Xuchilbara
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Xuchilbara (Xuchilpaba) is a fictional deity from Konami's Silent Hill video game series and one of the gods venerated by the Order, a cult in the town of Silent Hill. Xuchilbara's name is Tetelcingo for flower [1], while "bara" is Japanese for rose.[2] The deity's gender is currently unknown.
Xuchilbara's name is first mentioned in Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams, as Xuchilpaba. A document in the Born from a Wish scenario in one of the Lost Memories memos details a ceremony of Resurrecting the Dead, in which Xuchilpaba plays an important role:
- "I have the strongest trust - you may even can it faith - in the miracle
- called "Resurrection of the Dead".
- [...]
- The people wept in fear and joy at the reunion, but my faith in the
- salvation of Xuchilpaba did not waver.[3]
Xuchilpaba's rebirth role is further attested in the Rebirth ending of Silent Hill 2, in a book entailing the "Crimson Ceremony", which alludes to the deity's role through out the entire events that occurred with the protagonist James Sunderland in Silent Hill:
"Speak. I am the Crimson One. The lies and the mist are not they but I. You all know that I am One. Yes, and the One is I. Believers hearken to me! Twenty score men and seven thousand beasts. Heed my words and speaketh them to all, that they shall ever be obeyed even under the light of the proud and merciless sun. I shall bring down bitter vengeance upon thee and thou shalt suffer my eternal wrath. The beauty of the withering flower and the last struggles of the dying man, they are my blessings. Thou shalt ever call upon me and all that is me in the place that is silent. Oh, proud fragrance of life which flies towards the heart. Oh Cup which brims with the whitest of wine, it is in thee that all begins."[4]
In Silent Hill 3 a painting entitled "Myth - 4. Creation" states that God had created the red god, Xuchilbara, to help lead people to obedience unto her.[5]
[edit] Rererences
- ^ Aztec Vocabulary
- ^ http://www.freedict.com/onldict/onldict.php
- ^ Memo Title: "Lost Memories" - Book found in Restless Dream scenario: "I have the strongest trust - you may even can it faith - in the miracle called "Resurrection of the Dead". Upon the hill where the light descended, the Beast intoned his song. With words of blood, drops of mist and the vessel of night, the grave became an open field. The people wept in fear and joy at the reunion, but my faith in the salvation of Xuchilpaba did not waver. It is also spoken of in the ancient legends. The original worshippers did not believe that death was the end but that it was simply the path by which the decreased returned to nature. They also believed the process was reversible." File can be found online here
- ^ Book entitled Crimson Ceremony, found in otherworld library. Can be found online here
- ^ Painting seen in church in Silent Hill 3:"God created beings to lead people in obedience to Her. The red god, Xuchilbara; the yellow god, Lobsel Vith; many gods and angels. Finally, God set out to create Paradise, where people would be happy just by being there." Can be found online here
[edit] See also
- List of Silent Hill monsters
- Lobsel Vith
- Pyramid Head
- Valtiel
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