The Pokemon Race Version 6.1

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Scrafty is safe now. Sigilyph is next.

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I remember the first time I ran into this thing in the wild. I was alarmed. I was like, "Wtf is this?!"
 
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I love this pokemon. It's so unique-looking, and the inspiration for this pokemon is equally interesting. It's reportedly based in part on the Humming Bird Nazca Line, the geolyph found in the Nazca Desert in Peru. I can definitely see how the shape was incorpoeated into Sigilyph. I also heard that there are design elements from Kachina ancestral spirits that many south-western Native America peoples believe in, like the Hopi tribe and Zuni tribe. I can see a resemblence in the color scheme when i see pictures of ths paints and feathers used in Kachina dancing rites.
 
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Yamask has the word yama in it, meaning deity of death. Yama is also a god in both Hinduism and Buddhism responsible for law and punishment in the afterlife. I find this interesting because it makes me think Yamask is being punished to remember its past, like it did something wrong and is forced to bear the guilt. Even the Galarian version hints at this, as to evolve it must take at least 49 damage. In Buddhism, bardo or antarābhava is a concept of purgatory that lasts 49 days. What happens during those 49 days? Maybe you must atone for your sins, and Yamask's atonement is to remember its face.
 
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