Makai
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Makai, sometimes also known as the Demon World, is a recurring location in the Megami Tensei franchise. It is an alternate dimension or plane of existence where Demons and other supernatural beings reside.
In the Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei series of novels and Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey, Makai is referred to as Atziluth. In the localizations of Shin Megami Tensei and Shin Megami Tensei IV, it is referred to as the Expanse, while in the Shin Megami Tensei V localization, it is called the Netherworld. In the Devil Children Light Book and Dark Book localization, it is known as Dem.
History
Origin
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Atziluth, as it is known in the Digital Devil Story novels and Strange Journey, is believed to be the highest of the four worlds in Jewish esoteric mysticism, also called Kabbalah. Among the worlds depicted in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, Atziluth represents the divine essence and the direct emanation from God, literally meaning "World of Emanation" (עוֹלָם אֲצִילוּת Olam Atsiluth) in Hebrew. Kabbalah considers Atziluth a plane of absolute oneness with God which transcends human comprehension, while the worlds beneath Atziluth—Beriah, Yetzirah, and Assiah—represent progressively more differentiated and intelligible aspects of creation.
Game Appearances
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Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II
Shin Megami Tensei
Shin Megami Tensei II
- Main article: Makai (Shin Megami Tensei II)
Shin Megami Tensei if...
- Main article: Makai (Shin Megami Tensei if...)
Shin Megami Tensei IV
Shin Megami Tensei V
- Main article: Da'at (Shin Megami Tensei V)
Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine
Devil Children
- Main article: Makai (Devil Children)
Majin Tensei
- Main article: Makai (Majin Tensei)
Devil Survivor 2
Novel Appearances
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Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
Nomenclature
In most games, Makai is spelled as 魔界, meaning Demon World. In Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine, it is instead spelled as 魔階, meaning Demon Plane. As the kanji 階 commonly denotes a story or floor, it can be understood that 魔階 denotes Makai as another plane of existence as opposed to a world.
