>>29540085Johto is full of traditional asiatic legends. Ho-oh is a phoenix with the power of resurrection, and using a life power in accordance with three disciples that perished in a temple FIRE is hardly "godlike" in the same regard as Arceus. Likewise, although Lugia is birdlike, its powers correspond to an asian dragon, which are typically thought to reside in the waterways and be guardians/controllers of the weather and associated phenomena.
