkey, meanwhile, who had filled his begging bowl with rice in the farmhouse to the South, rode his cloud back and landed it on a stretch of level ground on the mountainside to find the Tang Priest gone he knew not where. The circle he had drawn with his cudgel was still there, but travelers and horse had disappeared. When he looked towards where the buildings had been they had vanished too: all that could be seen were mountains and grotesquely shaped rocks. The Five Elements were combined with the heavenly Immortal, Recognizing their master of the old days. They have been sufficiently refined to achieve great things; When true and false are distinguished, origins are seen. When Metal joins Nature, like joins like; When Wood seeks the Passions, both are lost. When the two Earths achieve nirvana, Fire and Water will combine, and worldly dust be no more. "If they meet metal," the deity said, "they fall; if they meet wood they rot; if they meet water they dissolve; if they meet fire they are burnt; and if they meet earth they go into it. If you tap them you have to use a golden rod, otherwise they won't drop; and when you knock them down you must catch them in a bowl padded with silk handkerchiefs. If they come in contact with wooden utensils they rot, and even if you eat one it won't make you live any longer. When you eat them you must do so off porcelain, and they should be cooked in clear water. If they come in contact with fire they become charred and useless, and they go into any earth they touch. When you knocked one to the ground just now it went straight in, and as the earth here will now live for forty−seven thousand years you wouldn't be able to make any impression on it even with a steel drill: it's much harder than wrought iron. But if a man eats one he wins long life. Try hitting the ground if you don't believe me." Monkey raised his gold−ringed cudgel and brought it down on the ground. There was a loud noise as the cudgel sprang back. The ground was unmarked. "So you're right," said Monkey, "you're right. This cudgel of mine can smash rocks to powder and even leave its mark on wrought iron, but this time it did no damage at all. This means that I was wrong to blame you. You may go back now." At this the local deity went back to his shrine. The Dragon King took him into the middle of the sea treasury, where all of a sudden they could see ten thousand rays of golden light. Pointing at it, the Dragon King said, "That's it, where all the light is coming from." Sun Wukong hitched up his clothes and went to give it a feel. He found that it was an iron pillar about as thick as a measure for a peck of grain and some twenty feet long. Seizing it with both hands he said, "It's too thick and too long. If it were a bit shorter and thinner it would do." As soon as these words were out of his mouth this precious piece of iron became several feet shorter and a few inches thinner. Sun Wukong tossed it in his hands, remarking that it would be even better if it were thinner still. The precious iron thereupon became even thinner. Sun Wukong was taking it out of the sea treasury to have a look at it when he saw that it had two gold bands round it, while the middle part was made of black iron. There was a line of inlaid writing near the bands which said that it was the AS−YOU−WILL COLD−BANDED CUDGEL: WEIGHT 13,500 POUNDS. Sun Wukong was delighted, though he did not show it. "I think that this little darling will do whatever I want." As he walked along he weighed it in his hand and said reflectively, "If it were even smaller still it would be perfect." By the time he had taken it outside it was twenty feet long and as thick as a rice bowl. Watch him as he uses his magical powers to try a few routines with it, whirling all round the crystal palace. The Old Dragon King was trembling with fright, and the little dragons were scared out of their wits. Terrapins, freshwater turtles, seawater turtles and alligators drew in their heads, while fish, shrimps, lobsters and giant turtles hid their faces. Holding his treasure in his hands, Sun Wukong sat down in the main hall of the palace of crystal and said with a smile to the Dragon King, "Many thanks, worthy neighbour, for your great generosity." The Old Dragon King humbly acknowledged his thanks, and Sun Wukong went on, "This piece of iron will be very useful, but there is one more thing I want to ask." "What might that be, exalted Immortal?" asked the Dragon King. "If I hadn't got this cudgel, that would be the end of the matter, but as I have got it the problem is that I don't have−the clothes to go with it. What are we to do about it? If you have any armour here, I'd be most obliged if you gave me a suit." The Dragon King said he had not any. "'A guest should not have to trouble two hosts,'" said Sun Wukong. "I won't leave without one." "Please try some other sea, exalted Immortal−−you may find one there." "'It's better to stay in one house than to visit three.' I beg and implore you to give me a suit." "I really don't have one," replied the Dragon King. "If I had I would present it to you." "If you really haven't, then I'll try this cudgel out on you." "Don't hit me, exalted Immortal, don't hit me," pleaded the Dragon King in terror. "Let me see whether my brothers have one that they could give you." "Where do your brothers live?" "They are Ao Qin, the Dragon King of the Southern Sea, Ao Shun, the Dragon King of the Northern Sea, and Ao Run, the Dragon King of the Southern Sea." "I'm damned if I'm going there: as the saying goes, 'Two in the pocket is better than three owing.' So be a good chap and give me one." "There is no need for you to go, lofty Immortal," the Dragon King replied, "I have an iron drum and a bronze bell. In an emergency we strike them to bring my brothers here in an instant." "In that case," said Sun Wukong, "hurry up and sound them." And indeed an alligator general struck the bell while a terrapin marshal beat the drum. The sound of the bell and the drum startled the other three dragon kings, who had arrived and were waiting together outside within the instant. One of them, Ao Qin, said, "Elder Brother, what's up? Why the drum and the bell?" "It hurts me to tell you, brother," the Old Dragon King replied. "There's this so−called heaven−born sage from the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit who came here this morning saying that I was his neighbour, then demanded a weapon. I offered him a steel−pronged spear but he said it was too small, and a patterned halberd that he said was too light. Then he picked up the miraculous iron that fastens the Milky Way and tried a few movements with it. Now he's sitting in the palace and demanding a suit of armour, but we haven't got one. That's why I used the bell and the drum to call you here. You three must have some armour. Please give him a suit, then we can get rid of him." When Ao Qin heard this he said in a fury, "To arms, brothers. Arrest the criminal." "No! No! It's out of the question," said the Old Dragon King. "If that iron cudgel of his gets you you're done for, if it hits you die, if it comes close your skin is broken, and if it so much as brushes against you your sinews are smashed." Ao Run, the Dragon King of the Western Sea, said, "Second brother, you must not attack him. Instead we should put a suit of armour together for him, then send him away. We can send a memorial about it to Heaven, then Heaven will of course punish him." Dwelling on the thirty-third heaven, the Jade Emperor started a treasure contest. A jade decree was issued, ordering deities in the three realms and Buddhas in Western Heaven to attend the contest in the Golden Temple with their own treasures. On the third day of the third month, the Heavenly Gate was wide open. Tathagata Buddha of the West Sky and the Jade Emperor took the front seats, while other gods filed into the palace. After offering their salutes, the gods stood as per their ranks. The Jade Emperor issued another jade decree, "Since I ascended my throne, I haven't officially met you, officials. Now I set up this meeting named the Thoroughly Bright Meeting of Three Realms. As each of you has treasures, please attend the contest to show what divine powers your treasures have." The gods agreed in unison. In the first echelon, the immortals from the Eight Major Heaven Caves stepped forward. Han Zhongli took out