Demons YOU'D Love to See in SMT | Myths for Megami Tensei

Hello. Yes. I totally forgot that Whimsicott exists because I am dumb. Please don’t tell the other Pokémon YouTubers or I won’t be allowed to eat lunch with them anymore.

There's a weird myth here in Brazil that I simply can't keep to myself. In the northeast of the country during the 70s, a radio announcer made a joke about a guy who arrived home and laid down in the bed next to his wife and when he looked down there was a hairy leg sticking out from under the bed (indicating cheating ). People at the time confused the context and thought that the leg was the entire organism, and that's it, the third largest regional complex in the country in fear of being attacked by a walking hairy leg. This ladies and gentlemen is the story of the Perna Cabeluda (Hairy Leg).

Nuckelavee looks like he'd really be at home on a METAL album cover. Awesome.

Lithuanian/Baltic folklore is utterly insane, as you may already know. As much as I wanna talk about Perkūnas, I'd much rather talk about two very particular beings from my native mythos that I'd love to see in this. First off, Velnias. Alternatively spelled as Velinas, he is a ruler of the Lithuanian/Baltic underworld that more-often-than-not acts as a trickster, primarily loving to troll his arch-rival/enemy Perkūnas. One internet friend of mine that's less familiar with Lithuanian folklore had described him as a sort of crossbreed between Hades and Loki. After the coming of christianity into Lithuania, his name's former spelling had been repurposed as the Lithuanian word for "devil", as he was syncretised with the devil AKA Satan AKA Lucifer. I personally tend to view him as not enjoying all the syncretism with the devil that much when trying to interpret him into different franchises, so in here, I could see him as a chaos-aligned demon that nonetheless doesn't fully vibe with Lucifer. Then there's one of the more iconic figures of very particularly Lithuanian folklore, the Iron Wolf. The story goes like this: this one duke of Lithuania (I think it was Gediminas, but it may have been Vytautas, I don't recall it exactly) had gone off hunting, and fell asleep while resting. In the ensuing dream, he saw the hill he was near, and on it - a wolf. The wolf was seemingly made of pure iron, was freaking huge, and was howling so strongly and loudly that it was compared to the simultaneous howl of a hundred wolves. After discussing the dream with a certain druid-like figure whose name I'm also forgetting, it was decided that he would build a city atop the hill where the wolf was, and this city would come to be the capital of Lithuania, Vilnius. This guy, at least in the world of mythology, is a big deal in Lithuania, so seeing it would be awesome.

There was a similar poll put out on the Megaten subreddit before Vengeance's release, and I was a big petitioner for the inclusion of both Tsuchinoko and the Black Knight Satellite, since my two favorite types of demons are odd/cute Yokai and creepy urban legends. Tsuchinoko definitely feels way overdue, since it's a very iconic Japanese cryptid that still retains a pretty substantial amount of relevance to this day. As for the Black Knight Satellite, I think SMT is well overdue for more space-age and tech based demons, given the series roots and lore. I'm imagining the BKS as a sort of demonic counterpart to Cherubim, an 'evil eye in the sky' that could make a really cool late game encounter.

“How is this thing not a Pokemon” about the one that is. Whimsicott

12:20 on the topic of the Wild Hunt, I think Herla Cyning, the leader the Wild Hunt in British folklore, would make a really cool demon. He was a legendary king of the Britons who, after attending the wedding of a dwarf king within the Otherworld, found himself hundreds of years into the kingdoms future, with the Saxons now ruling the land. He was given a small bloodhound by the dwarf king, who told not to dismount his horse before the dog leapt off, otherwise crumbling to dust as demonstrated by some of his men who jumped off to early. He and his men now wander eternally, waiting for the dog to alight. He is thought to be related to both Odin and the Erlking.

If ATLUS adds the Flying Spaghetti Monster as a demon my life will be complete

El Silbon would absolutely have one of those wreathes of chillis at his waist

The association between Yemoja and mermaids / oceans actually has somewhat of a tragic origin. In her original context in West Africa she was almost exclusively associated with freshwater bodies like rivers and lakes. It was only after the beginning of the transatlantic slave trade did she begin to be associated with oceans and mermaids as the mermaids were considered the spirits of those who had drowned at sea. So during the course of the slave trade as West African people were forcefully taken to the Americas many of them "chose the sea" so to speak and so the surviving enslaved people's memorialized them by telling stories of drowned souls becoming mermaids. Because of this Yemoja is only really associated with the oceans in African diaspora religions like Haitian Vodou and Brazilian Umbanda, in modern-day Nigeria she's still mostly associated with rivers and freshwater springs.

honestly, because of stuff like night stalker and urban terror, unabomber could work as a demon

Instead of making a comment about whimsicott i'll say that a demon i want to see in SMT is Iku-Turso, a finnish sea monster who's also the god of war and poison or disease as well if I remember right, he's in some depictions a giant squid or a giant walrus, but my first introduction to the beast was in a donald duck comic where it's a giant frog monster the size of a skyscraper and it's been stuck in my mind ever since, would make a cool mid to high level demon with bufu and poison spells.

I just want more cryptids in general. Imagine your just running around the shores in smt and suddenly you get jumped by the Ogopogo and Loveland Frog lol

7:09 A Frog Prince with his King staff doubling for an Ice/Water Magic Wand.

Archdemon A jet black emmiting toxic gas version of thr archangel

Got a fun idea for an Enigma demon. Take the classic internet urban legend of polybius and turn it into a demonic arcade cabinet that projects a 3D version of the demon sprite the older megaten games used to represent how many demons you were fighting. Also it could focus on status efects to reference how the game supposedly made players sick and crazy.

6:15 "How is this thing not a Pokémon yet?" The Pokémon Whimsicott borrows inspiration from the Boramez, it's why it looks like it has spiral sheep horns ^^

I'd love some more Urban or Internet Myths in SMT. Like Zalgo. Just take Jack Frost and make him a Creepypasta with bloody eyes realistic for 2001 blood and BOOM: Zalgo.

Here's one I thought of… Homunculus Small and artificial humans from alchemy that are created by blood. I could see them being designed after ragdolls.

Maybe with the Loveland Frog the designers can mix it up with Mr Toad and have it drive a Jalopy or something?