Suwako moriya, Touhou

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moɽija sɯwako (♫) Suwako Moriya Suwako Suwako Moriya in Touhou Hisoutensoku The Highest of Indigenous Gods More Character Titles Species God of mountains (not native to Gensokyo)

Abilities Creating earthliness

Age Unknown, but one of the oldest gods; she far predates the invasion by the Goddess Kanako and the Yamato in the Great Suwa War, approximately 2300 years ago.[citation needed]

Occupation Former goddess of Moriya Shrine

Location Moriya Shrine, Youkai Mountain, Underground Geyser Center; Originally from the Outside World

Music Themes Appearances Official Games Print Works "Pay more respect to the earth. Otherwise, who knows? You might even get cursed. Heh heh." — Suwako Moriya (Touhou Hisoutensoku)

Suwako Moriya (洩矢　諏訪子 Moriya Suwako) is the original goddess of the Moriya Shrine that now officially belongs to Kanako Yasaka but in Suwako's words she handles most of the divine services while Kanako handles the "sales".[1] However, Kanako and the shrine maiden, Sanae Kochiya, carry out the duties of gathering faith. Suwako first appeared as the Extra Stage boss of Mountain of Faith and also became a playable character, or possible opponent, in Touhou Hisoutensoku.

General Information Personality Suwako typically acts friendly and cheerful but though she feigns ignorance, Suwako is just as capable of scheming as Kanako. In contrast to Kanako, Suwako is more laid back and mischievous. Despite her young look, she is a god that has lived for over 2,300 years and is wise and even cunning. She enjoys competing against others, and loses gracefully. Combined with her rarely leaving the shrine, her intentions can be hard to read. She doesn't come forth of her own volition often. Whether it is because she is bad at marketing faith by herself or some other reason is one of the mysteries of the Moriya Shrine.

Abilities Ability to create earthliness Suwako's ability specifically refers to the element of Kun (坤), one of the eight trigrams in Taoist philosophy that means creating Earth. Kun is exactly the pinnacle of the native god and is associated with acceptance, devotion, subtlety, flexibility, and reacting to others rather than acting first. Kanako Yasaka's ability to create the "heavenliness" of Bagua, or Qian (乾), refers to the opposite element. Although Mountain of Faith offers little insight into the nature of Suwako's abilities, her attack animations in Touhou Hisoutensoku depict her "swimming" through the ground, summoning magma, geysers, various rocks and minerals, growing plants instantly, and bending rivers.[2]

Unlike Kanako, who is technically a divine spirit who once had a human form, Suwako is one of the Yaoyorozu no Kami, and thus consists purely of faith. She also controls the Mishaguji, which is one of her main sources of faith from humans. When a portion of her spirit is enshrined, she takes on the form of a frog. In this form, she can grant various blessings, such as safe travel, financial upturn, and transfiguration.

Iron rings Possibly because of her ability to manipulate minerals, Suwako uses large iron rings as weapons in various attacks. Aya Shameimaru mentions that weapon isn't a kanawa, Japanese Chakram-like weapon, because of the way she throws it. According to Hatate Himekaidou, they are scarily sharp.[3]

Official Profiles Skills Spell Cards Backstory It is revealed that during ancient times, Suwako was a ruler of a small kingdom and controlled the Mishaguji, who were curse gods that had obtained enormous amounts of faith, cursing birth, harvests, militaries, and many other things. Only Suwako was able to tame them. However, gods from the Yamato (Ancient Japan) invaded her kingdom, saying that they were going to unify all the kingdoms to create a single country known as Japan. Unwilling to let this happen, Suwako resisted and fought with the finest steel weapons of the time. However, Kanako held out a thin vine, and Suwako's large steel arsenal instantly rusted away. Suwako realized the difference in their divine powers and her defeat; she graciously forfeited and relinquished her kingdom.