a feather fan and presented it on the imperial table. "What's the wonder of this treasure?" the Jade Emperor asked. "This fan extinguishes the fire,” Han Zhongli said, “halts the wind, and thwarts evil spirits. Changing endlessly, it can change into a ship across the sea. It can also cloud the sun and shade the moon and gather fog and spurt clouds." The Jade Emperor was delighted at his report. Elder Zhanguo fetched a tin baton and offered it before the Jade Emperor, "This treasure of mine can raise Mount Tai. It splits water and cracks the earth. It is also limitlessly changeable." Imperial Uncle Cao offered a scepter, "This treasure of mine transmits news to all three realms. If it's opened, it is used simply with a call. It gathers and subdues ghosts. It closes to trap evil spirits. It's endowed with great divine powers." Lu Dongbing offered a male sword and a female sword, "My swords can fly thousands of miles. They cut off demons and kill evil spirits. They can reach each other, however far they are separated from each other. They can part water." Lan Caihe offered a gold-thread basket, "Let the basket fly midair and it can take in the whole world. Unripe vegetables and fruits, if gathered in the basket, ripen naturally. A man will be invisible if he sits in the basket." 6 Iron-Crutch Li presented a gourd, "In this gourd of mine are wind and fire," he said, "Whatever I need, such as wind, fire, gold, and silver, can be fetched from it. Inside are also my own mind and body. I can direct the gourd to fly in whichever direction. It can be used in every possible imaginable way." Immortal Woman He offered an iron cover, "This cover can cover the sun and the moon, preventing them from emitting light. If swung, the cover can change the positions of stars and constellations. Sitting inside, one is impenetrable by water or fire." Han Xiangzi offered a fish drum, "If this fish drum of mine is struck, the heaven and earth will go dark. It can also shelter tens of thousands of heavenly soldiers. Any called demon will be forced inside. Atop the fish drum, one can dive into the sea or ascend heaven." Hearing the reports of the eight immortals on their respective treasures with their own wonders, the Jade Emperor was wild with joy. A Buddha of the Western Sky, known as Guanyin, Bodhisattva of mercy, offered a lotus throne, "With this treasure of mine, a kind-hearted person will be naturally so intelligent that the person could know what will happen in one hundred generations. Ascended by a wicked-hearted person, the lotus throne will transform into a mountain studded with knives. This lotus throne can transform everything. Hang the lotus throne in the sky, you can summon whatever you like, such as knives or swords. It is limitlessly changeable." Pu'an Patriarch, also known as the Hierarch of All Laws, offered a whisk, "With this treasured whisk of mine, one can resist evil spirits of the three realms even at a distance of one thousand miles. With a sweep, it can bring tens of thousands of commoners to the rank of immortals. It is also able to change into different shapes." Tri-Primordial and Trial-Item Lord offered a golden spear, "This spear of mine removes devils and catches evil spirits. It avoids the two disasters of fire and water. If you throw it up in the sky, it can change indefinitely. It starts or stops killing as per my verbal order." The Black Heaven Emperor of the North offered a black banner, "This banner of mine can sweep across the three realms. At the sight of the banner, ferocious ghosts and tough demons will get inside and liquified on the seventh day." White Lotus Venerable Ananda offered a golden bowl, "Inside this bowl of mine hide tens of thousands of divine soldiers. From it, I can summon rice whenever I like. After eating the rice, a hungry ghost will not feel hungry for three years. It also has brilliant flashes and whirling purple fog." Sun Wukong, more commonly known as the Great Sage Equal to Heave, offered his Complacent Iron Rod, "This rod of mine can be either as long as a heaven pillar or as short as a needle. It subdues evils and catches ghosts. It can change infinitely. Your Majesty can find my whole body itself is a treasure." The Jade Emperor laughed, "My minister, how could your whole body be a treasure?" "My somersault, which enables me to cover thousands of miles in one go, is a treasure," said Sun Wukong, "Any hair of mine, which can be turned into hundreds of monkeys, is also a treasure." The Jade Emperor laughed again, "Please show your divine powers to testify what you said." Standing in the palace, the Monkey King recited a spell, plucked a strand of hair, and gave a puff to it. And thus, the palace was instantly filled with monkeys carrying sticks or rods, jumping and dancing. The Jade Emperor ordered Sun Wukong to take them back. Raising his long sleeves, the Jade Emperor laughed, "I’m aware that in the past, you followed Tang Monk to fetch Buddhist scriptures from the Western Heaven and displayed many divine feats. From what I saw today, you are indeed worthy of winning the f place in the contest today. I will give you one golden flower and two cups of imperial wine." Sun Wukong offered his gratitude. The Holy Goddess of Mount Phoenix offered a golden pagoda, "Besides being able to change endlessly, this pagoda of mine quells evil spirits and catches demons. If I recite a spell, it will be as heavy as Mount Tai, unshakable by thousands of men. Or it will be as small as a millet plant, which a three-year-old child can pull up easily." Yama, King of the Underworld, offered Breeding Mirror, "No kind or evil behavior can escape from this treasure of mine. For any person who hides any evil behavior across the three realms, the Breeding Mirror can distinguish his kind and evil behaviors. It can shed light on the past or the upcoming ten thousand years. At the sight of this mirror, evil spirits will feel that their feet turn sore, their hands soft, their pneuma gone and their physicality fading." The Iron-Trace Dragon King of the East Sea presented a bright pearl, "If this pearl of mine hangs in a palace house, it fills the room with light. One can inhale or exhale the light. Seeing this pearl, a human will never have any disaster." The Horse-Ear King from Mount Horse-Ear offered a treasure-gathering pearl, "Dragon King's treasure is not something precious and rare. The pearl of mine can turn a dark night as bright as day. One can inhale or exhale the light. The sight of my pearl will bring away all disasters from a human. With the pearl, one can have rice, gold, silver, or whatever he wants. One can also have flowers in fingers, yield fruits with a strand of hairs, or fly high by reciting a spell." The Jade Emperor laughed, "Your treasure is indeed more valuable than that of the Dragon King. I will give everyone five cups of imperial wine at the end of the meeting today." They filed out of the palace gate and stepped on their own clouds or fogs to return to their abodes. Later, Scholar Yu read about the divine powers of Sun Wukong and composed a poem praising him. So enviable is Sun Wukong, the Monkey Patriarch. Following his master, he made remarkable achievements on his journey to the West. In the past, he swept away demons and evil spirits in his tracks. At present, in the palace, he showed his divine powers. After having his pearl rivalled by Horse-Ear King in the palace, the Dragon King was so gloomy that he stormed back to the Dragon palace and immediately gathered his sea soldiers to attack. After marching to Mount Horse-Ear, they give ear-splitting shouts for battles. A sergeant reported this matter. Hearing about the arrival of the Dragon King's soldiers, the Horse-Ear King led his own troops to meet the Dragon King. The Dragon King cursed, "Your insensible old horse, you humiliated me in the palace right before the Jade Emperor. Offer your pearl to me, and everything will rest. If you don't, you'll meet your tragic demise today!" At the Dragon King's words, Horse-Ear King scolded back, "Why should you be greedy after your pearl proved to be inferior to mine? If you withdraw your troops now, everything settles. If you don't follow, I will raise my broadsword to cut off your head. By then, it will only be too late for you to repent." Before they exchanged the tenth blow, the Horse-Ear King was chopped off his horse by the