Saturday, August 04, 2007

Fire Mothra!







The beautiful girls await their Mothra's return and sing out their suffering. In Mothra they demonstrate telepathic ability, within speaking range with people and over great distances with Mothra. They explain that while they call to Mothra in prayer and song, they and Mothra are also connected on some deeper level beyond their control, and it is this connection that impels Mothra to find them no matter where they are.

Mosura ya Mosura
Mothra O Mothra
Dongan kasakuyan Indo muu
If we were to call for help
Rusuto uiraadoa
Over time
Hanba hanbamuyan
Over sea
Randa banunradan Tounjukanraa
Like a wave you'd come
Kasaku yaanmu
Our guardian angel!




The ending of the film alludes heavily to Christianity: Mothra's symbol is revealed to bear a likeness to the Christian cross—though it more specifically resembles the Celtic cross—and its image, joined by the sound of ringing church bells, is used to summon Mothra. Remarkably, whereas the propagation of western capitalism is to blame for Mothra's destructive onslaught, it is western religion which appeases it.