Guardian of the Cosmos

  My apologies, I have forgotten about this whole thing, but anyway today I give you a different kind of monster, an insect to be more precise, but nothing that is creepy, I give you…Mothra.

Mothra in Godzilla Final Wars

Mothra in Larval form in Godzilla and Mothra Battle for Earth

   




             

                 Film Appearance:   Showa- Mothra (1962)
                                                 Godzilla vs. Mothra (1964)
                                                 Ghidorah: The Three Headed Dragon (1964)
                                                 Ebirah: Horror of the Deep (1966)
                                                 Destroy All Monsters (1968)
                                   Heisei- Godzilla and Mothra: Battle for Earth (1992)
                                                Rebirth of Mothra (1996)
                                                Rebirth of Mothra II (1997)
                                                Rebirth of Mothra III (1998)
                             Millenium- Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All Out Attack (2001)
                                                Godzilla Tokyo S.O.S (2003)
                                                Godzilla Final Wars (2004)
                            Legendary- Godzilla 2 or 3 (2018-2020)          

  To start out, Mothra is that one monster that is strong but also weak at the same time if that makes much sense. She is the Yin to Godzilla's Yang, always the force meant to stop Godzilla and protect the cosmos and an occasional ally to the big guy himself. Starring in her first stand alone film in 1962, she represents the nature side of the world. Mothra is depicted as a force of nature, protecting the earth and destroying what threatens the planet. At least that is her main role amongst the film. By no means is she a monster hell bent on destruction, she just wants tranquility and peace where as, lets say, Destroyah, want pure chaos and death.

  She is the first deitie or goddess to be prayed to by a lost civilization. She looks over her servants of Infant Island, birth place of Mothra and her larve. The prayers of said servants give her power and strength and often is the calling to action where ever there is trouble. In Godzilla Final Wars, her story was that she was protecting the planet from Gigan, an alien monster as well as take on the new threat of Keiser Ghidorah. Though I said she is amongst the weakest monsters, she's given Godzilla a really hard time, thwarting him with her own abilities and powers.

  Abilities:   Silk Spray (Larval form)
                   Cocoon
                   Head Beam (Adult form)
                   Lightning (Adult form)
                   Darts (Adult form)            
                   Scales (Adult form)
                   Evolution (Rebirth of Mothra Trilogy only-Larva successors of Mothra herself)
                   Kamikaze Attack (Adult form)
                   Time Travel (Rebirth trilogy only)

  Mothra also has a way of communicating to human via small twin fairies that are there to warn humans of their arrogance. The fairies are also the ones who can call upon her at anytime. She is also the only one to communicate to other monsters such as Godzilla and Rodan. Now when she is in the heat of battle, she can last for only so long and if she knows she can't win, her last defensive attack is triggered which is the use of her scales which is covered in poison that can immobilize any monster unless they have immense healing properties. In the event that Mothra does die, her Larva offspring sense her death and act upon as the last attackers becoming more powerful to finish the job. In most cases, Mothra has to successors but only one is ever the next one in line and the other disappears into an unknown state of limbo. In the Rebirth trilogy, as Mothra dies, her successor come in the form of Mothra Leo in which you can argue is male or not. Through changing conditions Mothra Leo has to adapt to environments such as the sea, time travel, and tougher opponents such as Grand King Ghidorah.

Mothra Leo

Armored Mothra Leo

Sea Mothra Leo 

Cretaceous Mothra

  She has also been confirmed for one of the two Godzilla sequels by Gareth Edwards and Legendary Pictures but no official line up has been announced. A Fierce monster in her own right, she can hold her own and is not short of beauty. Mothra is amongst the one monster that female audiences love and and appreciate but is only nudged from the number one spot as cutest monster by Baragon. As always, if you have a monster you would like me to cover, leave a comment down below and I will pick it up after the next monster on the list. If you have questions, feel free to ask but if not have a good one and catch you next time.

Possible Mothra concept?