Dragon King. The Dragon King withdrew his troops and marched back to the Dragon Palace. The Three-Eye Bhiksu, the eldest son of the Horse-Ear King, was seething with the intention to raise troops and avenge his father. His mother surnamed Ye, also known as Mount Horse-Ear Queen, remonstrated, "Now that I am pregnant, you: shall not raise the troops and avenge your father now. If the Jade Emperor shows pity on us, I shall have a son. Only after you have a brother can you avenge your father. If not, you should be patient. Let's talk about this later." We shall leave them for the moment. Behind Mount Spirit Bird was a cave dwelled by a being named Single-Flame King. "Tathagata of this world intended to practice in a snowy mountain. Reaching Mount Spirit of mine, at the sight of the looming green mountains and clear water, he asked me to lend this mountain to him," said Single-Flame King to himself, "At that time, we executed an agreement that he shall return the mountain to me within 1 year. After 1 year, I asked him to return to the mountain, but he said that I had agreed to allow him to live for 10 years. I was so furious that I asked him to fetch the written agreement. At the sight of the document, I found it was indeed 10 years. I had no alternative but to allow him to live for 10 years. After 10 years, he said that I had agreed to allow him to live for 1,000 years. I asked him to recheck the document. It was indeed a number of 1,000 in the document. I should have had a nasty fight with him. As his Buddhist powers are too overwhelming, I could not retreat from my mountain but allow him to live continuously. At present, Mount Spirit is so thriving that ten disciples of Tathagata are preaching on Buddhist scriptures. I heard that any wild animal if it listens to the sutras expounded, will reincarnate into a human being. Also, there are vegetarian banquets set in the morning and evening. Listeners can eat after the end of the preaching. I'm going to listen to the scriptures today. If he treats me well, nothing bad happens. If he neglects me, I'll make a fuss and set the fire within my body to incinerate Mount Spirit. Why shouldn’t I do that?" Tathagata held a meeting, where he preached to his disciples in the Dharma Hall. After Tathagata expounded on a few sentences, Single-Flame King approached the hall and made a deep bow to Tathagata. Tathagata rose to his feet, offered a salute, and ordered to bring Single-Flame King a seat, "What instructions do you have for me on your trip?" Tathagata asked. Single-Flame King said, "I have been hearing about your vegetarian diets and charitable deeds. I come here to listen to your preaching and ask for a vegetarian meal." Tathagata nodded and asked his disciple, "If all vegetarian meals were served, bring a millet meal for Single-Flame King." "Today's all banquets were scheduled," said a disciple, "and there's nothing left. Master, you may ask him to come tomorrow morning, and I shall arrange a table for him." Tathagata related this to Single-Flame King. Anger raging inside him, Single-Flame King saw an unoccupied table, "I will eat here. Anyone who says I shall not eat will be my foe," he said. Peacock Lad came in, holding cups of tea for arhats, his masters, only to see Single-Flame King sitting at his seat at the banquet, "Why do you take my seat and eat my meal?" Peacock Lad said in a fit of rage. With seething anger, Peacock Lad splashed the hot tea on the king's face. Anger coursing through his veins, the king let out his Five-Constellation Fire, burning Peacock Lad to the ground, and cried bitterly. "Please do not be offended by his words," Tathagata said hurriedly. Instead of taking heed of Tathagata, Single-Flame King unleashed fiercer bolts of fire. Tathagata hastily chanted a cooling mantra and saved Peacock Lad with sweet dews. Unwilling to back down, Single-Flame King clenched his teeth in hatred that Tathagata had saved Peacock Lad. The king took on another posture, ready to set fire to incinerate Mount Spirit. At the sight of this with his wise eyes, Tathagata recited a spell and summoned five hundred ferocious dragons which brought forth dews and fog to cover Mount Spirit, thus thwarting Single-Flame King from unleashing his fire again. Unable to let loose his fire, Single-Flame Spirit was annoyed. He clashed here and there in the temple, rude remarks gushing out of his mouth. Manjusri offered his words, "We Buddhist disciples will not compete against you in our knowledge. You might leave now." "If you annoy my heart, I will also set fire to burn these dog bones of yours into ashes!" SingleFlame King fumed. Manjusri gave a laugh, "You can only burn others. You can never burn me," said Manjusri, "If you can burn me, you indeed have great feats." Anger racing through him, the king set free his Five-Constellation Fire on Manjusri, but Manjusri remained perfect still. Manjusri laughed, "You monster, how could your fire burn me? I am an oil lamp before Tathagata Hall. In all these resplendent days and nights, I have been listening to the sutras and asking about the Dharma. I have accumulated many candlewicks. One day, Tathagata recited a spell and bestowed me with a human body. With my phase, spirit, hearing, and rise all arising from fire, how could you burn me? You monster, if you continue to harass our Mount Spirit and cause unease to us, I will inevitably bring forth my Samadhi Perfected Fire to burn you monster to death, so as not to cause any future trouble." Seeing this with his wise eyes, Tathagata was about to stop Manjusri, but Manjusri had already unleashed his fire and burned Single-Flame Ghost to death. Furious, Tathagata summoned other disciples to arrest Manjusri, "How dare you rascal break my precepts?" Tathagata scolded, "Although he is wrong, you and I are Buddhists. We're supposed to be infinitely merciful. Why did you burn him to death? Such an act is intolerable by the Buddhist Dharma. I shall banish you to Mount Darkness to suffer." Manjusri begged for forgiveness. Old Goddess Bodhisattva Guanyin said, "Although he is guilty, Manjusri is a disciple of Mount Spirit. He should not be banished to Mount Darkness. When he was still alive, Horse-Ear King approached our Mount Spirit to pray for a son. Now that his wife is pregnant, why not send Manjusri to be reincarnated as her son? After Manjusri goes through all his disasters, he shall be allowed to return to Mount Spirit and serve Your Honor. Why not do this?" Nodding, Tathagata was about to send Manjusri away. "My master, you order me to reincarnate," Manjusri said in tears, "but if I am deprived of the Divine Way, I am afraid that I will be bullied." Sitting atop his treasured throne, Tathagata recited a spell, "I shall now bestow you with five accesses: the heaven access, with which you can travel freely to heaven; the earth access, with which the earth will crack by itself if you want to get inside; the wind access, with which you are shadowless in the wind; the water access, with which you can travel without any obstacle in water; the fire access, with which you feel ease in the fire." Tathagata pointed his dharma finger at Majusri's head top, "I will also bestow you with a heavenly eye, with which you can see all across the three realms." Tathagata ordered Guanyin to deliver Manjusri for his reincarnation. One night, as she was burning incense sticks before a hall, Mount Horse-Ear Queen Madame Ye caught a sudden sight of five fires fluttering into her body. With a surge of unease, she felt a mild bolt of pain in her abdomen. She lumbered back to her chamber and soon gave birth to a son, who also had three eyes. Madame Ye summoned Three-Eye Bhiksu, her eldest son, "Fortunately, I gave birth to a son with three eyes like yours. We can avenge your father after your younger brother grows up. Bolts of delight surged through them, the mother and son named the newborn Three-Eye Spirit. With his mind enchanted by the pearl, how could the Dragon King cancel his siege on Mount Horse-Ear? As Madame Ye and Three-Eye Bhiksu, mother and son of Mount Horse-Ear held fast to their stronghold, the Dragon King could do nothing but withdraw his troops. Hearing that Madame Ye was delivering an infant, the Dragon King ordered his sea troops to storm Mount Horse-Ear, so as to lay his hands on both the pearl and Madame Ye to join his concubines in his sea palace. Followed