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[[Image:Ghostmaiden.jpg|thumb|The young maiden awaiting her love's return]]
[[File:Ghost of Maidens Peak.png|thumb|250px|The young maiden awaiting her beloved's return]]
The '''Ghost of Maiden's Peak''' is a spirit which haunts [[Maiden's Peak]]. Her Japanese voice actress is 根谷美智子 ''[[Michiko Neya]]'' and her English voice actress is [[Megan Hollingshead]].
The '''Ghost of Maiden's Peak''' (Japanese: '''謎の美女''' ''Mysterious Beautiful Woman'')<ref>[[Pocket Monsters Film Comic]] Volume 6</ref> is a [[character of the day]] and a spirit that haunts [[Maiden's Peak]]. She appeared in ''[[EP020|The Ghost of Maiden's Peak]]''.


In the {{pkmn|anime}} episode ''[[EP020|The Ghost of Maiden's Peak]]'', {{Ash}} and {{Ashfr|his friends}} hear the legend about the beautiful maiden and her devotation to the man she loved. As the story goes, over 2000 years ago the young woman's lover was sent off to war, leaving her desperate for his return. While the days faded to years though, the maiden refused to give up hope and eventually had her body bonded to the peak upon which she stood.
{{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} heard the legend about how, over 2,000 years ago, the young woman's lover was sent off to war, leaving her desperate for his return. Though the days faded to years, the maiden refused to give up hope and eventually had her body bonded to the peak upon which she stood (oblivious that he had died in battle). Nowadays, the young woman's soul is said to still yearn for her lost love. At some point, a {{p|Gastly}} decided to keep her story alive and posed as her so it could commit mischief. The only notable difference between the two is that Gastly is all white, while the real Maiden has light skin, purple hair, a pale blue dress with a red ribbon, and a red flower in her hair. However, at the beginning of the episode, Gastly did adopt the latter appearance.


Nowadays the young woman's soul still yearns for her lost love, and the {{type2|Ghost}} Pokémon {{p|Gastly}} keeps her story alive and vows to find the one she lost.
According to the legend, she is notorious for stealing the hearts of young men, putting them in a trance-like state and stealing them away from this world. This seemed to be demonstrated on {{an|Brock}} and [[James]], but Ash, {{an|Misty}}, {{AP|Pikachu}}, [[Jessie]], and {{MTR}} eventually realized it was Gastly's doing.


Because of this, she is notorious for stealing the hearts of young men like [[Brock]] and [[James]], putting them in a trance-like state and stealing them away from this world.  However, the maiden has no part in this, and it is actually the Gastly playing mischief with its shape-shifting abilities.  The maiden herself and the Gastly taking her form can be told apart by coloration: the maiden has colors, while the Gastly is completely white. It should be noted, however, that in the beginning scene of the episode, when Brock sees the "maiden" (before being comically trampled over a gaggle of tourists), and (presumably), when James first sees the same maiden in the port (though, as it disappeared offscreen, it's unknown whether that was Gastly or the actual Maiden), Gastly's maiden disguise had the same coloration as the real Maiden.
==Voice actors==
[[File:Painting of the Maiden.png|thumb|150px|Painting of the maiden kept in the Shrine of the Maiden]]
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|ja=根谷美智子 ''[[Michiko Neya]]''
|en=[[Megan Hollingshead]]
|ar=جيهان ملا ''Jihan Malla'' ([[Netflix]] redub)
|fi=Minna Tasanto
|fr_eu=Guylaine Gibert
|no=Katrine Blomstrand
|es_la=Jacqueline Castañeda
|es_eu=Pilar Aguado
|vi=Võ Huyền Chi
|pl=Anna Bielańska}}


==References==
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Latest revision as of 00:22, 1 September 2024

For the episode, see EP020.

The young maiden awaiting her beloved's return

The Ghost of Maiden's Peak (Japanese: 謎の美女 Mysterious Beautiful Woman)[1] is a character of the day and a spirit that haunts Maiden's Peak. She appeared in The Ghost of Maiden's Peak.

Ash and his friends heard the legend about how, over 2,000 years ago, the young woman's lover was sent off to war, leaving her desperate for his return. Though the days faded to years, the maiden refused to give up hope and eventually had her body bonded to the peak upon which she stood (oblivious that he had died in battle). Nowadays, the young woman's soul is said to still yearn for her lost love. At some point, a Gastly decided to keep her story alive and posed as her so it could commit mischief. The only notable difference between the two is that Gastly is all white, while the real Maiden has light skin, purple hair, a pale blue dress with a red ribbon, and a red flower in her hair. However, at the beginning of the episode, Gastly did adopt the latter appearance.

According to the legend, she is notorious for stealing the hearts of young men, putting them in a trance-like state and stealing them away from this world. This seemed to be demonstrated on Brock and James, but Ash, Misty, Pikachu, Jessie, and Meowth eventually realized it was Gastly's doing.

Voice actors

Painting of the maiden kept in the Shrine of the Maiden
Language Voice actor
Japanese 根谷美智子 Michiko Neya
English Megan Hollingshead
Arabic جيهان ملا Jihan Malla (Netflix redub)
Finnish Minna Tasanto
European French Guylaine Gibert
Norwegian Katrine Blomstrand
Polish Anna Bielańska
Spanish Latin America Jacqueline Castañeda
Spain Pilar Aguado
Vietnamese Võ Huyền Chi


References


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