Shin Megami Tensei V daily demon vol. 135 – Lilith
Posted on October 5, 2021 by Ervin in Switch, Videos
Atlus has shared the latest daily demon video for Shin Megami Tensei V. The latest featured demon is Lilith, check it out with the video below.
Here is some of the history behind Lilith from the Megami Tensei Wiki:
Lilith 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.
Shin Megami Tensei V is scheduled to arrive on Switch on November 12. Earlier coverage, including previous daily demon videos, can be found here.