by 30,000 aquatic generals and soldiers, the Dragon King marched to surround Mount Horse-Ear and gave ear-splitting shouts for engagement. As she was sitting, Madame Ye heard that the Dragon King had led his aquatic troops before Mount Horse-Ear and thrown indecent words. Startled by what she heard, she summoned Three Eye Bhisku, her eldest son, "Not long ago, your father was murdered by a villain. We have not yet avenged him. I did not expect that the villain would be so greedy that he again led his troops to our mountain. What should we do?" "My mother, please rest assured," said Three-Eye Bhisku, "There's an ancient saying that invading soldiers shall be blocked by generals and flooding water covered with soil. I'll lead my own troops to meet him today. I will catch this villain and avenge my father." Three-Eye Bhisku bid farewell to his mother and marched out of the city. Her young son, Spirit Light, was able to speak three days after he was born. He approached his mother, "I'm going to see my brother fighting with the Dragon King," said Spirit Light, "If my brother loses, I will kill the Dragon King." His mother refused. Instead of listening to her, Spirit Light left the house with his servants to watch the fight. After a fierce fight, the Dragon King defeated Three-Eye Bhisku utterly, who then returned to the city. At the sight of his defeated brother, Three-Eye Spirit Light was ready to kill the Dragon King. The crowd urged him not to go. He knocked them all down and stormed toward the Dragon King. The Dragon King and Three-Eye Spirit Light told each other their respective names. Within ten blows, Spirit Light chopped the Dragon King into two halves beside a battle steed. Aquatic soldiers fled back to the Dragon Palace. Three-Eye Bhisku returned to the city and revealed his defeat to his mother. Worry raced through both of them. A subordinate returned to report, "Seeing the defeat of our elder master, our young master knocked us down and went to fight with the Dragon King. We have not yet received any news of the results." At his words, Madame Ye bawled with tears. Another report came that the young master had killed the Dragon King and brought back his severed head. Jubilation surged through Madame Ye, "It is a manifestation of my husband's spirit so that he has a son to avenge him. Now that this villain was killed by our young master, our family will no longer be worried, "She ordered raising the head of the Dragon King as a sign. Spirit Light fell on his knees, "My mother, I hear about many famous mountains around. I would like to ask for a leave from you to admire the landscape." "It is all right for you to leave," said his mother, "In case you might have an accident, I will send a servant as your companion. Come back early to study, so that I will not lean on the door and wait for your return with expectant eyes." Spirit Light bid farewell to his mother and embarked on the journey with joy. A few miles later, Spirit Light heard a bell ringing. He approached an elder, "Where is the bell ringing?" "It is Spiritual Void Palace, also known as the Tri-Primordial Blessing-Granting Heaven Palace," said the elder, "It is the abode of Purple Subtlety Heaven Emperor of the Northern Pole." Hearing this, the young master made his way to the Spiritual Void Palace. Purple Subtlety Emperor was away to pay respects to the Jade Emperor, leaving Crimson Gown Heavenly Official and Feather Gown Heavenly Official guarding the Spiritual Void Palace. The young master made his sudden appearance in the palace, claiming to be the Young Prince of Mount Horse-Ear on his way to pay respects to Purple Subtlety Heaven Emperor and admire the landscape. "If you are a master of Mount Horse-Ear, allow us a while to prepare a vegetarian banquet to entertain Your Honor," said the two heavenly officials, "Under no circumstance shall you make your way to the rear palace." After finishing their words, the officials walked to a wing room to prepare a vegetarian banquet. Three-Eye Spirit Light strolled to the Rear Palace, only to see the palace gate closed and sealed. Spirit Light pushed open the gate and went inside. He scanned around and found two demons. As two Fire Bead Spirits wandered in the eighty-one prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River, they immediately recognized him as Master Spirit Light. "Come and save us," they called out, "Your Honor, we'll never forget your kindness!" "This place is unguarded," said Spirit Light, "Why don't you just go? Why do you ask me to save you?" "It's a spear capable of defeating demons and subduing ghosts. We're suppressed here. Only after Your Honor takes away the spear could we leave here," said the two demons, "Take this spear with you, and it will come in handy for you someday." Hearing what they said, Spirit Light drew the spear. The two demons bowed to offer their thanks and traveled all over the world to harm people. With a spear in his hand, Spirit Light left without attending the vegetarian banquet. Hearing a commotion in the Rear Palace, the two heavenly officials rushed there, only to find the young master, the demons, and the golden spear gone. As they were torn by irritations, Purple Subtlety Heaven Emperor landed from midair, "How did the two demons leave?" he asked. The two heaven officials recounted what happened in tears. Anger surged through Purple Subtlety Heaven Emperor, "How did that little beast dare to be so rude to steal my golden spear and release the two evil spirits? I will reverse the bright and dark constellations and turn my Nine-Curve Bead into Mount Horse-Ear. He will not walk outside the boundaries of my Bead. If he returns my golden spear, everything settles. If he refuses, let him be trapped to death in the Bead." Afraid that he might be caught up by Purple Subtlety, Spirit Light ordered his servant to bring the spear home first. Hearing a shout from Purple Subtlety Emperor, Spirit Light could no longer escape but lumbered into the Bead. Read on to know what will happen (Journey to the South). "We were trying to rescue our master on the Yellow Wind Ridge today," Monkey explained, "when that monster started blowing his wind at me, which made my eyes ache. They're streaming with tears now, which is why I want to find some eye ointment." "A fine story," the old man commented. "How could you tell such lies, a reverend gentleman, and so young a one at that? The Great King of the Yellow Wind's hurricane is really terrible. It can't be compared with spring winds, autumn winds, pine and bamboo winds, or North, South, East and West winds." "It must be a brain−snatching wind," interrupted Pig, "or a goat's ear wind, or a hemp wind, or a head−twisting wind." "No, no," the old man said, "it's called a Divine Samadhi Wind." "What's it like?" Monkey asked. "It can darken Heaven and Earth, Make gods and devils gloomy, Split rocks open and bring cliffs down, And it doesn't stop till you're dead," the old man replied. "If you'd encountered that wind, you couldn't possibly have survived. Only a god or an Immortal would be able to survive such a wind." "Quite right," Monkey replied, "quite right. Although we're not gods or Immortals ourselves, I regard them as my juniors, and this life of mine is extremely hard to snuff out−−all the wind could do was to make my eyes very sore." "If what you say is true," the old man said, "you must really be somebody. Although there is nowhere that sells eye ointment here, I sometimes suffer from watering eyes myself when I'm in the wind, and I once met an unusual person who gave me a prescription for 'Three Flower Nine Seed Ointment'. This cures all inflammations of the eye." Monkey bowed his head, chanted a respectful "na−a−aw," and said, "Please put a little on my eyes for me to try." The old man consented, went inside, and brought out a tiny agate bottle. Removing the stopper, he dipped a jade hairpin inside and put a tiny amount in Monkey's eyes, then told him not to open them. He could go to sleep without worrying, and in the morning he would be cured. When he had finished applying it he put the stopper back the bottle and gave it to a servant to put away inside. Pig opened their bundles, spread out their bedding, and told Monkey to go to bed.” Satoshi’s mouth said as Satanika saw a huge wind devouring the reddened sky of the Dragon World, undimensioned and transcendent.
