What Is The Legend Of The Mythosaur?
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"I swear on my name and the names of the ancestors... That I shall walk the Way of the Mand'alor... And the words of the Creed shall be forever forged in my heart. This is the Way.”
- The Mandalorian Creed
The Mandalorian Creed comes from legends of an ancient beast known as the Mythosaur. The beasts grew to the size of skyscrapers and had four legs. As an amphibious species, they could survive on land or in water and inhabited a planet that came to be known as Mandalore. The story started in 7000 BBY with a Taung warrior called Mandalore the First who sailed to a planet in the Outer Rim inhabited by the legendary beasts. Upon encountering the Mythosaur, Mandalore found a way to tame the creature and ride it into battle. Then, he renamed the planet after his own name.
The Taung who journeyed with him adopted the name Mandalorians, which means Children of Mandalore. Mandalore carved a helmet for himself out of a Mythosaur skull and began the Mandalorian traditions. The mask was passed down to each leader of the Mandalorians until the practice faded into obscurity. The Mandalorian soldier Canderous Ordo is the last recorded figure to hold the title of leader and wear the Mythosaur skull helmet. Now, the one who wins the Darksaber in combat is recognized as the leader of the clan. Unfortunately, as the Taung made a home on the planet Mandalore, their presence led to the extinction of the Mythoaurs.
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Legends of the creatures inspired each new generation of Mandalorians. Those who followed the creed would adopt the creature’s skull as their sigil adorning their armor and sometimes their skin in a special tattoo. In The Mandalorian, the Armorer has a Mythosaur skull made out of Beskar hanging on the cave wall. The Mandalorians collected bones from the Mythosaurs and used them to craft cities and ceremonial weapons. Years later, a Mandalorian with a knack for business crafted a Mythosaur skeleton in the capital city Kedalbe in an attempt to increase tourism to the planet Mandalore. The theme park, unfortunately, never had the chance to open as the Galactic Empire took power and bought turned the land into an Imperial garrison.
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Although the creatures are thought to be extinct, a prophecy has been passed down involving the beasts. In The Book of Boba Fett, the Armorer recites the prophecy to Din Djarin, “The songs of eons past foretold of the Mythosaur rising up to herald a new age of the Mandalore.”
The Mythosaur first appeared in The Empire Strikes Back as a symbol on Boba Fett’s armor. A 1977 comic Star Wars #69: Death in the City of Bone takes place in a city built from Mythosaur bones. Other appearances of the legendary beasts were limited to the Tales of the Jedi comics and the Knights of the Old Republic video game until The Mandalorian premiered on Disney+.
In the series pilot, Kuiil reminds Din that his ancestors used to ride Mythosaur while the Mandalorian is struggling to mount a Blurrg. In the second episode of the third season of The Mandalorian, Din Djarin and Bo-Katan Kryze encounter one of the legendary beasts. Din seems not to have noticed anything but Bo-Katan came face to face with the creature. Although Bo-Katan is a nonbeliever and does not follow the Way, she has kept her helmet on since the encounter and is redeemed according to the creed.
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The chance encounter with the beast could be the beginning of the prophecy coming true, that is, if you believe the legends.
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