Tatari-mokke

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Tatari-mokke
Other Name(s)	HootyDemiKids Light Version and Dark Version
Origin	Japanese culture
Race(s)	GodDevil Children Black Book and Red Book Devil Children White Book BirdDevil Children Light Book and Dark Book Devil Children Fire Book and Ice Book

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Tatari-mokke is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

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Origin

Tatari-mokke (たたりもっけ, tatarimokke), approximately translated to "cursed infant," are the spirits of dead infants said to dwell in owls and cry through hooting. In Japan's past, newborn infants were not considered human beings, and thus would be buried around houses instead of receiving formal burials in graves.

Folklorists have rendered tatarimokke in kanji as 祟(たた)り蛙(もっけ), literally meaning "possessed frog." 蛙 Mokke (frog) is based on もけ moke, a term for "infant" in some regions of Aomori Prefecture, where abortion and infanticide were commonplace due to poverty, and was associated with the tatari-mokke myth.

Design

Tatari-mokke is a brown owl with large eyes, wearing a white bib with a picture of a yellow duckling, and a pink diaper.

Gameplay

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Compendium

Compendium Entries
Devil Children Black Book and Red Book	母親をさがす　ために空をとぶ　鳥のすがたに　変身した　あかんぼうの　デビル Translation: An infant Devil who transformed into a sky-flying bird's form in order to find its mother.
Devil Children White Book	ははおやをさがす　ためにそらをとぶ　トリのすがたに　へんしんした　あかんぼうの　デビル Translation: An infant Devil who transformed into a sky-flying bird's form in order to find its mother.
Devil Children Light Book and Dark Book	Baby owl demon with a cry that is frequently mistaken for that of a human infant.
Devil Children Fire Book and Ice Book	母親を探すために　空を飛ぶ　鳥に　変身した赤ん坊の　ふくろう　デビル　泣き声は　人間の　赤ん坊と　同じ Translation: An infant owl Devil who transformed into a sky-flying bird in order to find its mother. Its cries are similar to a human infant.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	HootyDemiKids Light Version and Dark Version
Japanese	タタリモッケ Tatarimokke	Tatari-mokke, from 祟(たた)り蛙(もっけ) tatarimokke (cursed infant)