Tenth Sage Art: Call of the Dead (聖人藝術：死亡的呼喚, Shèngrén yìshù: Sǐwáng de hūhuàn).” Ashoka then said, summoning the Book of Life and Death 生死簿 (shēng sǐ bù) The Book of Life and Death is one of the Three Books of Heaven, Earth, and Man (天地人三书 tiān dì rén sān shū). It is a complete registry of all humans and animals, from the day they are born, until the day of their preordained death. Satanika was forcibly teleported into Naraka. This is what happened: The Monkey King named the four senior apes as his four Stalwart Generals: he named the two bare−bottomed apes Marshal Ma and Marshal Liu, and called the two gibbons General Beng and General Ba. He entrusted the stockade, questions of discipline and rewards to these four. Thus freed from cares, he mounted the clouds and rode the mists, wandering round the four seas and enjoying the thousand mountains. He practiced his martial arts, visited many a hero, used his magical powers, and made a wide and distinguished circle of friends. He met with six sworn brothers of his: the Bull Demon King, the Salamander Demon King, the Roc Demon King, the Camel King, the Macaque King, and the Lion King. With him included they made seven. For days on end they talked about politics and war, passed round the goblet, strummed, sang, piped, danced, went off on days out together, and enjoyed themselves in every possible way. A journey of thousands of miles seemed to them to be no more than a walk in the courtyard. It could be said that they traveled a thousand miles in the time it takes to nod one's head, and covered three hundred with a twist of the waist. One day he instructed his four Stalwart Generals to arrange a feast for the six other kings. Oxen and horses were slaughtered, sacrifices were made to Heaven and Earth, and the assembled monsters danced, sang, and drank themselves blotto. When he had seen the six kings out and tipped his senior and junior officials Sun Wukong lay himself down under the shade of the pines beside the bridge and was asleep in an instant. The four Stalwart Generals made the others stand round and guard him, and they all kept their voices down. In his sleep the Handsome Monkey King saw two men approach him with a piece of paper in their hands on which was written "Sun Wukong." Without allowing any explanations they tied up his soul and dragged it staggering along till they reached a city wall. The Monkey King, who was gradually recovering from his drunken stupor, looked up and saw an iron plate on the wall on which was inscribed WORLD OF DARKNESS in large letters. In a flash of realization he said, "The World of Darkness is where King Yama lives. Why have I come here?" "Your life in the world above is due to end now," his escorts said, "and we were ordered to fetch you." To this the Monkey King replied, "I have gone beyond the Three Worlds, and I am no longer subject to the Five Elements. I don't come under King Yama's jurisdiction. How dare you grab me, you idiots?" But the fetchers of the dead just went on tugging at him, determined to drag him inside. The Monkey King lost his temper, pulled his treasure out of his ear, and gave it a shake. It became as thick as a rice bowl. It only took a slight movement of his arm to smash the two fetchers of the dead to pulp. He untied his bonds, loosed his hands, and charged into the city whirling his cudgel, so terrifying the ox−headed and horse−faced devils that they fled in all directions for cover. All the devil soldiers rushed to the Senluo Palace and reported, "Your Majesty, disaster, disaster! A hairy−faced thunder−god is attacking us out there." Stricken by panic, the Ten Kings who sit in the ten palaces, judging the criminal cases of the dead, hurriedly straightened their clothing and went out to look. When they saw his ferocious expression they lined up in order and shouted at the tops of their voices, "Please tell us your name, exalted Immortal." "If you don't know who I am," replied the Monkey King, "then why did you send men to bring me here?" "We wouldn't dare do such a thing. The messengers must have made a mistake." "I am Sun Wukong, the Heaven−born sage of the Water Curtain Cave on the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit. What are your posts?" "We are the ten kings." "Tell me your names at once if you don't want a bashing." To this the ten kings replied, "We are the King of Qinguang, the King of Chujiang, King Songdi, King Wuguan, King Yama, King Impartial, the King of Mount Tai, the Metropolitan King, the King of Biancheng, and the King of the Ever−turning Wheel." To this Sun Wukong replied, "You are all kings, and have esoteric understanding, so why don't you know any better? I, Sun Wukong, have cultivated the Way of Immortality and will live as long as Heaven. I've soared beyond the Three Worlds and leapt outside the Five Elements, so why did you send your men to get me?" "Please don't be angry, lofty Immortal," the ten kings said. "Many people in the world share the same name, so perhaps the fetchers of the dead went to the wrong place." "Nonsense, nonsense. As the saying goes, 'The magistrate may be wrong and the sergeant may be wrong, but the man who comes to get you is never wrong.' Go and get the Register of Life and Death for me to see." The Ten Kings invited him to come into the palace and look through it. Sun Wukong went into the Senluo Palace with his club in his hand, and sat down in the middle of the hall facing South. The Ten Kings then ordered the presiding judge to fetch the register, and the judge hastened to his office and brought out five or six documents and ten registers. He looked through them all one by one, but could not find Sun Wukong's name in the sections devoted to hairless creatures, hairy creatures, feathered creatures, insects, or scaly creatures. Then he looked through the monkey section. Now although monkeys looked like men, they were not entered under the humans; although they were like the hairless creatures, they did not live within their boundaries; although they were like running animals, they were not under the jurisdiction of the unicorn; and although they were like birds, they were not ruled by the phoenix. There was another register, and Sun Wukong looked through this one himself. Under "Soul No. 1350" was the name of Sun Wukong, the Heaven−born stone monkey, who was destined to live to the age of 342 and die a good death. "I won't write down any number of years," said Sun Wukong. "I'll just erase my name and be done with it. Bring me a brush." The judge hastily handed him a brush and thick, black ink. Sun Wukong took the register, crossed out all the names in the monkey section, and threw it on the floor with the words, "The account's closed. That's an end of it. We won't come under your control any longer." Then he cudgeled his way out of the World of Darkness. The Ten Kings dared not go near him, and they all went to the Azure Cloud Palace to bow in homage to the Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha and discuss the report they would send up to Heaven. But we will not go into this. After charging out through the city wall the Monkey King tripped over a clump of grass, tried to regain his balance, and woke up with a start. It had all been a dream. As he stretched himself he heard his four Stalwart Generals and the other monkeys saying, "Your Majesty, time to wake up. You drank too much and slept all night." "Never mind about my sleeping. I dreamt that two men came for me. They dragged me to the city−wall of the World of Darkness, where I came round. I showed them my magic powers and went yelling all the way to the Senluo Palace, where I had an argument with those Ten Kings and looked through the Register of Life and Death of us. Wherever there was mention of your names in the register, I crossed them out. We won't come under the jurisdiction of those idiots any more." All the monkeys kowtowed to him in gratitude. The reason why from that time on so many mountain monkeys have never grown old is that their names are not on the books of the officials of the Underworld. When the Handsome Monkey King had finished telling his story, the four Stalwart Generals informed the other monster kings, who all came to offer their felicitations. A few days later his six sworn brothers also came to congratulate him, and all were delighted to hear how he had struck the names off the books. We will not describe