Talk:Onigashima Event/@comment-27137554-20160708052333/@comment-114.79.28.91-20160708111331

its Yorimitsu not Yoritomo nor Yishitsune There is a theory that Minamotono Yorimitsu might NOT be the real 'Minamotono' but Ushigozen, his sister.

In Japanese legend, there is a Cow youkai(oni) called 'Gyuki(Ushioni)' If you see the servant introduction page of Yorimitsu, it says that he(she, in FGO) slayed a youkai named 'Ushioni of Sensouji.'

The original Ushioni legend is not popular and also not related to Yorimitsu- but there is a Variation of this story, which is the 'Ushigozen' story.

Ushigozen is similar to that of the legend of Minotaur. One day, Mitsunaka(Yorimitsu's father) had a strange dream and his wife got pregnant. When she gave birth to the baby, she had an oni-like look and horns like that of a cow. This is how Ushigozen(cow woman) got born. Mitsunaka was furious and ordered to kill her, but a woman hid Ushigozen and raised her. Eventually Mitsunaka found out that she was alive, and ordered Yorimitsu to kill Ushigozen, his sister. After a long fight, Yorimitsu's army cornered Ushigozen, but she threw herself in the river, turned into a giant cow monster and went berserk. After Yorimitsu's whole army was destroyed, Ushigozen vanished, leaving a marble called 'Ushitama' behind. If FGO's yorimitsu is really Ushigozen, then it makes sense that she is a berserker.

Another interesting thing is that Ushigozen is related to Kintoki. According to the tale from the region near Smida river(the river where Ushigozen threw herself in), Kintoki refused to fight with Ushigozen because he felt sympathy for her. (Ushigozen and Kintoki both was raised in the mountains by a woman who wasn't directly related to them.)

(Plus: Cows in Japanese legend are deeply related to the god of lightening. So thus Kinkoti. Plus 2: 牛王招雷・天網恢々is the name of Yorimitsu's Nople Phantasm. ' 牛王' means 'the cow king' and '招雷' means 'calling lightnening.)

There is already the case of Sasaki Kokiro and Benkei, so this theory is quite plausible.

credit to diarmuidodina from r/grandorder