>>50948819However Delphox takes more cues from European folklore than Japanese. The robe and wand and even it's previous evolution having fur akin to the stereotypical witch dress. Kalos is basically Poke France and makes more sense to view it through a Western perspective. Most tales about foxes and witches very much view them as bad/evil.
>>50948805Alola is Pokemon Hawaii and while to my knowledge there's no native mythology that is a exact match to a mermaid Hawaii is a US state and thus more westernized so I think it's fair to view Primarina more like how mermaid and other similar creatures are viewed in the West.
