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'''Shangri La''' is one of the worlds that are participating in [[The Game]]. It is based on Tibetan lore and is named after the fabled valley where time flows slowly. | '''Shangri La''' is one of the worlds that are participating in [[The Game]]. It is based on Tibetan lore, Buddhism, and East Asian Mythologies and is named after the fabled valley where time flows slowly. | ||
The [[World Representative]] of Shangri La is {{transient icon| | The [[World Representative]] of Shangri La is {{transient icon| Smoky God}}. | ||
The exiled soul of Shangri La is Asura. | The exiled soul of Shangri La is Asura. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
According to {{Transient icon|Macan}}, Shangri La is a distorted world where time flows slower. | According to {{Transient icon|Macan}}, Shangri La is a distorted world where time flows slower, with its skies reach beneath the land and the sun never sets, and where the golden city of Hiranyapura resides. The land of Shangri La believes in cutting away one's attachment and desire in order to achieve enlightenment, and those who cannot give up said feeling will be banished to the realm of strife and forever trapped in the cycle of death and rebirth. | ||
==Transients== | ==Transients== | ||
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|title= Transients of Shangri La | |title= Transients of Shangri La | ||
|{{Team member|Barong}} | |{{Team member|Barong}} | ||
|{{Team member|Girimekra}} | |||
|{{Team member|Macan}} | |{{Team member|Macan}} | ||
|{{Team member|Mahakala|flavor=Exception}} | |{{Team member|Mahakala|flavor=Exception}} | ||
|{{Team member|Smoky God|flavor = Representative}} | |||
|{{Team member|Snow}} | |{{Team member|Snow}} | ||
}} | }} | ||
</onlyinclude> | </onlyinclude> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* The Transients of this world are derived from various Buddhist beliefs and folklores in different countries: | |||
** {{Transient icon|Smoky God}} is based on Gautama Buddha Siddhartha, founder of Buddhism whose teachings sought a path to freedom from ignorance, craving, rebirth and suffering. | |||
** {{Transient icon|Snow}} is based on a snow lion, [[wikipedia:Snow_Lion|celestial animals]] who serves as the symbol of snowy mountains in Tibetan mythology. | |||
** {{Transient icon|Macan}} is based on a macan gadungan, [https://pantheon.org/articles/m/macan_gadungan.html were-tigers] who transforms from men into tigers during night in Javanese mythology. | |||
** {{Transient icon|Barong}} is based the [[wikipedia:Barong(mythology)|king of the spirits]] and the force of goodness who opposes the Rangda the demon queen in the Balinese mythology. | |||
** {{Transient icon|Girimekra}} is based on the [[wikipedia:Girimekhala|elephant steed]] of the evil god Mara in Theravada Buddhism. | |||
** {{Transient icon|Mahakala}} is based on deity of the same name and one of the forms taken by {{Transient icon|Shiva}} when full of anger. Mahakala is also sometimes interchangeable with Daikokuten ({{Transient icon|Daikoku}}), Shiva's Japanese counterpart. | |||
* Originally, Shangri La was named Agartha, determined via datamining. Why this was changed is currently unknown. | * Originally, Shangri La was named Agartha, determined via datamining. Why this was changed is currently unknown. | ||
** Agartha is a legendary underground city with associations to the kingdom of Shambhala in Buddhism. | |||
{{Story Terms}} | {{Story Terms}} | ||
{{Comments}} | {{Comments}} | ||
Latest revision as of 05:06, 17 August 2024
This article is a stub. You can help by expanding it.
Shangri La is one of the worlds that are participating in The Game. It is based on Tibetan lore, Buddhism, and East Asian Mythologies and is named after the fabled valley where time flows slowly.
The World Representative of Shangri La is 
Smoky God.
The exiled soul of Shangri La is Asura.
Overview
According to 
Macan, Shangri La is a distorted world where time flows slower, with its skies reach beneath the land and the sun never sets, and where the golden city of Hiranyapura resides. The land of Shangri La believes in cutting away one's attachment and desire in order to achieve enlightenment, and those who cannot give up said feeling will be banished to the realm of strife and forever trapped in the cycle of death and rebirth.
Transients
| Transients of Shangri La | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Notes
- The Transients of this world are derived from various Buddhist beliefs and folklores in different countries:
- Smoky God is based on Gautama Buddha Siddhartha, founder of Buddhism whose teachings sought a path to freedom from ignorance, craving, rebirth and suffering.
Snow is based on a snow lion, celestial animals who serves as the symbol of snowy mountains in Tibetan mythology.- Macan is based on a macan gadungan, were-tigers who transforms from men into tigers during night in Javanese mythology.
Barong is based the king of the spirits and the force of goodness who opposes the Rangda the demon queen in the Balinese mythology.
Girimekra is based on the elephant steed of the evil god Mara in Theravada Buddhism.
Mahakala is based on deity of the same name and one of the forms taken by 
Shiva when full of anger. Mahakala is also sometimes interchangeable with Daikokuten (
Daikoku), Shiva's Japanese counterpart.
- Originally, Shangri La was named Agartha, determined via datamining. Why this was changed is currently unknown.
- Agartha is a legendary underground city with associations to the kingdom of Shambhala in Buddhism.
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