Lilith

Lilith (リリス, Ririsu) is a recurring demon in the series.

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

In Jewish mythology, Lilith was the first wife of Adam, however she was cast out of the garden for her sinful ways. In this tale, she was the first to eat of 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 demonic succubi known as the Lilim. Meanwhile Adam grew lonely, and beseeched God to forgive her 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.

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 or Naamah) 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

 * Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers: EX Boss
 * Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner 2: Nether
 * Persona 3: Devil Arcana
 * Persona 3: FES: Devil Arcana
 * Persona 4: Devil Arcana
 * Shin Megami Tensei: Yama
 * Shin Megami Tensei: if...: Yama
 * Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne: Night
 * Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey: Night
 * Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE: Night
 * Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army: Pagan
 * Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon: Pagan

Shin Megami Tensei
Lilith is disguised as a young woman named Yuriko. Yuriko can be spotted in a spring during the first dream scene. She appears before The Hero and attacks him, but is unable to kill him. Thinking he is the reincarnation of her former consort, Adam, and that she is more qualified to be with him. Yuriko also attempts to kill his female partner, Heroine in an open execution, but the three heroes just reach there in time and finally rescued her from any harm. Knowing The Hero will not accept her love, Yuriko challenges him in the Great Cathedral and chooses to die in his hands so he would never forget about her. As she dies, she expresses some regret for her actions, her last words lamenting her failure.

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
Lilith is the highest level Night demon which can be obtained by evolving a Lilim. 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.

Persona 3
Lilith appears as the Persona of the Devil Arcana in Persona 3. 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

Trivia

 * The snake surrounding her body is a reference to Samael, (the form some say he took in the myth of Adam and Eve) one of the consorts of Lilith.
 * The style that Kazuma Kaneko draws Lilith in appears to be a shout out to Gozer from Ghostbusters. The hairstyles are very similar, and the scale patterns covering Lilith bear a close resemblance to the skintight suit Gozer wore in her/his first appearance.
 * H.P. Lovecraft used the name Lilith in his short story "The Horror at Red Hook" in which she plays the part of the queen of succubi and incubi, two common Personae. While the name is probably drawn from the Biblical history it might be from the literary history knowing the creators use of Mythos in the past.
 * Yuriko's hairstyle and clothes are available as promotional items in Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE.