Putting this shit to rest.
From Wikipedia:
>An array of Hindu, Buddhist, and some Jain deities are often depicted with multiple heads, arms, and other body parts, creating what one author refers to as a "multiplicity convention" in religious iconography.[5] Such multiple body parts represent the divine omnipresence and immanence (ability to be in many places at once and simultaneously exist in all places at once), and thereby the ability to influence many things at once.[5] The specific meanings attributed to the multiple body parts of an image are symbolic, not literal in context.[6] In such depictions, the visual effect of an array of multiple arms is to create a kinetic energy showing that ability.[7]The source is this book written by Professor of Indological Studies:
https://books.google.com/books?id=vZheP9dIX9wC&pgRemember, this is the actual fucking Pokedex entry:
>IT IS DESCRIBED IN MYTHOLOGY as the Pokémon that shaped the universe with its 1,000 arms.>MYTHOLOGYThe 1,000 arms thing is an abstract representation of Arceus's (alleged) omnipotent power based entirely on myths passed down by people who have never seen an Articuno let alone an Arceus. That Arceus doesn't actually have 1,000 physical arms is to show the divide between myth, human perception, and reality. If you can't grasp this concept you are grade A dense.