the daily feasts that followed. Instead we will describe how one day the Supreme Heavenly Sage, the Greatly Compassionate Jade Emperor of the Azure Vault of Heaven, was sitting on his throne in the Hall of Miraculous Mist in the Golden−gated Cloud Palace, surrounded by his immortal civil and military officials at morning court, when the Immortal Qiu Hongji reported, "Your Majesty, Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea, has presented a memorial outside the Hall of Universal Brightness, and is awaiting a summons from your Imperial Majesty." The Jade Emperor ordered that he be called in, and the Dragon King came to the Hall of Miraculous Mist. When he had done obeisance an immortal page came from the side to take his memorial. The Jade Emperor read it through. It ran: Your Subject Ao Guang, the Humble Dragon of the Eastern Sea of the Eastern Continent of Superior Body in the Nether Watery Regions Reports to the Jade Emperor of the Azure Vault of Heaven Recently one Sun Wukong, an immortal fiend born on the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit now living in the Water Curtain Cave, bullied this humble dragon and occupied my watery house by force. He demanded a weapon by displaying magical prowess; he insisted on having armour by showing off his evil powers. He terrified the watery tribe and made the tortoises and alligators flee in terror. The dragon of the Southern Sea trembled, the dragon of the Western Sea was made miserable, the dragon of the Northern Sea had to hang his head and come in submission, and I, your subject Ao Guang, humbled myself before him. We had to present him with a miraculous iron cudgel, a golden phoenix−winged helmet, a suit of chain mail, and a pair of cloud−walking shoes; and we escorted him out politely. He continued to show off his martial arts and magic powers, and all he had to say for himself was, "My apologies for disturbing you." There is truly no match for him, and he is uncontrollable. Your subject now presents this memorial, and respectfully awaits your sage decision. I humbly beg that heavenly soldiers be sent to arrest this evil demon, so that the sea and the mountains may be at peace, and the ocean may enjoy tranquillity. When the Jade Emperor had read this through he ordered, "Let the Dragon God return to the Sea; we shall send generals to arrest the demon." The Old Dragon King bowed till his head touched the floor and took his leave. Then the Venerable Immortal Ge, a heavenly teacher, reported, "Your Majesty, the King of Qinguang, one of the ministers of the Underworld, has come with a memorial from the Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha." A jade girl messenger took the memorial, which the Jade Emperor read through. It ran: The regions of darkness are the negative part of the Earth. Heaven contains gods while the Earth has devils; Positive and Negative are in a constant cycle. Birds and beasts are born and die; male and female alternate. Life is created and change takes place; male and female are conceived and born; this is the order of nature, and it cannot be changed. Now the evil spirit, the Heaven−born monkey of the Water Curtain Cave on the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit, is presently giving full rein to his wicked nature, committing murders, and refusing to submit to discipline. He killed the devil messengers of the Ninth Hell with his magic, and he terrified the Ten Benevolent Kings of the Underworld with his power. He made an uproar in the Senluo Palace and crossed some names out by force. He has made the race of monkeys completely uncontrollable, and given eternal life to the macaques. He has annulled the law of transmigration and brought them beyond birth and death. I, impoverished monk that I am, importune the might of Heaven by presenting this memorial. I prostrate myself to beg that Heavenly soldiers be despatched to subdue this fiend, bring the positive and Negative back into order, and give lasting security to the Underworld. When the Jade Emperor had read this through he ordered, "Let the Lord of Darkness return to the Underworld. We shall send generals to arrest the demon." The King of Qinguang then bowed till his head touched the floor and took his leave.
11th Sage Art: Return of the King. ( 第十一仙功：王者歸來, Dì shíyī xiān gōng: Wángzhě guīlái.) ॐ श्री हनुमते नमः (Oṁ Śrī Hanumate Namaḥ) 奇蘭傑維 (चिरञ्जीवि, Chiranjivi).” Ashoka spoke as every creature in all of Creation and all prior stories sang of the Chalisa and Mantras. This 11th Sage Art is permanent for he couldst have unleashed this from the beginning of the fight. He can use it to halve or delete the concept of anything he wants such as this here Totsuka Blade, halving its ability to seal him passively. According to Krun: “The 11th Sage Art gives him all of Ashoka’s powers, all of Anhaben, all of Anathan’s and his true power. The Trishula, the Pashupatastra, you name it, everything of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Islam (excluding the Most High therein), Sikhism, Christianity, Zoroastrianism and every other religion or way of life. That is the true power of the 11th Sage Art and for the record… he didn’t need to say the incantations for they are permanent, passive and absolute. He could use any of these techniques at any time without the chants.” Krun said as Satanika felt his power that transcended absolute infinity being removed conceptually."
“Twelfth Sage Art: 時間的終結 - 死亡印記：超靈 (Shíjiān de zhōngjié - sǐwáng yìnjì: Chāo líng).” Satoshi said as the skulls glowed purple, forcing Yama to fully appear and take the skulls as Satanika looked absolutely horrified. “The Trishula isn’t working? I can’t move… no concept, time, space, idea, name is above this. This is Enma!” Satanika thought to himself with absolute horror as his right arm was filled with Antaka. “Nothing you do worketh now, for you should behave in goodness but your desires consumed you.” Satoshi said as he summoned space, time, air, wind, earth, lightning and water. Because there are innumerable universes and in each and every universe there is a sun, there is a moon, there is Venus, everything. So under the circumstances, as we accept innumerable universes, automatically we accept innumerable suns. Because of the essential nature of this infinite consciousness, all these (universes, jiva and forms) keep arising and again arising, and by their own thought-force, return to a state of tranquillity; all this is like the spontaneous play of a child. Of those countless universes, O Rama, in some there are only plants; some have Brahma, Visnu, Rudra and others as the presiding deities, and some have none at all; in some there are only animals and birds; in some there is only an ocean; some are solid rocks; some are inhabited only by worms; some are pervaded by dense darkness; in some gods dwell; some are forever illumined. Some seem to be heading towards dissolution; some seem to be falling in space towards destruction. Since consciousness exists everywhere for ever, creation of these universes and their dissolution also goes on everywhere for ever. All these are held together by a mysterious omnipresent power. Rama, everything exists in the one infinite consciousness; everything arises from it; it alone is everything. O Lord of the universe, O universal form, I see in Your body many, many arms, bellies, mouths and eyes, expanded everywhere without limit. I see in You no end, no middle and no beginning. Your form is difficult to see because of its glaring effulgence, spreading on all sides, like blazing fire or the immeasurable radiance of the sun. Yet I see this glowing form everywhere, adorned with various crowns, clubs and discs. Although You are one, You spread throughout the sky and all the planets and all space between. O great one, seeing this wondrous and terrible form, all the planetary systems are perturbed. All the hosts of demigods are surrendering before You and entering into You. Some of them, very much afraid, are offering prayers with folded hands. Hosts of great sages and perfected beings crying “All peace!” are praying to You by singing the Vedic hymns. All the various manifestations of Siva, Adityas, the Vasus, the Sadhyas, the Visvedevas, the two Asvis, the Maruts, the forefathers, the Gandharvas, the Yaksas, the Asuras and the perfected demigods are beholding You in wonder. O mighty-armed one, all the planets