In Genshin Impact, many of Teyvat’s present-day inhabitants only know of one moon hanging in the skies at night. At one point in the world’s history, however, three moons could be seen illuminating the night sky alongside the stars. According to various legends, these moons were actually three cosmically powerful beings responsible for controlling the land’s lunar cycle—the Moon Sisters.
Note: Minor Genshin Impact spoilers for the Moon Sisters follow.
The Moon Sisters
According to legend, the Moon Sisters—Aria, Sonnet, and Canon—were a group of ancient cosmic beings from over 6000 years before the main story of Genshin Impact. Their existence predates even Zhongli himself, meaning the Moon Sisters are older than all current members of The Seven. They’re said to be theancestors of the Seelieseen around Teyvat and had the extremely important task ofkeeping the world from falling into ruin.
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The Moon Sisters accomplished this byacting as makeshift moons in the sky, residing in theLunar Palace. They wererepresented by the triquetra symboland would take turns riding through the heavens on a silver carriage, switching places with each other three times each month to avoid catastrophe. A certainincident led to the sisters abandoning their responsibilities, however, bringing ruin to the land of Teyvat as a result.
At some point in Teyvat’s history, the Moon Sisters gathered at the Lunar Palace to bear witness to the sacredunion between an unknown Outlander and an ancestor of the Seelie. The ancestor mentioned in this event may have been one of the three sisters, asa calamity befell the world30 days after this uniontook place, suggesting that the Moon Sisters had stopped switching places in the sky.
The two lovers tried to flee the disaster but were unsuccessful and were cursed to beseparated for eternity withtheir memories erasedas punishment. The Seelie withered away due to being heartbroken by these events, turning into the wispy forms that can be seen around Teyvat in the present day. TheMoon Sisters then turned on eachother in the chaos for unknown reasons, leading to the supposed death of all three. Two of their celestial bodies crumbled away, leaving Teyvat with one moon in the sky.
Due to the presence of a triquetra symbol and crescent moon, thefigure pictured with the Blessing of the Welkin Moonhas been speculated by fans to be a depiction of one of the Moon Sisters. The sisters themselves appear to be Genshin Impact’s version of theTriple Goddesses, who are important figures in real-world Wiccan religion and mythology and represented by The Maiden, The Mother, and The Crone.
Paimon bears astriking resemblance to the Welkin Moon figureand has been theorized to be one of the Moon Sisters, possibly filling the Triple Goddesses role ofThe Maiden, typically associated withyouth and childhood. This has yet to be confirmed by MiHoYo, however, and should be taken with a grain of salt. Not much else is currently known about the Moon Sisters, but more information about these enigmatic lunar beings may be included with future updates to Genshin Impact.
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