Talk:Godzilla 2/@comment-9509742-20141002152141

For Mothra I had an idea how they could keep her scientifically grounded but add in the mythology side.

Mothra could be another prehistoric species of the same time period as Godzilla and the Mutos, in this case resembling a giant moth. Like the others, she fed off and drained radiation to grow and thrive. Well, suppose an isolated and dormant Mothra egg existed on a isolated island. Said island, either from nuclear test fallout or inherit stocks of radioactive elements like uranium; was highly radioactive.

The natives of the island would eventually succumb to radiation poisoning, but they noticed that if they visited this strange, giant egg; they would get better (from the egg draining the decaying ions from them). They'd see this as a magic event with the egg healing them, leading to they worshiping it. Perhaps two sisters start a line of priestesses who lead this worship. Come the modern day, the egg has slowly drained enough energy it is close to hatching.

It keeps the 'divinity', the twin priestesses; and the native islanders while making it clear this is a flesh and blood creature.