with their demigods are disturbed at seeing Your great form, with its many faces, eyes, arms, thighs, legs, and bellies and Your many terrible teeth; and as they are disturbed, so am I. Seeing You with Your many radiant colours touching the sky, Your gaping mouths, and Your great glowing eyes, my mind is perturbed by fear. I can no longer maintain my steadiness or equilibrium of mind. O lord of lords, O refuge of the worlds, please be gracious to me. I cannot keep my balance seeing thus Your blazing deathlike faces and awful teeth in all directions; I am bewildered. All the sons of Dhrtarastra, along with their allied kings, and Bhisma, Drona, Karna - and our chief soldiers also - are rushing into Your fearful mouths. And some I see trapped with heads smashed between Your teeth. As the many waves of the rivers of the rivers flow into the ocean, so do all these great warriors enter blazing into Your mouths. I see all people rushing full speed into Your mouths, as moths. All right, show Your mouth, open Your mouth. I want to see." And when Kṛṣṇa opened the mouth, the mother saw innumerable universes are within the mouth. This is Kṛṣṇa. Aṇor aṇīyān mahato mahīyān. Kṛṣṇa enters within the universe, but at the same time, millions of universes are within His mouth. This is the explanation of "the greater than the greatest and the smaller than the smallest." Of course, Mother Yaśodā, although she saw, she could not believe it because Mother Yaśodā never thought of that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. She always thought that "He is my teeny child." That's all. "I have to take care of Him." This is called paternal feelings. Vātsalya-rasa. Satoshi watched as Satanika felt his Paramatman being destroyed as he screamed in pain only for his soul and Atman to be ripped out, removing the State of Brahman that he switched with Chimatakami before. Thus, Lord Shiva represents the aspect of the Supreme Being (Brahman of the Upanishads) that continuously dissolves to recreate in the cyclic process of creation, preservation, dissolution and recreation of the universe. As stated earlier, Lord Shiva is the third member of the Hindu Trinity, the other two being Lord Brahma and Lord Vishnu. Owing to His cosmic activity of dissolution and recreation, the words destroyer and destruction have been erroneously associated with Lord Shiva. This difficulty arises when people fail to grasp the true significance of His cosmic role. The creation sustains itself by a delicate balance between the opposing forces of good and evil. When this balance is disturbed and sustenance of life becomes impossible, Lord Shiva dissolves the universe for creation of the next cycle so that the unliberated souls will have another opportunity to liberate themselves from bondage with the physical world. Thus, Lord Shiva protects the souls from pain and suffering that would be caused by a dysfunctional universe. In analogous cyclic processes, winter is essential for spring to appear and the night is necessary for the morning to follow. To further illustrate, a goldsmith does not destroy gold when he melts old irreparable golden jewellery to create beautiful new ornaments. Lord Shiva is the Lord of mercy and compassion. He protects devotees from evil forces such as lust, greed, and anger. He grants boons, bestows grace and awakens wisdom in His devotees. The symbolism discussed below includes major symbols that are common to all pictures and images of Shiva venerated by Hindus. Since the tasks of Lord Shiva are numerous, He cannot be symbolized in one form. For this reason the images of Shiva vary significantly in their symbolism.
The unclad body covered with ashes: the unclad body symbolizes the transcendental aspect of the Lord. Since most things reduce to ashes when burned, ashes symbolize the physical universe. The ashes on the unclad body of the Lord signify that Shiva is the source of the entire universe which emanates from Him, but He transcends the physical phenomena and is not affected by it.
Matted locks: Lord Shiva is the Master of yoga. The three matted locks on the head of the Lord convey the idea that integration of the physical, mental and spiritual energies is the ideal of yoga.
Ganga: Ganga (river Ganges) is associated with Hindu mythology and is the most sacred river of Hindus. According to tradition, one who bathes in Ganga (revered as Mother Ganga) in accordance with traditional rites and ceremonies on religious occasions in combination with certain astrological events, is freed from sin and attains knowledge, purity and peace. Ganga, symbolically represented on the head of the Lord by a female (Mother Ganga) with a jet of water emanating from her mouth and falling on the ground, signifies that the Lord destroys sin, removes ignorance, and bestows knowledge, purity and peace on the devotees.
The crescent moon: is shown on the side of the Lord's head as an ornament, and not as an integral part of His countenance. The waxing and waning phenomenon of the moon symbolizes the time cycle through which creation evolves from the beginning to the end. Since the Lord is the Eternal Reality, He is beyond time. Thus, the crescent moon is only one of His ornaments, and not an integral part of Him.
Three eyes: Lord Shiva, also called Tryambaka Deva (literally, "three-eyed Lord"), is depicted as having three eyes: the sun is His right eye, the moon the left eye and fire the third eye. The two eyes on the right and left indicate His activity in the physical world. The third eye in the center of the forehead symbolizes spiritual knowledge and power, and is thus called the eye of wisdom or knowledge. Like fire, the powerful gaze of Shiva's third eye annihilates evil, and thus the evil-doers fear His third eye.Half-open eyes: when the Lord opens His eyes, a new cycle of creation emerges and when He closes them, the universe dissolves for creation of the next cycle. The half-open eyes convey the idea that creation is going through cyclic process, with no beginning and no end. Lord Shiva is the Master of Yoga, as He uses His yogic power to project the universe from Himself. The half-open eyes also symbolize His yogic posture.
Kundalas (two ear rings): two Kundalas, Alakshya (meaning "which cannot be shown by any sign") and Niranjan (meaning "which cannot be seen by mortal eyes") in the ears of the Lord signify that He is beyond ordinary perception. Since the kundala in the left ear of the Lord is of the type used by women and the one in His right ear is of the type used by men, these Kundalas also symbolize the Shiva and Shakti (male and female) principle of creation.
Snake around the neck: sages have used snakes to symbolize the yogic power of Lord Shiva with which He dissolves and recreates the universe. Like a yogi, a snake hoards nothing, carries nothing, builds nothing, lives on air alone for a long time, and lives in mountains and forests. The venom of a snake, therefore, symbolizes the yogic power.
A snake (Vasuki Naga): is shown curled three times around the neck of the Lord and is looking towards His right side. The three coils of the snake symbolize the past, present and future - time in cycles. The Lord wearing the curled snake like an ornament signifies that creation proceeds in cycles and is time dependent, but the Lord Himself transcends time. The right side of the body symbolizes the human activities based upon knowledge, reason and logic. The snake looking towards the right side of the Lord signifies that the Lord's eternal laws of reason and justice preserve natural order in the universe.
Rudraksha necklace: Rudra is another name of Shiva. Rudra also means "strict or uncompromising" and aksha means "eye." Rudraksha necklace worn by the Lord illustrates that He uses His cosmic laws firmly - without compromise - to maintain law and order in the universe. The necklace has 108 beads which symbolize the elements used in the creation of the world.
Varda Mudra: the Lord's right hand is shown in a boon- bestowing and blessing pose. As stated earlier, Lord Shiva annihilates evil, grants boons, bestows grace, destroys ignorance, and awakens wisdom in His devotees.
Trident (Trisula): a three-pronged trident shown adjacent to the Lord symbolizes His three fundamental powers (shakti) of will (iccha), action (kriya) and knowledge (jnana). The trident also symbolizes the Lord's power to destroy evil and ignorance.
