Meet Titanus Mosura, or as we like to call her... Mothra. Mothra (モスラ, Mosura?), also dubbed Titanus Mosura, is a giant lepidopteran daikaiju created by
Etymology: “Mothra” is, perhaps obviously, derived from the word “moth.” Species: Giant moth resembling the aglais io, or peacock butterfly. Description: Mothra begins its life-cycle as a giant brown larva, later cocooning in many films, to emerge as a giant moth.
She is a Divine Moth Kaiju and is married to Rodan. The love triangle between her, Rodan, and King Ghidorah, as well as her relationship with Ghidorah as a whole set off the show's story.
Mothra Leo is the son of Mothra and the main protagonist in the Rebirth of Mothra trilogy.
In the series Godzilla Island, Mothra is a resident of Godzilla Island along with Earth's other monsters. She has two children, a son named Mothra Leo and a daughter named Baby Mothra.
How do moths lay their eggs? Despite the fact that Mothra does not survive the final battle between Godzilla and Ghidorah, fans should not be concerned: she always leaves an egg behind. Monarch discovers an egg that appears in one of the end credits.
Mothra is a descendant of the Kaiju of Earth, Gigamoth, along with her brother Battra. Having hatched from same egg, both siblings carried a strong bond between each other and acted as the respected guardians, Mothra being the Guardian of Mortals, and Battra as the Guardian of Terra.
Bijira (ビジラ) is a female Godzillasaurus and Godzilla's girlfriend in the Japanese version of the Game Boy Godzilla game Gojira-kun: Kaijū Daikōshin.
Heisei (1992–1998)
Mothra's egg is later discovered in 1992 on Infant Island by the Marutomo real estate agency, which seeks to exploit it and Mothra's priestesses for profit. The egg hatches during a fight between Godzilla and a resurrected Battra, and the larva later attacks Tokyo in order to save its priestesses.
Minilla, Godzilla's first son, introduced in the 1967 film Son of Godzilla. Godzooky, Godzilla's nephew from the 1978–1981 animated television series Godzilla.
Battra (バトラ Batora) is a dark, evil divine moth kaiju created by the Earth itself to kill lifeforms that were destroying it as well as Mothra's twin brother and archrival. Like Mothra, Battra has both larva and imago (adult) forms.
Biollante is a genetically-modified rose Kaiju hybrid created from Godzilla's DNA by the Devonians, making her Godzilla and SpaceGodzilla's half-sister. She fought against Godzilla on the Monster Islands, but was defeated and escaped into the planet's atmosphere.
When it comes to Mothra, the creature is at least 10,000 years old, and in all that time, has found reference in multiple human cultures as an object of worship.
The Shobijin (小美人 Shobijin, lit. "Small beauties") are tiny twin priestesses of Mothra who first appeared in the 1961 film, Mothra.
A dark counterpart of Mothra, Battra was created by the Earth itself 12,000 years ago after an ancient civilization created a climate-controlling device. Battra served his purpose and destroyed the device, but came to see all of humanity as a blight on the planet and sought to exterminate the human race.
In the English dubs for the Rebirth of Mothra trilogy, Leo's gender was changed from film to film. However, Mothra Leo is generally considered to be male, reflected by his name, more masculine-sounding roar, and fan-shaped antennae, while Mothra herself is female.
Mothra's eye-spots on her wings were designed to resemble Godzilla's eyes in order to create a connection between the two monsters. Michael Dougherty said 'she is his flag bearer and Queen. '
Flight. Mothra's gigantic wings in her imago form allow her to fly across the sky at great speed.
Mothra's larval stage possesses several bioluminescent patches; when Mothra is calm and in her Benevolent Form, she emits a soft blue light. When she feels threatened and poised to attack in her Defensive Form, she emits a red light. Mothra's imago stage has a segmented insect-like body, with six legs and two wings.
It was Godzilla's love life. Mothra is the moth-like monster star of the film, and according to Weibo, she's also Godzilla's wife.
In the actual Godzilla movies, Godzilla never had a daughter (in fact, female monsters are few and far between). He did however have two sons, Minilla/Miniya and Godzilla Jr. Although her name isn't given in the movie, fans have dubbed her "Godzina."
Female Godzilla was one of a few monsters that were planned for Godzilla: The Series but which were either scrapped or were simply never used and since being simply sketches that never really made it into the series they were given names meant to reference monsters from the Toho Godzilla-films.
If Godzilla is king of the kaiju, then his obvious queen is Mothra, the beautifully-insectoid monster that made her cinematic debut less than 10 years after the scaly, atomic-breathing dude stomped onto the scene in '54.
In this series Mothra battled three opponents: Death Ghidorah, a flora-destroying horned beast with three heads; Dagahra, a toxic dragon-like sea creature; and finally Cretaceous King Ghidorah/Grand King Ghidorah, who comes back to Earth to feed of the life force of Japan's children.
As a caterpillar, Mothra looks like a true silkworm, Berenbaum said. But her adult appearance is more like that of the giant silkmoths in the family Saturniidae, which are more colorful than silkworm adults. In the original movie, Mothra uses her insect attributes to great advantage.