>>54833135I just discovered that Typhlosion are based on Kasha (A fire yokai) that can have various forms, be it a wheel of fire, an oni with a flaming cart or a humanoid cat with flames on its back, regardless of the form they steal corpses to punish those people.
While Hisuan Typhlosion is based on the Ainu goddess of the hearth or Kamuy-huci, serving as keeper of the gateway between the world of humans and the world of kamuy.