#miranda?

historically marika's power has come from absorbing her enemies and gaining their strengths, genetically even. she became radagon to have children with rennala.

if the radagon giant theory holds up, she absorbed a giant to win a war against giants.

we know that shaman were melded with hornsent, who were strong by nature. we know that marika went on to use their strength to obliterate them.

marika used her dog brother to absorb death for her.

one of her sons merged with the world snake.

i think that whatever she pulled from the parcel at the divinity gate was what was removed from placidusax by bayle, the missing 3rd head, who was her.

she married/blended with placidusax and was the missing third head that was liberated and brought to marika to rebirth as a new god at the divinity gate. she sucked the gold out of placidusax, like mercury, like gold gathering fungus, and then bounced.

she was the golden bird and offering her hair to the grandmother proves her liberation and resurrection. the erdtree is a promise of true resurrection and eternity to the tree worshipers, but the age of abundance quickly waned.

the bell like flowers on her head are likely connecting her to the halig tree, like the rot leaves in the scadu chalice.

the great rot tree existed where the halig tree is before miquella planted his tree inside it. the calla lillies were also there before miquella.