Damaru (drum): a small drum with two sides separated from each other by a thin neck-like structure symbolizes the two utterly dissimilar states of existence, unmanifest and manifest. When a damaru is vibrated, it produces dissimilar sounds which are fused together by resonance to create one sound. The sound thus produced symbolizes Nada, the cosmic sound of AUM, which can be heard during deep meditation. According to Hindu scriptures, Nada is the source of creation.
Kamandalu: a water pot (Kamandalu) made from a dry pumpkin contains nectar and is shown on the ground next to Shiva. The process of making Kamandalu has deep spiritual significance. A ripe pumpkin is plucked from a plant, its fruit is removed and the shell is cleaned for containing the nectar. In the same way, an individual must break away from attachment to the physical world and clean his inner self of egoistic desires in order to experience the bliss of the Self, symbolized by the nectar in the Kamandalu.
Nandi: the bull is associated with Shiva and is said to be His vehicle. The bull symbolizes both power and ignorance. Lord Shiva's use of the bull as a vehicle conveys the idea that He removes ignorance and bestows power of wisdom on His devotees. The bull is called Vrisha in Sanskrit. Vrisha also means dharma (righteousness). Thus a bull shown next to Shiva also indicates that He is the etemal companion of righteousness.
Tiger skin: a tiger skin symbolizes potential energy. Lord Shiva, sitting on or wearing a tiger skin, illustrates the idea that He is the source of the creative energy that remains in potential form during the dissolution state of the universe. Of His own Divine Will, the Lord activates the potential form of the creative energy to project the universe in endless cycles.
Cremation ground: Shiva sitting in the cremation ground signifies that He is the controller of death in the physical world. Since birth and death are cyclic, controlling one implies controlling the other. Thus, Lord Shiva is revered as the ultimate controller of birth and death in the phenomenal world
Trident (Trisula): a three-pronged trident shown adjacent to the Lord symbolizes His three fundamental powers (shakti) of will (iccha), action (kriya) and knowledge (jnana). The trident also symbolizes the Lord's power to destroy evil and ignorance.
Damaru (drum): a small drum with two sides separated from each other by a thin neck-like structure symbolizes the two utterly dissimilar states of existence, unmanifest and manifest. When a damaru is vibrated, it produces dissimilar sounds which are fused together by resonance to create one sound. The sound thus produced symbolizes Nada, the cosmic sound of AUM, which can be heard during deep meditation. According to Hindu scriptures, Nada is the source of creation.
Kamandalu: a water pot (Kamandalu) made from a dry pumpkin contains nectar and is shown on the ground next to Shiva. The process of making Kamandalu has deep spiritual significance. A ripe pumpkin is plucked from a plant, its fruit is removed and the shell is cleaned for containing the nectar. In the same way, an individual must break away from attachment to the physical world and clean his inner self of egoistic desires in order to experience the bliss of the Self, symbolized by the nectar in the Kamandalu.
Nandi: the bull is associated with Shiva and is said to be His vehicle. The bull symbolizes both power and ignorance. Lord Shiva's use of the bull as a vehicle conveys the idea that He removes ignorance and bestows power of wisdom on His devotees. The bull is called Vrisha in Sanskrit. Vrisha also means dharma (righteousness). Thus a bull shown next to Shiva also indicates that He is the etemal companion of righteousness.
Tiger skin: a tiger skin symbolizes potential energy. Lord Shiva, sitting on or wearing a tiger skin, illustrates the idea that He is the source of the creative energy that remains in potential form during the dissolution state of the universe. Of His own Divine Will, the Lord activates the potential form of the creative energy to project the universe in endless cycles.
Cremation ground: Shiva sitting in the cremation ground signifies that He is the controller of death in the physical world. Since birth and death are cyclic, controlling one implies controlling the other. Thus, Lord Shiva is revered as the ultimate controller of birth and death in the phenomenal world.
Creative power is Nature, this must be known,
And He who possesses it is the Mighty Lord:
By things that are but parts of Him
This whole world is pervaded. It is He alone who approaches every womb,
In Him alone does this universe grow together and dissolve;
He is the Lord who grants us favours,
God, the adorable:
Discerning Him a man wins peace for ever. He, of gods the source and origin,
All-sovereign Rudra, mighty Seer,
Of old beheld the Golden Embryo when he was born:
May He conjoin us with a lucid mind! King of the Gods is He,
All worlds in Him are fixed!
His is the kingdom over fourfooted and twofooted beasts:
To what God shall we offer our oblations? More subtile than the subtile, in the midst of chaos
All things He emantes - how manifold his forms! -
All things encompasses though He is but One:
Whoso should know Him, Śiva, the Benign, wins peace forever.
For sure protector of the world in time is He,
Sovereign of all, hidden in all creatures;
In Him are seers of Brahman and the gods united:
By knowing Him death's fetters are cut loose. By knowing Śiva, the Benign, in all creatures hidden,
Surpassing subtile, even as cream surpasses butter,
By knowing God, the One Encompasser of all,
A man is from all fetters freed. He is God, All-maker, of exalted Self
Forever dwelling in the hearts of men,
By heart and thought and mind to be conceived of:
Whoso knows this becomes immortal. When there is no darkness, no day or night,
No Being, no Not-Being - Śiva alone is this;
This the imperishable, this the choice light of Savitr:
From this primeval wisdom issued forth! Above, athwart, or in the middle -
Nowhere hath anyone caught hold of him:
Of Him there is no likeness,
Great Glory is his name. His form cannot be glimpsed, None may seem Him with the eye:
Whoso should know Him with heart and mind
As dwelling in the heart, becomes immortal! 'Unborn is He,' so saying,
Let a man in fear approach Him:
O Rudra show they right auspicious cheek,
Protect me with it ever!” Yama spoke as Satanika knew this was it, with him then seeing space, time, dimensions, the elements and all other things surrounding Satoshi’s body. “What are you?!” Satoshi heard Satanika ask.
Unnamed 13th Sage Art: "All of Creation reverberated and returned to a state of nothingness, only for Satoshi to purposefully flood Satanika’s mind with the World Beyond the World Beyond Worlds, Taiji, Wuji, Anatta, Atman and Brahman in the form of Indra’s Net, shattering his Dragon Eyes’ capacities for vision, hearing and understanding as he then felt his life finally being removed. “No.” Satoshi said, as Satanika was stunned. “This power… it is like we are the binary, Atman, Brahman, Wuji, even that damned Ryujin… and he is the commander at the centre of it! This has to be the Sage Art’s final technique. Name, form, ego, attachment, delusion, Maya, subject and all other notions are irrelevant and infinitely below the State and Satoshi Fujiwara!” Satanika said as Satoshi smiled, seeing Satanika’s power fade as his chakras all disappeared with his powers, be they innate or stolen. “To remove one’s Atman, Paramatman, chakras or connection to Brahman and Creation, your own spirit must be unbendable. You are beyond fear, yes… and all language… but you must not break.” Satoshi remembered Ashoka saying to him as he had his State of Brahman casually removed and returned whilst he was “dead” as Satoshi removed any connection to Nirvana or Moksha or any of the Lokas. “Plea-!” Satanika said, pleading for mercy or clemency but on this day, there’d be none as he was covered in his own snakes from head to toe as he couldn’t use the Siddhis at their full power but even if he could, what use would it be? “I am not God… but may He have mercy. I won’t.” Satoshi said, closing his eyes and taking a breath, reminding himself of everything he lost as he then detached himself."
