Daidarabotchi
From Japanese folklore, Daidarabotchi is a giant so large it can carry mountains. Its footprints are said to have created lakes and ponds, sculpting the very landscape as it walks.
At a glance
- Tradition
- Japanese folklore
- Trait family
- The Swallowers
- Symbols
- Cyclops/GiantMountainTree
Near this figure
Symbols
Judged against the description by a model. Meanings are our own paraphrase.
- Cyclops/Giant is image-domain The Cyclops denotes brute appetite in near-human form, single-eyed and lawless, born of earth and sky, forging thunder yet seeing without depth.
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From Japanese folklore, Daidarabotchi is a giant so large it can carry mountains.
- Mountain bears image-domain The mountain denotes the world axis rising toward heaven, dwelling of gods and goal of pilgrimage, climbed to absorb what its summit touches.
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From Japanese folklore, Daidarabotchi is a giant so large it can carry mountains.
- Tree bears image-domain The tree denotes rooted growth joining below to above, shelter and mother to what nests in it, and the axis on which worlds are strung.
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Its body is said to be composed of the very earth itself, with skin of rough stone, hair of tangled vines and trees, and eyes that shine like the sun and moon.
Traits
Read from the figure's description, which a model wrote. Open "why" for the sentence a trait came from.
Form
- Hair made of living vegetation
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hair of tangled vines and trees
- Moss bark textured forest body
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Its body is said to be composed of the very earth itself, with skin of rough stone, hair of tangled vines and trees, and eyes that shine like the sun and moon.
- Body spans multiple valleys or hills
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The sheer scale of Daidarabotchi is difficult for the human mind to comprehend.
- Colossal terrain shaping giant
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Said to be so immense that its very existence shapes the landscape, this mythical being embodies the raw power of nature itself.
Behaviour
- Gentle giant creature of immense size
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Despite its enormous size and strength, Daidarabotchi is often portrayed as a gentle giant, unaware of the impact its actions have on the world around it.
Sight and sound
- Large footprints left behind
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Its footprints are said to have created lakes and ponds
- Eyes blaze-like twin suns
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eyes that shine like the sun and moon
- Roar audible for miles
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its voice is said to be like the rumble of distant thunder.
- Footsteps shake the earth
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When it moves, the ground trembles, and its voice is said to be like the rumble of distant thunder.
Offensive powers
- Superhuman strength
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Daidarabotchi's size is so vast that it can effortlessly carry entire mountains, using them as mere tools or playthings.