Barefūru
Barefūru is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.
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Origin
Barefūru originates from Arifumi Satō's book Sekai Yōkai Zukan. Likely deriving the name from the Goetic demon Valefar, Satō describes it as having a crocodile's body and several lion heads, eating those it dislikes and giving those it likes the art of thievery and a demonic bow and arrows that will never miss.[1] It later appeared in Shigeru Mizuki's books about yōkai.[2][3]
The illustration accompanying Barefūru is a copy of an illustration of the hydra in the fourth volume of Swiss naturalist Conrad Gessner's Historia animalium (The History of Animals), published in 1558;[4] this illustration was reproduced in the book Serpentum, et draconum historiae libri duo (Two Books of the History of Serpents and Dragons) by Italian naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi, published posthumously in 1640.[5]
Design
In Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei it is a green wingless three-headed Dragon with a yellow underside and pink snake tongues, being a recolor of the sprite shared with Hydra and Scylla. In Kyūyaku Megami Tensei, it is a blue three-headed dragon with a green underside, also taken from Hydra. In Majin Tensei, its design got a slight change with the addition of wings, causing it to resemble the Godzilla monster King Ghidora. In Last Bible III, it is a white serpent with four heads, a yellow underside and red horns on its back.
Gameplay
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Nomenclature
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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 Japanese
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バレフール Barefūru | |
Gallery
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Sprite of Barefūru from Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
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Sprite of Barefūru from Last Bible III
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Sprite of Barefūru from Majin Tensei
Trivia
- In the English Translation Patch for Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei by Esperknight, Stardust Crusaders and Tom, it was incorrectly identified as Belphegor.
References
- ↑ 第16回 ソロモンの悪魔6 ウァレフォル. Published March 14, 2023. Retrieved August 24, 2024. Magamaga Exhibition.
- ↑ バレフール. Retrieved July 19, 2024. Pixiv Encyclopedia.
- ↑ Misarin Page. Retrieved August 23, 2024. misarin.net.
- ↑ "De Hydra", Historia animalium (1558), Conrad Gessner. Latin. Vol. IV p. 459.
- ↑ "De Hydra", Serpentum, et draconum historiae libri duo (1640), Ulisse Aldrovandi (compiled by Bartolomeo Ambrosini). p. 388.