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Cailleach Bhearra
カリアッハベーラ

Artwork from Shin Megami Tensei II

Origin Irish culture
Scottish culture
Race(s) Femme
Alignment(s) Neutral-ChaosShin Megami Tensei: 20XX
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Colosseum 20XX

Cailleach Bhearra is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

Profile

Origin

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The Cailleach Bhéarra[a] (meaning "old woman of Beare") is an old woman in Irish and Scottish folklore.[2]

In Irish folklore, she is said to have had fifty foster-children and to have lived seven periods of youth, and all men who lived with her died of old age.[3][1][4] A poem written at some point from the 9th[2] to the 11th[1] century depicts her lamenting over her old age, comparing it unfavorably with her youth,[1][4] when she was apparently a courtesan.[4] The large stone cairns near Oldcastle in Meath were said to have been dropped from the Cailleach Bhéarra's apron.[5]

Scottish folklorist Donald Alexander MacKenzie records in his book Wonder Tales from Scottish Myth and Legend stories of a figure known as Beira, whom he calls the "Queen of Winter". While the demon is named for the figure in Irish folklore, official profiles are based on Mackenzie's Beira.

Design

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Gameplay

Shin Megami Tensei II

EnemyAlly
Name Level HP MP
Cailleach Bhearra 38 320 161
Strength 9
Intelligence 11
Magic 15
Vitality 10
Agility 7
Luck 5

Species Race Alignment Recruit Speech RERandom Encounter AppearancesHow many of this demon may be encountered in a single battle; this value is ignored for fixed encounters FriendshipInitial friendship value
Oni Femme Neutral-Chaos (240) ✔ Archaic F ✔ 64
Attack Accuracy Defense Evasion M. Attack M. Effect
94 67 96 68 17 14
EXP Macca Magnetite Drop LSLife Stone drop rate; 12.5% chance of being a Bead instead
228 228 — Mabufu Stone (40⁄256) 33⁄256
Resistances
Resist Ice
Sword Gun Fire Ice Elec Force Nerve Light
×1 ×1 ×1 ×½×0.50 ×1 ×1 ×1 NulNull
Dark Ruin Bind Charge Hand Skill Leg Skill Fly Skill Almighty
×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Moon Phase Damage Output
New New 1/8 1/8 2/8 2/8 3/8 3/8 Half Half 5/8 5/8 6/8 6/8 7/8 7/8 Full Full
56.25％ 125％ 100％ 93.75％ 68.75％ 87.5％ 100％ 125％ 150％
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target
Sword 1 Single enemy
Magic Skills
Skill Attribute Cost Description
Bufula Ice 8 MP Strongly freezes 1 enemy and puts them into the Freeze state.
Mabufula Ice 11 MP Strongly freezes all enemies and puts them into the Freeze state.
Pulinpa Bind 2 MP Puts multiple enemies into the Panic state.
Mudo Dark 3 MP Curses 2 enemies to death.
Extra Skills
Skill Attribute Cost Description
Lullaby Nerve 6 MP Puts all enemies into the Sleep state.
Demon's KissFemale Dark 0 MP —
Name Level HP MP
Cailleach Bhearra 38 320 161
Strength 9
Intelligence 11
Magic 15
Vitality 10
Agility 7
Luck 5

Species Race Alignment CostSummon Cost CPMagnetite used while in party Inheritance Type
Oni Femme Neutral-Chaos (240) ♄Macca1216 65 Ice
Attack Accuracy Defense Evasion M. Attack M. Effect
94 67 96 68 17 14
Resistances
Resist Ice
Sword Gun Fire Ice Elec Force Nerve Light
×1 ×1 ×1 ×½×0.50 ×1 ×1 ×1 NulNull
Dark Ruin Bind Charge Hand Skill Leg Skill Fly Skill Almighty
×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Moon Phase Damage Output
New New 1/8 1/8 2/8 2/8 3/8 3/8 Half Half 5/8 5/8 6/8 6/8 7/8 7/8 Full Full
56.25％ 125％ 100％ 93.75％ 68.75％ 87.5％ 100％ 125％ 150％
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target
Sword 1 Single enemy
Magic Skills
Skill Attribute Cost Description
Bufula Ice 8 MP Strongly freezes 1 enemy and puts them into the Freeze state.
Mabufula Ice 11 MP Strongly freezes all enemies and puts them into the Freeze state.
Pulinpa Bind 2 MP Puts multiple enemies into the Panic state.
Mudo Dark 3 MP Curses 2 enemies to death.
Extra Skills
Skill Attribute Cost Description
Lullaby Nerve 6 MP Puts all enemies into the Sleep state.

Shin Megami Tensei if...

