Jersey Devil

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Jersey Devil
ジャージーデビル
Artwork from Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
Origin	American culture
Race(s)	AkumaDevil Children Black Book and Red Book (PlayStation) WilderDevil Summoner: Soul Hackers Shin Megami Tensei Trading Card: Card Summoner Kētai Akuma Densho
Alignment(s)	Dark-NeutralDevil Summoner: Soul Hackers

Jersey Devil is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

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Origin

The Jersey Devil is a cryptid from American folklore, said to inhabit the New Jersey Pine Barrens. It is typically described as a winged, hoofed creature with a horse-like head and a draconic body. The earliest recorded accounts date to the 18th century, with local legends developing further in the 19th century before gaining widespread attention during a wave of reported sightings in 1909.

The Jersey Devil is subject to multiple folktales concerning the Pine Barrens, most of them involving quaker Deborah Leeds. In the most well known legend set in 1735 Deborah had 12 children and when she learned she was having a 13th, she cursed it. When she gave birth to the child it transformed into a monstrous form and flew into the Pine Barrens. In another legend Deborah was a witch and the father was The Devil. Deborah Leeds was a real-life quaker married to soft Christian occultist Japhet Leeds.

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Compendium Entries
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers (3DS)	A cryptid said to live in the Pine Barrens in the state of New Jersey. It originally was a folklore of the Lenape tribe. One common origin legend is that a mother who had 12 children gave birth to her 13th, who turned into the Jersey Devil, killing the mother and others around, flying off into the night after. It has a horse-like face and hooves, bat wings, and a forked tail.
Devil Children Black Book and Red Book	夜中にとんできて　ヒツジや牛を　食べてしまう　デビル　すばしっこくて　とらえるのは大変 Translation:
Kētai Akuma Densho	ニュージャージー州に出没するとされる異形の悪魔。レオナベ族の伝説に語り継がれる。 出身地：北アメリカ ニュージャージー州のワートン森林地帯に生息する異形の悪魔で、アメリカ原住民であるレオナベ族にその存在が伝承されている。よく知られた伝承は、ある母親が魔術のまねごとをしていたところ、その子供に突然変異が起こり、見たこともない怪物へと化して、母親をふくむ近辺の人間を食べた後、夜空へ消えていったと言うものである。馬のような顔とひづめの生えた足を持ち、肩から背中にかけて翼が生えており、全身が黒い体毛に包まれた姿をしていると言われている。 Translation:

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Jersey Devil
Japanese	ジャージーデビル Jājīdebiru	Jersey Devil

Gallery

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  Artwork from Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
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  Sprite from the PlayStation version of Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
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  Sprite from the Nintendo 3DS version of Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
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  Sprite from the PlayStation version of Devil Children Black Book and Red Book
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  Sprite from Shin Megami Tensei Trading Card: Card Summoner
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  Card No.317 from Shin Megami Tensei Trading Card: 2nd Edition