Preta

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Preta is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

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Shin Megami Tensei
(A-Mode DDS)
Origin: Japan - The forms of greedy souls. They have large heads and a thin neck, fat bellies, and shriveled limbs. They are plagued with a hunger that can never be satisfied.
Shin Megami Tensei III:
Nocturne
They are "hungry ghosts," as they are unable to swallow food. This is a punishment in reincarnation. One with too many desires in life is doomed to spend time as a Preta.
Shin Megami Tensei:
Strange Journey
A ghoulish demon of Buddhist lore. Greedy humans cast into the Preta realm of Hell become these. Their hunger is unrelenting and their suffering continues until they are reincarnated.
Shin Megami Tensei IV Known as gaki in Japanese, they are ghoulish demons of Buddhist lore. Greedy humans cast into the preta realm become these. Their hunger is unrelenting and their suffering continues until they are reincarnated.
Shin Megami Tensei IV:
Apocalypse
Known as gaki in Japanese, they are ghoulish demons of Buddhist lore. Greedy humans cast into the preta realm become these. Their hunger is unrelenting and their suffering continues until they are reincarnated.
Shin Megami Tensei V Known as "gaki" in Japanese, they are ghoulish demons of Buddhist lore.

Greedy humans cast into the preta realm become these. Their hunger is unrelenting and their suffering continues until they are reincarnated.

Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine The form given to those who are cast down into the Preta Realm, one of the Six Realms of Buddhist scriptures.

Those who lived extravagant lives are said to be cast into the Preta Realm after death. Preta are constantly tormented by hunger and thirst, but whenever they put something to their mouths, it bursts into flame, and so they are eternally deprived of food and drink. Their figures are gaunt, except for their bellies, which are strangely swollen.

Liberation Dx2 Known as Gaki in Japanese, they are ghoulish demons of Buddhist lore. Greedy humans cast into the Preta realm become these unfortunate creatures. Any food they try to consume burns up in their mouth, fated to be tormented by never ending hunger and thirst.
Raidou Kuzunoha vs.
King Abaddon
A ghoulish demon from Buddhist myth. Greedy humans cast into the Preta realm of hell become these.

Their hunger is unrelenting and their suffering continues until they are reincarnated.

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