Kikimora

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Kikimora
キキーモラ
DeSumSH1

Artwork from Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner

Artwork from Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers

Origin East Slavic culture
Race(s) FemmeDevil Survivor
Devil Survivor: Overclocked
Devil Survivor 2
Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker

NightShin Megami Tensei IV
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
Shin Megami Tensei Trading Card: Card Summoner
Kētai Akuma Densho
Alignment(s) Neutral-ChaosShin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers

ChaosShin Megami Tensei IV
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse

Kikimora is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

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Origin

The kikimora[a] is a female household spirit in Russian and Belarusian folklore.

Design

A kikimora by Ivan Bilibin (1934)

The Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner and Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers designs of the Kikimora are based on a 1934 illustration by Ivan Bilibin. Kazuma Kaneko says this image was present in the book he used for reference, and that it reminded him of Little Red Riding Hood.[1]

Gameplay

For complete gameplay information, see Gameplay:Kikimora.

Compendium

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Shin Megami Tensei IV

A female spirit that appears in Slavic lore. Her face and legs are said to be like that of a bird.

She appears in the dead of night to make babies cry and spin thread. It's said that those who see her or hear her spinning will meet with misfortune. In some cases, she helps with housework, but only if the wife is a hard worker. If she is lazy, the Kikimora will tickle the children in the night and make the mother suffer. Still, if you wash all the dishes in the house with a tonic brewed from ferns, you can reconcile with her.

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse

A female spirit that appears in Slavic lore. Her face and legs are said to be like that of a bird.
She appears in the dead of night to make babies cry and spin thread. It's said that those who see her or hear her spinning will meet with misfortune. In some cases, she helps with housework, but only if the wife is a hard worker. If she is lazy, the Kikimora will tickle the children in the night and make the mother suffer. Still, if you wash all the dishes in the house with a tonic brewed from ferns, you can reconcile with her.

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

出身地：ポーランド

スラブに伝えられる、人家に棲む女の精霊。鳥のような顔と鳥のような足を持つ。

キキーモラが良い精霊になるか悪い精霊になるかは、その一家の主婦にかかっている。彼女が勤勉な場合は家事を手伝う良い精霊だが、逆に怠け者だと、手伝いをするどころか夜中に彼女の子供をくすぐって悪夢を見せるという悪行を働く。

キキーモラは家の不幸も知らせる。彼女の姿を見ること、彼女が糸をつむぐ音を聞くことは不吉の前兆とされた。
Translation: Place of origin: Poland
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
(3DS)

A female spirit that appears in Slavic lore. Her face and legs are said to be like that of a bird. She appears in the dead of night to make babies cry and spin thread. It's said that those who see her or hear her spinning will meet with misfortune. In some cases, she helps with housework, but only if the wife is a hard worker. If she is lazy, the Kikimora will tickle the children in the night to make the shiftless mother suffer.

Devil Survivor: Overclocked

A female spirit that appears in Slavic lore. Her face and legs are said to be like that of a bird. She appears in the dead of night to make babies cry and spin thread. It's said that those who see her or hear her spinning will meet with misfortune. In some cases, she helps with housework, but only if the wife is a hard worker. If she is lazy, the Kikimora will tickle the children in the night and make the mother suffer. Still, if you wash all the dishes in the house with a tonic brewed from ferns, you can reconcile with her.

Devil Survivor 2

A female spirit that appears in Slavic lore. Her face and legs are said to be like that of a bird.

She appears in the dead of night to make babies cry and spin thread. It's said that those who see her or hear her spinning will meet with misfortune. In some cases, she helps with housework, but only if the wife is a hard worker. If she is lazy, the Kikimora will tickle the children in the night and make the mother suffer. Still, if you wash all the dishes in the house with a tonic brewed from ferns, you can reconcile with her.

Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker
Kētai Akuma Densho

スラヴの民間伝承に登場する女の家霊。その顔と足は、鳥のようだと伝えられる。

出身地：ポーランド
スラヴ民間伝承に登場する女性の姿をした家霊で、夜中に現れては赤ん坊を泣かせたり、糸紡ぎをしたりするとされる。その姿を見たり糸紡ぎをしている音を聞いたりした者は不幸になるとも言われる。家事を手伝うこともあると言われているが、これは主婦が働き者で勤勉な女性であった場合であって、怠け者である場合には、夜の間子供をくすぐって母親に苦痛を与えるとされる。この場合、羊歯を煎じた薬で家中の食器を洗うことによって和解することができるとされている。
Translation:
Kaneko Kazuma Dennō Akuma Zukan 人家に住み着く、女性の妖精。キキーモラのキキは、「キーキー音を出す」という意味を持っており、夜中に騒音を立てては家人たちの眠りを妨げる。また、その家の主婦が働き者なら、キキーモラは夜中に糸をつむいだり、機織りをしたりするそうだが、反対に怠け者であった場合は家中をひっかきまわして、主婦を困らせるのだという。
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Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages
Language Name Meaning
English Kikimora
Japanese キキーモラ Kikīmora Kikimora
Korean 키키모라 Kikimora Kikimora

Gallery

Notes

  1. ↑ Russian: кикимора, romanized kikimora; Belarusian: кікімара, romanized kikimara

References

  1. ↑ "これは資料に出てる絵があまりにも好きなんで、そのまま描きました。赤頭巾ちゃんみたいな絵なんだけど、すごく気に入っちゃって。キキーモラは家事をサボってる奥さんにイタズラしたりする妖精なんですよ。そういう性格的な面も気に入ってて…なんだかかわいいですよね。(金子)" Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner World Guidance (1996), Daisuke Narisawa and CB's Project. Published by SoftBank. Japanese. p. 118. ISBN-13: 978-4-7973-0084-0.
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