Nuwa

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Nuwa
ジョカJoka
SMT5SMT5 Snake Artwork from Shin Megami Tensei V Snake artwork from Shin Megami Tensei V
Other Name(s)	Mother GoddessShin Megami Tensei V
Origin	Chinese culture Chinese folk religion Taoism
Race(s)	DragonRonde LadyShin Megami Tensei V Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2
Alignment(s)	Light-ChaosShin Megami Tensei V Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
Voice Actor(s)	Ayana TaketatsuShin Megami Tensei V Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance (JA) Laura PostShin Megami Tensei V Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance (EN)

Nuwa is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

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Origin

Nüwa, known archaically as Nüwo, is the creator of mankind in Chinese folk religion, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism.

The concept of Nüwa predates recorded history, with her earliest mentions being in the Classic of Mountains and Seas's Great Western Wastelands, which would disseminate into Chinese folk religion, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism. In the Classic, she is described as being an ancient goddess and ruler who repopulated humanity after disaster. She is described as having a human face and snake body, undergoing seventy transformations in a day. The image of Nüwa tends to correlate with how women are seen in Chinese society. For the first six centuries, she was seen as an ancient goddess, whereas later historians would place her with Lü Zhi and Wu Zetian as a femme fatal or usurper.

The Spring and Autumn Annals places her alongside the Flame Emperor Shennong and her brother (or husband) Fu Xi as the Three Sovereigns defining the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period. Huainanzi expresses the world beforehand as being exceedingly chaotic: Savage beasts preyed on man, fires burned unendingly, and floods spread ceaselessly. The nine states were split and the four corners of the Earth were shattered. To resolve the chaos, Nüwa would melt five different-coloured stones to patch the sky, sever the four legs of the giant turtle Ao to erect the four pillars supporting the sky, kill Heilong to save Jizhou, and use reed ash to stave off flooding. The Three Sovereigns never set up any laws or regulations in their creation myth, only leaving behind their virtue. According to Classic of Mountains and Seas, she then birthed ten goddesses from her intestines, who would repopulate the Earth after disaster, thus her moniker as the creator of mankind.

In the event of torrential downpours that don't let up, Wang Chong's Lunheng records that people would give sacrifices to Nüwa in hopes of her repairing the situation.

Design

Illustration of Nüwa by Jiang Yinghao (蒋应镐) based on Classic of Mountains and Seas.

The appearance of Nüwa in Shin Megami Tensei V is derived from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, but differs significantly in appearance. The snake motif is reflected in her snake form, albeit not forming her torso and instead being connected to her head. Her human form reflects the appearance of a classical Chinese noblewoman.

Gameplay

Shin Megami Tensei V

NormalSnake

	Name Level HP MP Nuwa 80 438 455	Strength 63 Vitality 52 Magic 70 Agility 44 Luck 50
Race Speech C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost Gift Type Lady — — —
Resistances — WkWeak — StrStrong RplRepel — StrStrong ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Ailment Resistances — — — NulNull — — — — ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Skill Potential +2 −5 — — +4 — — — — +2 —
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Physical 1 1 enemy
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Dancing Strike 25 MP 3 medium Physical attacks to 1 foe. High Critical Rate. Innate Floral Gust 60 MP Medium 2~5 Force attacks to random foes. Innate Diamrita 30 MP Moderate HP recovery and cures status ailments for 1 ally. Innate Mana Aid — Recover MP after a battle. 81 Killing Wind 65 MP Heavy Force attack to 1 foe. Ignores affinity resistance and pierces through. 82 High Force Pleroma — Greatly increases Force attack damage. 83
Magatsuhi Skills Skill Description Omagatoki: Critical All attacks, including magical attacks, will become Critical hits for all allies for 1 turn. Waters of YouthRequires Lady Talisman Full HP/MP recovery to self.

