Lilith

Lilith is a recurring demon in the series.

History
was originally a storm demon known as "Lilitu" in ancient Mesopotamian myth around 3000 BC and she was thought to have been the cause of disease, illness, and death. She later appears as a nocturnal demon in Jewish lore.

In Judaism, Lilith was the first wife of Adam, however she was cast out of the garden of Eden for her sinful ways or because she desired to be his equal and refused to obey him. In one tale, she was the first to eat the fruit of knowledge and wanted to be either equal to or greater than Adam. After she left the garden of Eden, she attempted to create her own garden and became the consort of many different demons, including the fallen angel Samael, and bore many demons including the succubi known as the Lilim.

Meanwhile Adam grew lonely, and beseeched God to forgive Lilith and return her to Eden. God told Lilith that if she did not return, he would punish her by taking away her children. She refused, her children were taken, and since that day she has become a demoness at war with the sons and daughters of Adam, targeting children in specific. It is also said that she chokes newborn babies to death and feasts on their bones. According to one version, she was the one who sent the snake at Eve, and is usually depicted with snakes. In the later years, she became named as the wife of the devil.

Another version of the story as told in the "Midrash Abkier," is that after Cain's homicide brings death to the world, Adam separates from Eve and fasts for 130 years. When the demoness Lilith (also known as Pizna) saw his beauty, she instantly desired him, and took him by force by using his own sin against him. She bore him many demonic spirits known to be a plague to mankind.

Appearances

 * New Digital Devil Story 4: Wrath of the Young Emperor: Minor character
 * New Digital Devil Story 5: Eternal Goddess: Minor character
 * New Digital Devil Story 6: Bonds of Reincarnation: Major character
 * Shin Megami Tensei: Night Race, Boss (Law and Neutral routes)
 * Shin Megami Tensei: if...: Night Race, Boss
 * Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne: Night Race
 * Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE: Nocturne Race
 * Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey: Night Race
 * Shin Megami Tensei IV: Night Race
 * Shin Megami Tensei V: Night Race
 * Another Bible
 * Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis: Night Race
 * Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers: Night Race, Bonus Boss
 * Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army: Pagan Order
 * Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon: Pagan Order
 * Soul Hackers 2: Night Race
 * Persona 3 / FES / Portable: Devil Arcana
 * Persona 4 / Golden: Devil Arcana
 * Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth: Devil Arcana
 * Persona 5 / Royal: Moon Arcana
 * Persona 5 Strikers: Moon Arcana
 * Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth: Devil Arcana
 * Shin Megami Tensei Trading Card: Card Summoner: Night Race
 * Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner 2: Nether Class
 * Devil Survivor 2 / Record Breaker: Femme Race, Bonus Boss
 * Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2: Night Race

Shin Megami Tensei
Kaneko's design for Lilith is a composite of various elements from the 1990 film Night Angel's Lilith: three fingers, stripes of scaly skin, makeup, rings and jewelry, long dark hair, and the snake.

Shin Megami Tensei (PSX)
Shin Megami Tensei (PSX) shares the same inspiration for Lilith's design as Shin Megami Tensei, minus the inclusion of some makeup and rings and jewelry.

Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers shares the same inspiration for Lilith's design as Shin Megami Tensei, minus the inclusion of some makeup.

Shin Megami Tensei
Lilith is the true form of the young woman named Yuriko. Defeating her allows the protagonist to retrieve the Belial Pot she took previously in the game, which can then be fused with a Spirit Sword to create the Karyuken, the heroine's strongest sword.

In the GBA and iOS versions, the protagonist will receive a Visionary Item for defeating her, the Black Moon if the protagonist is Neutral-aligned, and the Lily Bouquet if Law aligned.

Shin Megami Tensei: if...
Lilith is the demon who rules the World of Envy. She can only be fought only if Tamaki Uchida joined Yumi Shirakawa or Reiko Akanezawa.

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
Lilith is the strongest member of the Night race and can be obtained through the evolution of Lilim or recruited in the Tower of Kagutsuchi. Her skillset will be different based on whether she was recruited through negotiation or evolved from Lilim once the Demi-fiend is at a high enough level and Lilim has learned all of her skills. A Lilith evolved from Lilim will learn two higher tier skills, Life Drain and Megidolaon, but will take longer to level up to learn them and will not possess the Hell Gaze skill naturally.

Lilith can also be encountered as a random enemy in the Fifth Kalpa of the Labyrinth of Amala. As no enemies in the labyrinth can be talked to, Lilith cannot be recruited there.

In the original version's debug mode, there is a cutscene involving Lilith opening an optional dungeon near the Mantra HQ. This dungeon was dropped in favor of the Labyrinth of Amala.

Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE
The NPC known as the Shadow Chaser is strongly hinted to be Lilith helping the player to unleash Beelzebub's full potential in the Lord of the Flies quest chain. After completing this quest, players gain the ability to fuse her as a special triple fusion of Vetala, Succubus and Lilim.

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
Lilith appears as a random encounter enemy on Sector Horologium B4F and onwards.

Shin Megami Tensei IV
Lilith turns out to be the true identity of the Black Samurai, also known as Lady Yuriko. If Flynn sides with Walter, Lilith becomes an ally and is unlocked for fusion. If Flynn sides with Jonathan, however, she must be fought as a boss (and is not unlocked for fusion). On the Chaos route, when Flynn regains access to the Eastern Kingdom of Mikado, she will appear briefly at the Monastery before disappearing.

Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis
Lilith appears as soldiers alongside the Divine in the battle against Satan in Amnesia's Eden, as well as aiding Beelzebub in Paranoia's Ahrqa.

Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
Lilith appears in the third Room of Trials at the Corridor of Time. Defeating her is necessary to obtain the Copper Manji.

Persona 3
Lilith appears as the Persona of the Devil Arcana. Her fusion prerequisite requires the protagonist to complete Elizabeth's 48th request, which grants the protagonist a key item to fuse Lilith. Lilith's fusion prerequisite requires the protagonist to perform a cross spread fusion in the Velvet Room using Lilim, Vetala, Incubus and Succubus.

FES
One of Elizabeth's Requests involves fusing a Lilith with the Mabufudyne skill, which usually involves fusing a Succubus with Mabufudyne. One method is to fuse Scathach with Byakko to receive a Hariti with the Mabufudyne skill, followed by fusing the resulting Hariti with Zouchouten to receive a Succubus with Mabufudyne. From there, the cross-spread fusion of Lilim, Vetala, Incubus and Succubus may be performed to receive a Lilith with the Mabufudyne skill. An alternate way without using max S.Links Personas is to fuse lv.64 Gabriel (learns Mabufudyne at that level) with Samael for Succubus with the required skill.

Persona 4
A Devil Arcana Persona that is specialized in Electricity Skills, Lilith can be obtained via Shuffle Time in Heaven.

Persona 5
Lilith is the eighth Persona of the Moon Arcana and can be found as a Shadow in the Depths of Mementos, with the title "Harlot of Desire." She is the first Persona that the protagonist can use in battle to learn Mabufudyne, and one of four Personas to learn Makara Break. When itemized through Electric Chair execution in the Velvet Room, Lilith yields a Mabufudyne skill card. Lilith is required to summon Sraosha through advanced fusion.

Persona 5 Strikers
Lilith returns as the ultimate Persona of the Moon Arcana. She can be found as a common enemy in the Jail of the Abyss. A particularly powerful Lilith can be found in Sapporo's Jail.

Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner 2
Lilith makes her appearance once the party reaches the 3rd Layer of the Sun.

Devil Survivor 2
Lilith appears as a bonus boss on the 4th Day in the Original Wife event, starting from 14:00. She is seen at the Festival Gate in Osaka, having charmed several men controlling overleveled female demons and sending them to fight the party. Because the men are fighting under Lilith's mind control, the party has to defeat Lilith without defeating any of the charmed men.

Lilith possesses a unique racial ability limited to this fight only: Temptation. At the start of a skirmish, Temptation activates and attempts to charm the opposing team. It always works against male team leaders, unless they are protected by Null Curse, and has a moderate chance of success against anything else. Anything that does get charmed can and will be instantly killed with Death Call.

Fully utilizing Null Curse on the team(s) attacking Lilith can protect against this while netting Extra Turns, and the party's best bet of doing damage to her is through Pierce-enhanced physical attacks. Since the party can't defeat any of the other teams on the map, the easiest way to complete the battle is to deploy only the protagonist and move straight down the center towards Lilith with the aid of an Avian with Winged Flight. If getting a team that's completely immune to Curse proves difficult, Ban Curse can easily stop the Temptation ability.

Defeating Lilith earns the Spell Breaker title and the ability to fuse her in the Cathedral of Shadows.

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Trivia

 * The snake surrounding her body is a reference to Samael (the form some say he took in the book of Genesis), one of the consorts of Lilith.
 * It could also be a reference to the version where Lilith is the snake of Eden that tempted Eve into eating the fruit for the sake of petty revenge.
 * Lilith's design from Shin Megami Tensei IV incorporates feathers and talons, alluding to the fact that her name can be translated as "night-owl" or "screech-owl."
 * Lilith's Shin Megami Tensei IV design is also very similar to that of the new designs for the four Archangels, thematically tying them together similarly to the creation myth. This is further emphasized by the fact that her appearance as Lady Yuriko is almost identical to that of Sister Gabby, Gabriel's human appearance.