Appearance
A multicolored totem kept aloft by psychic power. Black head, one cyan eye, two unblinking eyespots, yellow wings striped blue and red, and black three-toed feet.
#561
Sigilyph
Avianoid Pokémon
PsychicFlying
- Height
- 1.4 m
- Weight
- 14 kg
- Generation
- 5
- Region
- Unova
Sigilyph is a Psychic / Flying-type Pokémon, No. 561 in the National Pokédex, introduced in Generation 5 (Unova region).
« A discovery was made in the desert where Sigilyph fly. The ruins of what may have been an ancient city were found beneath the sands. »
Its story
Lifestyle
It lives in deserts and rocky places. It strikes intruders with its mind and seems to fly the same route forever, as if still guarding an ancient city.
In the anime
In the films, Damon's Sigilyph wakes the energy of Solosis and Duosion, then lifts the Sword of the Vale. In the series, Carrie sends one against Sycamore and Ash.
Name origin
Keiko Moritsugu designed it after the Nazca lines, kachina dolls, or a totem pole. Sigilyph may blend sigil and glyph, and perhaps sylph, a spirit of the air.
Did you know?
- Early art, including Ken Sugimori's, omits the lines on the lower body.
- Symboler may join symbol and perhaps Ra, Egypt's falcon-headed god.
- Carrie believes they are the Kalos threat Olympia had foretold.
Found in the Pokédex of:
UnovaKalosGalar
In other languages
Cryptéro
Symvolara
シンボラー심보러象徵鳥