Narasimha
Narasimha is a demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.
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{{Compendium |smt1=Origin: India - One of Vishnu's ten avatars. He is a human with a lion's head. Hiranyakashipu, the immortal king of the Rakshasas, tried to kill his son. Narasimha defeated Hiranyakashipu in retaliation. |smt2= |smt3= |smtsj= |smtsjr= |smt4= |smt4a= |smt5= |smti=Narasimha is the avatar of Vishnu, a deity in Hinduism. The story goes that Vishnu had killed the Asura Hiranyaksha. Hiranyaksha's brother Hiranyakashipu was angered by this, and vowed to kill Vishnu. To do so he must gain immense mystical powers, which he believed will be given by Brahma if he underwent many years of penance. Brahma was pleased with Hiranyakashipu's efforts and granted him a boon, in which he asked for protection from death by human, deity or animal in any space by any weapon in any time. With the boon he attempted to kill Vishnu, but Vishnu took upon the avatar of Narasimha - part deity, part animal - and managed to slay Hiranyakashipu. [a]
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- ↑ This was not officially translated from Japanese: インド神話に登場する半人半獅子の神。 維持神ヴィシュヌのアヴァターラの一つ。 アスラ族のヒラニヤカシプがブラフマーから、 神とアスラにも、人と獣にも、昼と夜にも、家の中と外にも、どんな武器にも 殺されない身体が欲しいという願いを叶えてもらった。 そのヒラニヤカシプを倒すためにヴィシュヌはライオンの頭をした人間の姿になり、 ヒラニヤカシプを倒したといわれている。]]