What do you think of the beta-origin story of the universe? So far it seems we finally have been given info about the giants Arceus fought since the rest is outdated
Loved it, but there are many versions of it, each one of them adds, removes, changes something. They really were still trying to find out what they would do, and some of the ideas I really like. I do get from some of them the "Gigant" is supposed to be Giratina, or eventually became what would be Giratina.
In the second instead of a Tree of Life, Aus created three avatars, Ia, Ea, and a third only called "Black Gigant". While Ia and Ea were in charge of creating the world, the Black Gigant was in charge of breaking eggs that would give birth to humans and Pokémon, but after breaking the eggs, the Black Gigant (Who was in charge of destruction and bringing everything back to nothingness) started to kill human and Pokémon.
Ea and Ia couldn't stop the Black Gigant because that was their brother, so they instead called humans and Pokémon to fight against them. To help them they created Rai, the god of eyes, Ai, the god of hearts, and Hai, the god of voice, so they could stop the gigant, make the others understand his feelings, and also protect them against the power of the gigant.
After killing the black gigant, Ea and Ia used his body and soul to create. The body became the world, the oceans, the land, and the heavens. The soul became the gods that rule over the world, Rayquaza, Groudon, and Kyogre.
In the third version, things are different. To create the world, Aus created an avatar, a titan with violent power, who has the power to destroy, devour and purify everything that exists. Thanks to this, the world's barriers were destroyed and so it could expand. One day Aus descended into the world in the form of a fragile woman, a man took care of her and they began to fall in love. This love gave birth to two children, and then the woman was transformed into a divine form, Aus. Aus explains that he lives on another plane, but appeared on that plane because of his avatar, the Titan. As the Titan is just another aspect of him, he can't destroy the Titan, and one day, the Titan will descend into that world and destroy everything. The children would become Ia and Ea, they have the powers of gods, humans, and Pokémon, and together they can protect the world from the titan. In this version they defeat the titan and from the titan's soul Aus gives birth to Rei, Ai and Hai.
The fourth myth is about the planet and tells of a time when the world was just one continent, a world in which everyone was equal, everyone was friends, and everyone had a source of food and a family. But over time, people gradually forgot to respect the gods, nature, and their friendship with pokémon, and so began to compete for the glory and rewards of others through wars. As a consequence of the effect of the world's wars, weak Pokémon died, and strong Pokémon were used as tools in wars to the death. Aus saw this and became angry. He began to attack the world, making the gods of the sky, land and ocean disappear, until everything began to return to nothingness. Ea and Ia came as Aus's avatars to give him a chance, stop the disasters, and Aus turned back into an egg and fell asleep. Ea and Ia bring the world back to what it was, but keep the earth fragmented, so that people don't forget Aus's sadness and rage. Ea and Ia called Rei, Ai, and Hai to look over the world, always watching, feeling, and listening to everything and attempting to prevent people from making the same mistakes. Basically in this version, Aus' attack is the reason why multiple continents exist.