EnemyAlly
Name Level HP MP
Cailleach Bhearra 37 339 198
Strength 10
Intelligence 11
Magic 18
Vitality 11
Agility 7
Luck 5

Species Race Alignment Recruit Speech RERandom Encounter AppearancesHow many of this demon may be encountered in a single battle; this value is ignored for fixed encounters FriendshipInitial friendship value
Oni Femme Neutral-Chaos (238) ✔ Archaic F ✔ 64
Attack Accuracy Defense Evasion M. Attack M. Effect
94 65 96 66 20 15
EXP Macca Magnetite Drop LSLife Stone drop rate; 12.5% chance of being a Bead instead
222 444 — Twin-Snake Staff (50⁄256) 85⁄256
Resistances
"Ice & Dark・Reflect"
Sword Gun Swd Skl D Atk Skill Charge Fire Ice
×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 Rfl ×1Reflect (×1 Damage)
Electric Force Nerve Light Dark Ruin Bind Almighty
×1 ×1 NuNull ×½×0.50 Rfl ×½Reflect (×½ Damage) Rfl ×½Reflect (×½ Damage) Rfl ×½Reflect (×½ Damage) ×1
Moon Phase Damage Output
New New 1/8 1/8 2/8 2/8 3/8 3/8 Half Half 5/8 5/8 6/8 6/8 7/8 7/8 Full Full
50％ 125％ 100％ 100％ 68.75％ 81.25％ 100％ 125％ 156.25％
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target
Attack 1 Single enemy
Magic Skills
Skill Attribute Cost Description
Bufula Ice 8 MP —
Mabufula Ice 11 MP —
Pulinpa Bind 2 MP —
Mudo Dark 3 MP —
Extra Skills
Skill Attribute Cost Description
Lullaby Nerve 6 MP —
Demon's KissFemale Dark 0 MP —
Name Level HP MP
Cailleach Bhearra 37 339 198
Strength 10
Intelligence 11
Magic 18
Vitality 11
Agility 7
Luck 5

Species Race Alignment CostSummon Cost CPMagnetite used while in party Inheritance Type
Oni Femme Neutral-Chaos (238) ♄Macca1184 40 Attack
Attack Accuracy Defense Evasion M. Attack M. Effect
94 65 96 66 20 15
Resistances
"Ice & Dark・Reflect"
Sword Gun Swd Skl D Atk Skill Charge Fire Ice
×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 Rfl ×1Reflect (×1 Damage)
Electric Force Nerve Light Dark Ruin Bind Almighty
×1 ×1 NuNull ×½×0.50 Rfl ×½Reflect (×½ Damage) Rfl ×½Reflect (×½ Damage) Rfl ×½Reflect (×½ Damage) ×1
Moon Phase Damage Output
New New 1/8 1/8 2/8 2/8 3/8 3/8 Half Half 5/8 5/8 6/8 6/8 7/8 7/8 Full Full
50％ 125％ 100％ 100％ 68.75％ 81.25％ 100％ 125％ 156.25％
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target
Attack 1 Single enemy
Magic Skills
Skill Attribute Cost Description
Bufula Ice 8 MP —
Mabufula Ice 11 MP —
Pulinpa Bind 2 MP —
Mudo Dark 3 MP —
Extra Skills
Skill Attribute Cost Description
Lullaby Nerve 6 MP —

Compendium

Compendium Entries
Shin Megami Tensei II
(A-Mode DDS) 		出身地：スコットランド
スコットランド高地の冬の精霊。名は「青い婆さん」の意味を持つ。青白い顔をした老婆の姿をしている。彼女が持つ冬枯れの杖は、打つと木々の葉は落ち、草は枯れ、新しい芽は出なくなるといわれている。また、野生動物の守護者でもある五月一日の五月祭により春が祝われると、杖を柊の木の下に投げ込み、灰色の石に変身してしまう。十月三一日のハロウィンに、再び蘇り植物を枯らせ、雪を降らせて世界を冬に染めるといわれている。
Translation: Place of origin: Scotland
A winter spirit of the Scottish Highlands. Her name carries the meaning of "blue old woman". She has the appearance of a pale-faced old woman. It is said she carries a staff which causes plants to decay in the winter; when struck, leaves fall from trees, grass withers, and new shoots stop sprouting. Additionally, she is the guardian of wild animals. However, when spring is celebrated on May Day on May 1, her staff is thrown under a holly tree and transforms into a gray stone. It is said that on Halloween on October 31, she comes to life once more, causing plants to dry up and causing snow to fall and plunge the world into winter.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages
Language Name Meaning
Japanese カリアッハベーラ Kariahha bēra Cailleach Bhéarra

Gallery

Notes

  1. ↑ Old Irish: Caillech Bérri[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "The Song of the Old Woman of Beare", Otia Merseiana (1899), Kuno Meyer. Published by G. E. Stechert. Vol. 1 pp. 119-128.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "a female divinity in Irish and Scottish Gaelic literature and oral tradition. The original pagan conception interacts with the more Christian sense of cailleach (‘nun’) in the 9th-cent. poem ‘Lament of the Old Woman of Beare’. She is represented as an ancient nun bemoaning her past youth, but a connection with the goddess of sovereignty is also vestigially present." The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature (2000), Robert Welch. Published by Clarendon Press. ISBN-13: 978-0-19-172710-8. https://doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780192800800.001.0001
  3. ↑ "The old woman or nun of Beare", Vernam Hull. Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie, 19, pp. 174-176. Published 1933 by Max Niemeyer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1515/zcph.1933.19.1.174
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 The Vision of MacConglinne (1892), Kuno Meyer. Published by David Nutt. pp. 208-210.
  5. ↑ The Vision of MacConglinne (1892), Kuno Meyer. Published by David Nutt. pp. 131-134.
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