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[[File:trinity_7788.png|frame|link=The DCU|Modern mythology's most famous Cosmic Forces Trio. They even named the series ''[[Trinity (comic book)|Trinity]]''.]]
The [[Rule of Three]], among its many uses, was applied to life cycle and other fundamental philosophical principles; as such it extends to the [[
'''Hindu''' (Trimurti): The [[Hindu Mythology|ancient Hindu concept]] of a trinity formed by the gods '''Brahma''', '''Vishnu''' and '''Shiva'''. What exactly they embody depends on the version of theology - unsurprisingly given its age, Hinduism collected ''many'' interpretations and reformations, thus some things seem to have changed meanings more than once. The original (as far as the existing texts reach) concept of the three Guna appears to be too arcane to easily express in everyday words - otherwise they won't need it, after all. In the recent version (XIX century) they represent the concepts of Creation, Preservation and Destruction (or Transformation). Traces of the old variants are still alive and e.g. made it to ''Shiv and the Grasshopper''<ref>an interpretation/translation of the local folklore by [[Rudyard Kipling]], where "Shiva the Preserver" arranges for all living things to have their food</ref>. While not as common as some other forms of the
* There is no true parallel with the Trinity of Christianity which is very accepted in Hinduism today. However, that doesn't mean the concept hasn't fascinated writers and media creators alike. The resulting symbolism and mythology that has come to be associated with each piece of the concept has been combined and expanded by Westerners, in some ways away from the original Hindu gods which used to represent them. If [[Everybody Hates Hades|often misinterpreted]] in various ways.
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Also, these aspects are cyclical, and in practice both the Creator and Destroyer will be associated with destroying something, since to create something new, something else must be destroyed and visa-versa, once you destroy something, something new will take it's place. The Destroyer is often associated with evil or something else undesirable while The Creator is represented positively. In other stories they simply take turns - the Destroyer's role is to "clear the place" for a new creation, like a storm bringing down some trees allows the younger plants grow without their shadow.
Compare a similar Greek Ensemble, [[The Hecate Sisters]], and [[The Three Faces of Eve
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* In common media, this is a very classic tradition and it has a following (which effectively is its own trope ''and'' subtrope of this one): [[Protagonist]], [[Love Interest]], [[The Dragon]] or [[Big Bad]].
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* From ''[[Naruto]]'', Naruto represents The Creator (miraculous events of his birth, being a messiah figure, childish qualities), Sakura represents The Preserver (A Healer, intelligence and a taskmaster) and Sasuke represents The Destroyer (wants to destroy his whole village, fire and lightning are his chakra elements).
** The three Senin can also be this trope, Jiraiya (Creator) prophesying Naruto's coming to save the Village, Tsunade (Preserver) as the Hokage, leading the village, and being a healer, and Orochimaru (Destroyer), who's trying to destroy the village.
* If applying to [[Madoka Magica]], there's several (Note that this includes tons of [[Fridge Brilliance]]):
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* From ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', Aang is The Creator ([[The Messiah]] figure who saves the world), Zuko is The Preserver (Becomes Fire Lord and helps rebuild the world after his Fathers wars) and Ozai is the Destroyer (The guy who was going to destroy the entire Earth Kingdom with fire). It shows the cyclical nature of the trope by being [[The Destroyer (trope)|The Destroyer]]-[[The Creator]]-[[The Preserver]], chronologically.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* [[La-Mulana]], The Mother (Creator), the Sages (Preservers), and the Lemeza (The Destroyer).
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' has Triforce as the [[Cosmic Keystone]], with a [[
* [[Kingdom Hearts]], Sora (Preserver), Riku (The Destroyer), and Kairi (Creator) where like this in the first game. Though this franchise has too many examples to list, even averted, zigzag, and whatnot in future games.
* [[Final Fantasy 4]], Cecil Harvey (Preserver), Kain Highwind (Destroyer), and Rosa (Creator).
* [[Overwatch]]: Has such trios: Ana is the Preserver (One of the resident healers and who has the nickname of "[[Mother Bear]]," Gabriel Reyes is the Destroyer (he wants to destroy all of Overwatch), and Jack Morrison is the Creator, he's one of its founders, and is on a mystery journey to get to the bottom of why Overwatch fell.
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