What are Raava and Vaatu based on?

Vaatu and Raava appear respectively to be representations of darkness and chaos and light and peace in the yin-yang (Taìjí tú) concept in Chinese philosophy, which is used to describe the way in which opposite forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world.

What is Vaatu based on?

Vaatu is the force of darkness and chaos and is considered to be of male origin. Vaatu and Raava battle for the faith of the world every 10.000 years. When Wan saw them battling Vaatu tricked the Avatar to be into assisting him in his attempt to escape Ravva.

Is Vaatu a real spirit?

Vaatu is the spirit of darkness and chaos, who briefly became the Dark Avatar Spirit during the Harmonic Convergence of 171 AG. He is one of the oldest known spirits, having existed over ten thousand lifetimes before the appearance of the first humans.

Did Aang know about Raava and Vaatu?

The fact that Tenzin, whom Aaang taught pretty much everything, did know about Raava and Vaatu does IMO imply it is probable that at some point later in life, Aang did learn about them, and passed that knowledge on to Tenzin. Tenzin didn't know about Raava and Vaatu.

Is Raava stronger than Vaatu?

If we look at what's been shown, Vaatu clearly seems more powerful. Vaatu exhibits various powers, from the vines to being able to turn spirits dark. Meanwhile, Raava just seems to float about the place a bit. Raava's only chance to win in the end was to merge with Wan.

The Life Of Raava (Avatar)

Is Raava the Avatar spirit?

Raava is the spirit of light and peace and, after fusing with Wan, the Avatar Spirit. She is one of the oldest known spirits, having existed over ten thousand lifetimes before the appearance of the first humans.

Who is the most powerful spirit in Avatar?

What was Kyoshi's first element?

There are instances, however, of an Avatar learning the elements out of order. Kyoshi, having begun with her native earth, trained in firebending with her bodyguard and friend, Rangi, while simultaneously learning waterbending from her friend, Kirima.

Will there be a dark Avatar cycle?

The Cycle of the Dark Avatar is over because when Vaatu connected with Unalaq he said, "We are now ONE." When Korra destroyed him the cycle of the Dark Avatar was over. The Cycle of the Dark Avatar is over because to resurrect Vaatu you would need a part of darkness... Jinora resurrected Rava With a part of lightness.

Is there a gender pattern in the Avatar cycle?

Using this (admittedly small) dataset, I have found out a possible pattern: For every sixth Avatar, the gender is switched with a different gender being in the middle of the same gender. Then, the cycle flips, if a past generation had a guy then two girls, the next has two guys, then a girl.

Can the Dark Avatar bend all elements?

Unlike the Avatar, the Dark Avatar did not have the ability to bend all four bending arts, since Unalaq could only waterbend prior to his fusion with Vaatu, unlike Wan, who went to the lion turtles with Raava and received all four elements.

How old is Vaatu?

Immortality: Like his counterpart, Raava, Vaatu is effectively immortal and inextinguishable, having lived for 10,000 years.

Why did Raava call the lion turtle ancient one?

Calling them Ancient One is presumably just a term they use since lion turtles may or may not have names and even fi they do Raava might not know them. Lion turtles are ancient as are Raava and Vaatu.

Are Raava and Vaatu gods?

Raava is a good spirit who merged with humans to protect them and bring balance. Jesus is the son of god who became human to help the world. Vaatu is a spirit who wants to bring the world to darkness and basically wants to kill every human.

What statue was Jinora looking at?

Jinora looked intriguingly at the statue of Aang. Tenzin's family visited the Southern Air Temple to start their vacation. Once there, Tenzin brought his children to its sanctuary. Jinora was in awe upon seeing the statues of the past Avatars, and more so upon seeing that of her grandfather.

Who became the Avatar after WAN?

Jiro was a male Air Nomad (from the cycle with Roku, a male firebending Avatar, had Aang, a male airbending Avatar, as his successor). He was born in the Air Temple, in the fall of the year after Wan's death.

Was Guru Laghima an Avatar?

Laghima was an Air Nomad guru and renowned poet who lived at the Northern Air Temple around 3,829 BG. He discovered the secret to weightlessness, which allowed him to unlock the airbending ability of flight.

Who can blood Bend?

Bloodbending is the only known bending technique to have been completely outlawed by society. Bloodbending is the only known way besides energybending to strip a person of their bending indefinitely. Katara is the only known waterbender capable of bloodbending to still be alive at the end of The Legend of Korra.

Who is Avatar JIMU?

Jimu- The Avatar born after Korra died. He has an incredibly rebellious attitude that often gets him in trouble. Jimu's goal in life is to kill Shi so he can't terrorize or kill anymore people than he already has.

Who did Kyoshi have a child with?

So Kyoshi most likely married/dated another guy after Rangi. We know that she most likely had her when she was still young because the older you get the riskier it gets. But even if Kyoshi gave birth to Koko at 180 years old she would have still had to seen her daughter's death. Or her daughter was adopted.

Was Toph born a bender?

Because she was blind, her parents had a tutor who taught her only basic earthbending but she learned more advanced earthbending secretly from the badgermoles. She eventually becomes the first person to develop the ability to "bend" metal as well.

Can there be two Avatars at once?

Theoretically, if there was another spirit powerful enough to hold the other elements and bond with the person to be able to be reborn after they die, then it's possible to have another Avatar-like person.

What is the most powerful bending?

How can Amon take bending?

Amon created a way to take away a bender's bending by disrupting the chi flowing through their body, and this is likely thanks to his knowledge of chi blocking, as well as his bloodbending.