Ok, as far as I understand(and searched), every 1000 years, there is a ritual of incarnation, to bring a God Hand member into the ordinary material world. The only person mentioned at all in the searches as far as that 1000 year thing goes is SK . He's mentioned frequently in that time line. (Perhaps Void came to replace him on the GH? Though I am not betting that)
Does this mean that they cycle through GH members? If one is incarnated, as Griffith is, do they replace them? As this ritual happens every 1000 years, I take it this has happened several times. This leads me to believe that the members of the God Hand ARE NOT the original members of The Godhand.
The problem with my cycle members out theory is that Griffith was the newest, and he got incarnated. Could this be just because he had more reason to need a body of flesh?
Slann was able to make an appearance in Qliphoth, but that's simply because of the thinning barrier between worlds, and it is her 'womb" so manifesting a form for herself in a place to connected to her is not surprising.
Looks like the 1000 year ritual happened before, renewing the Godhand. But something must happen to the previous GH, they can't just have beings that powerful roaming about. Awhile ago, I read some speculation that Ganishka may have been a previous GH(we definately ahve nothing in the manga to base this on) But, he is being placed before Griffith. Perhaps that's one way to get rid of the old ones.
Again, I have no idea. I'm just tossing this thing I've been wondering out, in case someone has more updated info, read an interview, or has a similar theory, or different understanding of it.
Does this mean that they cycle through GH members? If one is incarnated, as Griffith is, do they replace them? As this ritual happens every 1000 years, I take it this has happened several times. This leads me to believe that the members of the God Hand ARE NOT the original members of The Godhand.
The problem with my cycle members out theory is that Griffith was the newest, and he got incarnated. Could this be just because he had more reason to need a body of flesh?
Slann was able to make an appearance in Qliphoth, but that's simply because of the thinning barrier between worlds, and it is her 'womb" so manifesting a form for herself in a place to connected to her is not surprising.
Looks like the 1000 year ritual happened before, renewing the Godhand. But something must happen to the previous GH, they can't just have beings that powerful roaming about. Awhile ago, I read some speculation that Ganishka may have been a previous GH(we definately ahve nothing in the manga to base this on) But, he is being placed before Griffith. Perhaps that's one way to get rid of the old ones.
Again, I have no idea. I'm just tossing this thing I've been wondering out, in case someone has more updated info, read an interview, or has a similar theory, or different understanding of it.