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[[File:Hiroshige Wild sea breaking on the rocks.jpg|thumb|The water is in unpredictable flux, the land stalwart and unmoving, and the sky? The sky is free and above it all.]]
A type of [[trio]]. Also a form of [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]], in which the three elements of Earth, Water and Air are made a trinity.▼
▲Also a form of [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]], in which the three elements of Earth, Water and Air are made a trinity.
Land is usually depicted as steady and stable, Sea as unpredictable, and Sky as free spirited. Land may also involve death because of burials, and sky will often be the "king," especially in works created before human flight, since no matter where you are, you're always under the sky. The "sky is king" motif has become less common since flight became a thing, however.
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== [[Anime]]
* The Bigs from ''[[The Big O]]'' fit the common characterizations of their spheres; [[The Hero|Big O (land)]] [[Wild Card|Big Duo (sky)]] [[Big Bad|Big Fau (sea)]]
* Magmatron from ''[[Beast Wars Neo]]'' has his units Landsaur, Skysaur and Seasaur.
* In ''[[Bleach]]'', there's a subtle name theming referred to these three elements in the Shiba siblings: Kaien (Kai = Sea), Ganju (Gan = Rock, hence earth) and Kukaku (Ku = Sky).
* The Three Great Beasts, Behemoth (Land), Leviathan (Sea), and Ziz (Sky).▼
* In [[Greek Mythology]], Zeus got land and sky, Poseidon got the ocean, and Hades drew the short straw for the Underworld.▼
** Also, there are the primordial gods Gaia (the earth), Uranus (the sky), and Pontus (the sea). Gaia, the first and born out of Chaos, conceived Uranus and Pontus via parthenogenesis, and [[Incest Is Relative|then mated with them]]. Most notably, the Titans and Greek pantheon were the byproduct of her union with Uranus. Additionally, Tartarus (the hell-pit) was sometimes perceived as a primordial deity/force of nature.▼
* A common referent in [[Celtic Mythology]].▼
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* In the end of ''[[The Silmarillion|Quenta Silmarillion]]'', all three of the eponymous Silmarils are distributed equally across the sky (Earendil's Silmaril), earth (Maedhros'), and sea (Maglor's).
== [[Live
* Very common in ''[[Super Sentai]]'' and ''[[Power Rangers]]'' series, such as ''[[Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan]]'' (Vul Eagle = air, Vul Shark = sea, Vul Panther = land). The most important position, that of the [[Law of Chromatic Superiority|Red Ranger]], is usually the one with sky.
** The Hayate/Wind Ninja Academy in ''[[Ninpuu Sentai Hurricanger]]''/''[[Power Rangers Ninja Storm]]'' teaches these three disciplines, and the three core Rangers each wield one. Interestingly enough, the Rangers that join the team later use different abilities altogether (the next two, from a rival academy, use Thunder; and the sixth is either Fire or [[Non-Elemental]] depending on which show you're watching).
** ''[[Tensou Sentai Goseiger]]'' has a team of ''two'' Rangers of each, though one of the sea Rangers was killed off in the backstory. Gosei Knight uses all three.
== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends ==
▲* The Three Great Beasts, Behemoth (Land), Leviathan (Sea), and Ziz (Sky).
▲* In [[Greek Mythology]], Zeus got land and sky, Poseidon got the ocean, and Hades drew the short straw for the Underworld.
▲** Also, there are the primordial gods Gaia (the earth), Uranus (the sky), and Pontus (the sea). Gaia, the first and born out of Chaos, conceived Uranus and Pontus via parthenogenesis, and [[Incest Is Relative|then mated with them]]. Most notably, the Titans and Greek pantheon were the byproduct of her union with Uranus. Additionally, Tartarus (the hell-pit) was sometimes perceived as a primordial deity/force of nature.
▲* A common referent in [[Celtic Mythology]].
== [[Video Games]] ==
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