>>13272385The full context of the myth was that this was in an ancient time when humans and Pokémon had yet to be differentiated from each other.
MANY etiological myths in real life speak of a ancient time when humans and animals were indistinct from each other or even married and mated, yet those myths don't at all endorse or glorify bestiality which is often looked down upon in many of the societies which are the very source of those myths.
However, people look at the myths in Diamond and Perl and are like HURR DURR HUMANS FUCKING POKEMON IS OFFICIAL CANON IF YOU OPPOSE POKEPHILIA YOUR SPITTING ON CANON DURR