Zunesha

Zunisha is an enormous elephant that wanders the New World and carries the island of Zou on its back.

Appearance
Zunisha has the appearance of a regular elephant, but with a massive size comparable to an island. Its legs are incredibly long and disproportionate to the rest of its body, as they reach down to the bottom of the sea.

Personality
Zunisha does not seem to mind carrying a civilization on its back, although due to its massive size it may not know it exists.

Relationships
Zunisha has a commensal relationship with the Mink Tribe and the island of Zou, because at least a couple of times a day it showers itself with seawater. This helps the Minks acquire fish for food, so it is considered a blessing. The Mink Tribe has build aqueduct systems to divert the flooding.

Abilities and Powers
Zunisha can carry a whole island on its back and walk in the New World sea. It has great longevity, having lived for at least a thousand years. It is capable of sucking up massive amounts of sea water, and with it a lot of fish and even sharks.

Past
For about a millennium Zunisha has wandered the sea of the New World and it has lived for centuries carrying the Mink Tribe and the other lifeforms on Zou.

Twice a day every day, it spouted the seawater it sucked up onto its back in order to bathe itself.

Trivia

 * Zunisha is the oldest living creature introduced in the series, its lifetime predating even the Void Century.
 * Given the fact that Zunisha can stand in the middle of the sea, it is highly probable his design was also based on the painting The Elephants by the surrealist painter Salvador Dalí. The Elephants are notorious for being quite gigantic elephants with buildings on their back and extremely long legs similar to those of the animals seen on the Long Ring Long Land.
 * Zunisha may be based on the "World Elephant" Hindu mythology, which is that a turtle supports elephants which carry the whole world on their backs - this could explain why Zunisha can roam around the sea.
 * "Zunisha" is a mixture of "Zou" and "Ganesha", a popular elephant-headed Hindu deity.
 * The kanji 象主 means "elephant lord".

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