Kartikeya

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Kartikeya
カルティケーヤ

Artwork from Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner

Origin Hinduism
Race(s) FuryShin Megami Tensei: Nine
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux
Shin Megami Tensei IV
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine
Shin Megami Tensei: J
Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
Shin Megami Tensei Trading Card: Card Summoner
Kētai Akuma Densho

OmegaDevil Survivor 2
Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker

YaksaDigital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner 2
Alignment(s) Light-ChaosShin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner

ChaosShin Megami Tensei IV
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
Arcana ChariotPersona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth

StarPersona 3 FES
Persona 3 Portable
Persona 4
Persona 4 Golden
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth
Persona Mobile Online

Kartikeya is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

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Origin

Kartikeya[a] is a Hindu deity associated with war, and he is a son of Shiva and Parvati. Kartikeya is also known as Kumara[b] and Skanda,[c] and he is also identified with the Tamil deity Murugan.[d]

Design

Gameplay

For complete gameplay information, see Gameplay:Kartikeya.

Compendium

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Compendium Entries
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

A Hindu god of war, also known as Skanda and Murugan.

He rides upon a peacock called Paravani, with bow and arrow drawn. He commands the army of the gods, and defeated the forces of Asura.

Shin Megami Tensei IV

A Hindu god of war, also known as Skanda and Murugan.

He rides upon a peacock called Paravani, with bow and arrow drawn. He commands the army of the gods, and defeated the forces of Asura.

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse

A Hindu god of war, also known as Skanda and Murugan.
He rides upon a peacock called Paravani, with bow and arrow drawn. He commands the army of the gods, and defeated the forces of Asura.

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
(Akuma Zensho; PSP)

出身地:インド

シヴァ神の息子とされる戦争の神。仏教では俊足の「韋駄天」として知られる。

カルティケーヤは神々の軍勢を統率するとされる神で、長い槍を持ち、孔雀を乗り物にしている。また、6つの首と12本の手を持った姿で表されることも多い。

彼の出生は少々複雑で、シヴァ神の入りこんだ火の神アグニと、パールヴァティ女神の入り込んだスヴァーハーという娘から生まれたとされる。
Translation:
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
(3DS)

A Hindu god of war, also known as Skanda and Murugan.
He rides upon a peacock called Paravani with bow and arrow drawn. He commands the army of the gods, and defeated the forces of Asura.

Persona 3 FES

A Hindu god of war, also known as Skanda and Murugan. He rides upon a peacock called Paravani, with a bow and arrow drawn. He commands the army of the gods, and defeated the forces of Asura.

Persona 3 Portable
Persona 4

A Hindu god of war, also known as Skanda and Murugan. He rides upon a peacock called Paravani, with a bow and arrow drawn. He commands the army of the gods, and defeated the forces of Asura.

Persona 4 Golden
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth

A Hindu god of war, known as Skanda or Murugan. He rides atop a peacock called Paravani, with bow and arrow drawn. He commands the army of the gods and defeated the forces of Asura.

Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth

A Hindu god of war, known as Skanda or Murugan. He rides atop a peacock called Paravani, with bow and arrow drawn. He commands the army of the gods and defeated the forces of Asura.

Persona 5: The Phantom X

A Hindu god of war, known as Skanda or Murugan. He rides atop a peacock called Paravani,with[sic] bow and arrow drawn. He commands the army of the gods and defeated the forces of Asura.

Devil Survivor 2

A Hindu god of war, also known as Skanda and Murugan.

He rides upon a peacock called Paravani, with bow and arrow drawn. He commands the army of the gods, and defeated the forces of Asura.

Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker
Kētai Akuma Densho

ヒンドゥー神話に登場する軍神。シヴァ神の息子で、神々を統率すると言う。

出身地:インド
カルティケーヤは、ヒンドゥー神話に登場する戦争の神で、シヴァ神の息子であると言われている。彼は不死を象徴する孔雀に乗り、手に長い槍を持った姿をしているとされる。カルティケーヤはシュヴェータ山の黄金の穴から産まれ、生後4日目にして神々の軍勢を退けて神軍の総司令官になったと言われる。生後6日目には神々を率いて魔神達を撃破したと伝えられている。仏教ではイダ天と呼ばれ、俊足を誇る天軍の将として邪神を消滅するとされている。
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Trivia

  • Kartikeya does not appear in Persona 5/Persona 5 Royal, but he is one of several Personas whose compendium descriptions from Persona 4 are left over in the files, corresponding to unused Persona IDs.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages
Language Name Meaning
English Kartikeya
Japanese カルティケーヤ Karutikēya Kartikeya
Simplified Chinese 韦驮天Persona 3 Portable
Wéituó Tiān
Skanda Deva
Korean 카르티케이야Shin Megami Tensei IV
Persona 3 Portable
Persona 4
Persona 4 Golden
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth
Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker
Kareutikeiya
Kartikeya
칼디케야Persona 3 FES
Kaldikeya
Kartikeya
칼티케야Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner 2
Kaltikeya
Kartikeya

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Notes

  1. ↑ Sanskrit: कार्त्तिकेय, romanized Kārttikeya
  2. ↑ Sanskrit: कुमार, romanized Kumāra
  3. ↑ Sanskrit: स्कन्द, romanized Skanda
  4. ↑ Tamil: முருகன், romanized Murukaṉ