Shin Megami Tensei V daily demon vol. 138 – Koropokkuru
Posted on October 6, 2021 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos
We have another new demon trailer for Shin Megami Tensei V from Atlus, which now shows off Koropokkuru. It first appeared in Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers.
Over on the Megami Tensei Wiki, the site offers up some background information on Koropokkuru. Read more about the demon below.
Koropokkuru are a race of small people in Ainu folklore. The name is traditionally analyzed as a tripartite compound of kor or koro (“butterbur plant”), pok (“under, below”), and kur or kuru (“person”) and interpreted to mean “people below the leaves of the butterbur plant” in the Ainu language.
The Ainu believe that the Koropokkuru were the people who lived in the Ainu’s land before the Ainu themselves lived there. They were short of stature, agile and skilled at fishing. They lived in pits with roofs made from butterbur leaves.
Long ago, the Koropokkuru were on good terms with the Ainu, and would send them deer, fish and other game and exchange goods with them. The little people hated to be seen, however, so they would stealthily make their deliveries under cover of night.
One day, a young Ainu man decided he wanted to see a Koropokkuru for himself, so he waited in ambush by the window where their gifts were usually left. When a Koropokkuru came to place something there, the young man grabbed it by the hand and dragged it inside. It turned out to be a beautiful Koropokkuru woman, who was so enraged at the young man’s rudeness that her people have not been seen since. Their pits, pottery and stone implements, the Ainu believe, still remain scattered about the landscape.
Today’s Shin Megami Tensei V demon trailer for Koropokkuru can be seen below.
Shin Megami Tensei V will be out for Switch on November 12. More demon trailers and further game coverage can be found here.
