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===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
{{Bulbanews|On the Origin of Species: Jirachi}} | {{Bulbanews|On the Origin of Species: Jirachi}} | ||
Jirachi | Jirachi appears to be based on the concept of "wishing upon a star" - the practice of making a {{wp|wish}} while observing {{wp|meteor}}s in the night sky. Its pointed head is shaped like a literal {{wp|star}}, and its {{type|Steel}} may be a reference to {{wp|iron meteorite}}s. The tags of paper on its head resemble 短冊 ''tanzaku'', strips of paper on which wishes are written during the Japanese festival たなばた ''{{wp|Tanabata}}'', also known as the ''Star Festival''. The fact that it is awake for only 7 days may be a reference to the how the festival always takes place on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month. Its thousand-year sleep followed by a short period of consciousness may be a reference to {{wp|comet}}s, most of which are visible from Earth only once in a lifetime. The two long streamers attached to its body resemble a {{wp|comet tail}}. | ||
Its ability to grant wishes and humanoid appearance may also be inspired by Arabic myths about the ''{{wp|jinn}}'', also known as ''genies''. In some folk tales such as {{wp|Aladdin}}, imprisoned genies would grant wishes to the person who released them. | |||
====Name origin==== | ====Name origin==== | ||
Jirachi | Jirachi may be derived from יִרְאֶה ''{{tt|jireh|Hebrew for ''provider''}}'' or желать ''{{tt|zhelat'<!--leave extra apostrophe-->|Russian for ''wish''}}'' and 幸 ''{{tt|sachi|Japanese for ''happiness or good fortune''}}''. | ||
==In other languages== | ==In other languages== | ||