	Name Level HP MP Nuwa 89 502 522	Strength 44 Vitality 65 Magic 105 Agility 60 Luck 74
Race Speech C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost Gift Type Lady — — —
Resistances — WkWeak — NulNull RplRepel — NulNull ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Ailment Resistances — — — NulNull — — — — ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Skill Potential — −6 +2 +3 +7 −3 −3 — — +3 —
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Physical 1 1 enemy
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Sacrifice of Clay 50 MP Heavy Force attack to all foes. Lowers target's Attack/Defense by 1 rank for 3 turns. Innate Thunder Reign 60 MP Medium 2~5 Electric attacks to random foes. Innate Killing Wind 65 MP Heavy Force attack to 1 foe. Ignores affinity resistance and pierces through. Innate Diarahan 35 MP Full HP recovery to 1 ally. Innate Ice Age 65 MP Heavy Ice attack to 1 foe. Ignores affinity resistance and pierces through. 90 Narukami 65 MP Heavy Electric attack to 1 foe. Ignores affinity resistance and pierces through. 91 Drain Phys — Absorbs damage from Physical skills. 93
Magatsuhi Skills Skill Description Omagatoki: Critical All attacks, including magical attacks, will become Critical hits for all allies for 1 turn. Waters of YouthRequires Lady Talisman Full HP/MP recovery to self.

Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance

NormalSnake

	Name Level HP MP Nuwa 80 438 455	Strength 63 Vitality 52 Magic 70 Agility 44 Luck 50
Location Special Fusion (Huang Long + Arahabaki + Quetzalcoatl)
Race Alignment Speech C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost Fusion Condition Gift Type Lady Light-Chaos — ♄Macca123940 Canon of Creation: Start New Game+ Canon of Vengeance: View Yakumo’s final cutscene at Jozoji Temple —
Resistances — WkWeak — RsResist RpRepel — RsResist ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Ailment Resistances — — — NuNull — — — — ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Skill Potential +2 −5 — — +4 — — — — +2 —
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Physical 1 1 enemy
Innate Skill Firmament Restoration When user Resists or Nulls an attack 2 times or more, adds 1 Press Turn Icon at the start of user's next turn.
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Dancing StrikeHuman Nuwa-exclusive 25 MP 3 medium Physical attacks to 1 foe. High Critical Rate. Innate Floral Gust 60 MP Medium 2~5 Force attacks to random foes. Innate Diamrita 30 MP Moderate HP recovery and cures ailments for 1 ally. Innate Mana Aid — Recover MP after a battle. 81 Killing Wind 65 MP Heavy Force attack to 1 foe. Ignores affinity resistance and pierces through. 82 High Force Pleroma — Greatly increases Force attack damage. 83
Magatsuhi Skills Skill Description Omagatoki: Critical All attacks, including magical attacks, will become Critical hits for all allies for 1 turn. Waters of YouthRequires Lady Talisman Full HP and MP recovery to self. Tides of ChaosRequires Virtuous Chaos Periapt 3~6 heavy level-based Almighty attacks to random foes. Removes 1 Press Turn Icon from foe's next turn.

	Name Level HP MP Nuwa 89 502 522	Strength 44 Vitality 65 Magic 105 Agility 60 Luck 74
Location Special Fusion (Lady Nuwa + Vritra + Ananta + Yamata-no-Orochi)
Race Alignment Speech C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost Fusion Condition Gift Type Lady Light-Chaos — ♄Macca205203 Canon of Creation: Start New Game+ Canon of Vengeance: View Yakumo’s final cutscene at Jozoji Temple —
Resistances — WkWeak — NuNull RpRepel — NuNull ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Ailment Resistances — — — NuNull — — — — ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Skill Potential — −6 +2 +3 +7 −3 −3 — — +3 —
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Physical 1 1 enemy
Innate Skill Nine-Day Restoration Increases damage when striking a foe's weakness if the Magatsuhi Gauge is not full.
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Sacrifice of ClaySnake Nuwa-exclusive 50 MP (Unique) Heavy Force attack to all foes. Lowers Attack/Defense by 1 rank for 3 turns. Innate Thunder Reign 60 MP 2~5 medium Electric attacks to random foes. Innate Killing Wind 65 MP Heavy Force attack to 1 foe. Ignores affinity resistance and pierces through. Innate Diarahan 35 MP Full HP recovery to 1 ally. Innate Ice Age 65 MP Heavy Ice attack to 1 foe. Ignores affinity resistance and pierces through. 90 Narukami 65 MP Heavy Electric attack to 1 foe. Ignores affinity resistance and pierces through. 91 Drain Phys — Absorbs damage from Physical skills. 93
Magatsuhi Skills Skill Description Omagatoki: Critical All attacks, including magical attacks, will become Critical hits for all allies for 1 turn. Waters of YouthRequires Lady Talisman Full HP and MP recovery to self. Tides of ChaosRequires Virtuous Chaos Periapt 3~6 heavy level-based Almighty attacks to random foes. Removes 1 Press Turn Icon from foe's next turn.

Compendium

Compendium Entries
Shin Megami Tensei V	A goddess that appears in Chinese mythology. Recognized as one of the sovereigns, she is said to have the head of a human and a body of a serpent. She is also known to be responsible for the creation of humanity, having created them from mud. Legend tells that when one of the four pillars said to hold up the world broke, she repaired it. Furthermore, her colleague Fuxi is typically labeled as either her brother or her husband, depending on what version of her story is told. Snake: A goddess that appears in Chinese mythology. Recognized as one of the sovereigns, she is said to have the head of a human and a body of a serpent, and is also known to be responsible for the creation of humanity, having created them from mud. Legend tells that when one of the four pillars said to hold up the world broke, she repaired it. Furthermore, her colleague Fuxi is typically labeled as either her brother or her husband depending what version of her story is told. She takes this serpentine form when unleashing a portion of her power, though she is capable of far more. Nahobino: A goddess that appears in Chinese mythology. Recognized as one of the sovereigns, she is said to have the head of a human and a body of a serpent, and is also known to be responsible for the creation of humanity, having created them from mud. She assumed the form of a Nahobino after fusing with the bearer of her Knowledge, Shohei Yakumo.
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance	A goddess that appears in Chinese mythology. Recognized as one of three sovereigns, she is said to have the head of a human and body of a serpent. As a demigod, she is also known to be responsible for the creation of humanity, having created humans from mud. Legend says that when one of the four pillars said to hold up the world broke, she repaired it. Fuxi, also of the three sovereigns, is typically labeled as either her brother or her husband depending on what version of her story is told. Snake: A goddess that appears in Chinese mythology. Recognized as one of three sovereigns, she is said to have the head of a human and body of a serpent. As a demigod, she is also known to be responsible for the creation of humanity, having created humans from mud. Legend says that when one of the four pillars said to hold up the world broke, she repaired it. Fuxi, also of the three sovereigns, is typically labeled as either her brother or her husband depending on what version of her story is told. She takes this serpentine form when unleashing a portion of her power, though she is capable of far more. Nahobino: A goddess that appears in Chinese mythology. Recognized as one of three sovereigns, she is said to have the head of a human and body of a serpent. As a demigod, she is also known to be responsible for the creation of humanity, having created humans from mud. She assumed the form of a Nahobino after fusing with the bearer of her Knowledge, Shohei Yakumo.

Game Appearances

Shin Megami Tensei V

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Nuwa is first encountered in the Tokyo Diet Building, having routed the forces of Bethel within the building. Assuming the Nahobino is reinforcements for Bethel, she transforms into her demon form and attacks him. Midway though their battle her partner Shohei Yakumo interrupts with intention to kill the Nahobino, only for Nuwa to dissuade him out of respect for the young mans resolve, to which Yakumo begrudgingly relents. With the hostilities ended, the Nahobino takes the opportunity to learn more about the pair, being answered that they oppose the angels of Bethel and the demons of Chaos equally, the former for oppression and the latter self serving opportunism.

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Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Nuwa
Japanese	ジョカ Joka	Japanese reading of the Chinese 女媧 (Nǚwā) written in katakana.
Simplified Chinese	女娲 Nǚ wā
Traditional Chinese	女媧 Nǚ wā
Korean	여와女媧 Yeowa	Sino-Korean Reading of Chinese 女媧

Gallery

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  Artwork of Shohei Yakumo and Nuwa from Shin Megami Tensei V
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  Artwork from Shin Megami Tensei V
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  Artwork of Nuwa's Snake form from Shin Megami Tensei V
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  Render of Nuwa's Nahobino form from Shin Megami Tensei V
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  Render from Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2
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  Sprite from Last Bible III
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  Sprite from Ronde
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  Icon from Shin Megami Tensei V
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  Icon of Nuwa's Snake form from Shin Megami Tensei V
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  Icon of Nuwa's Nahobino form from Shin Megami Tensei V
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  Model from Shin Megami Tensei V
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  Nuwa using Sacrifice of Clay in Shin Megami Tensei V
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  Nuwa's introduction in Shin Megami Tensei V
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  Nuwa's introduction in Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
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  Nuwa using Sacrifice of Clay in Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
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  Nahobino Nuwa using Rising Storm Dragon in Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance

Videos

Nuwa's Daily Demon Showcase for Shin Megami Tensei V

Nuwa's Daily Demon Showcase for Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance

Nuwa's reveal for Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2