Cybele

Cybele is a recurring demon in the series.
==History==
Cybele is the deity of Phrygia, a realm in ancient Anatolia, that represents the idea of a mother goddess, similar to Gaia of the Greeks. Cybele is also associated with various natural elements, including wildlife and vegetation. Wild cats in particular were often associated with her. It's possible she was derived from an earlier mostly Hittite goddess, Kubaba. 
In Greece, Cybele was a protector of several city-states, one of which is Athens. Her most celebrated Greek rites and processions showed her as a foreign and exotic mystery-goddess. She arrives in a lion-drawn chariot to the accompaniment of wild music, wine and a disorderly, ecstatic following. She was unique among deities worshiped by the Greeks as she had a transgendered, or eunuch, priesthood. Many of her Greek cults included rites to a divine, castrated, Phrygian shepherd-consort known as Attis. She is associated with mountains, town and city walls, fertile nature and wild animals, namely lions.
In Rome, she was known as Magna Mater, meaning Great Mother. They would reinvent her as a Trojan goddess, which made her a goddess ancestor of the Roman people by way of the Trojan prince Aeneas. With Rome's eventual dominance over the Mediterranean, a Roman version of Cybele's cult would spread throughout the entire empire.
==Appearances==
*Shin Megami Tensei NINE: Lady Race (Unused)
*Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux: Lady Race
*Shin Megami Tensei V: Lady Race
*Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Lady Race
*Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers: Lady Race
*Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon: Volt Order, Boss
*Soul Hackers 2: Lady Race
*Persona 3 / FES / Portable / Reload: Lovers Arcana
*Persona 4 / Golden: Lovers Arcana
*Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth: Lovers Arcana
*Persona 5 / Royal: Priestess Arcana
*Persona O.A.
*Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth: Lovers Arcana
*Devil Children Fire/Ice Book
*Shin Megami Tensei Trading Card: Card Summoner: Lady Race
*Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2: Lady Race
==Profile==
===Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux===
Cybele appears in the Womb of Grief on floors that have previously been cleared as part of the EX Mission Wardens of Womb of Grief. She appears once the previous Warden, Volvo, has been defeated, and upon defeat is replaced with the next Warden, Anat.
Upon defeat, Cybele can be summoned through a special fusion requiring Tlazolteotl, Xiuhtecuhtli and Anzu once the protagonist reaches level 76.
===Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers===
===Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon===
Cybele appears as a boss in Chapter Three in the Great Summoner's Hall if Raidou is Law-aligned. She inflicts fatal injuries on High Pixie during the fight against Nagi, which leads to her death after Raidou beats her. She picks a fight with Raidou since she wishes to fight a strong summoner and says weak summoners are better off dead. She calls for reinforcements, which are Lamias during the battle, and uses Shock Wave frequently.
===Soul Hackers 2===
Cybele is a demon of the Lady race and can be obtained through fusion at the Cirque du Goumaden once Ringo is level 45.
===Persona 3===
Cybele is the ultimate Persona of the Lovers Arcana. She can be obtained by maxing out the Yukari Takeba Social Link and then can be fused upon reaching level 68 or higher.
===FES===
Aside from returning as the ultimate Persona of the Lovers Arcana; Cybele can be fused with any Nihil weapon to obtain Sabazios, a weapon in the form of gloves that inflicts Ice damage and grants the user Ice Boost.
===Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth===
===Persona 5===
Cybele is the ultimate Persona of the Priestess Arcana, unlocked for fusion after completing Makoto Niijima's Confidant. Itemizing Cybele creates Sabazios, one of the strongest melee weapons for Makoto which grants a large boost to critical rate. She is also the only natural source of the Drain Bless skill.
===Royal===
Cybele's skillset and stats have been modified. She also possesses the Persona Trait Linked Bloodline, which greatly increases damage dealt by single-target skills after a Baton Pass. When itemized during a fusion alarm, she creates Gordios, a more powerful version of Sabazios. Lastly, she is no longer the only source of Drain Bless, as Vohu Manah also learns it.
==Stats==
===Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux===
===Shin Megami Tensei V===
===Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner===
===Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers===
===Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon===
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===Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth===
===Devil Children Fire/Ice Book===
===Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2===
==Gallery==
File:Cybele (Dx2 Art).png|Cybele's censored artwork as it appears in Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2
Cybele Card.GIF|Cybele as she appears in Card Summoner
Cybele P5R.jpg|Cybele as she appears in Persona 5 Royal
Cybele (P O.A.).png|Cybele as she appears in Persona O.A.
PersonaO,A,-Cybele.jpg|Cybele as she appears in Persona O.A.
DarkSword SMT5.gif|Cybele casting Dark Sword in Shin Megami Tensei V
キュベレ - 真・女神転生V 日めくり悪魔 Vol.132|Cybele in SMTV Daily Demon #132
【キュベレ】ソウルハッカーズ2 日刊・リンゴと悪魔の未来予測 6-05(日)|Cybele in SH2 Daily Ringo's Demon Prediction 6/5
==In Other Languages==
Language	Name
Japanese	キュベレ (Kyubere)
French 	Cybèle
Italian 	Cibele
German 	Cybele
Spanish 	Cibeles
==Trivia==
*Serving the role as the unlockable Persona of the Lovers Social Link in Persona 3, Cybele's title and history as "The Great Mother" could be looked at as a loose reference for Yukari's Social Link having a good emphasis on her relationship with her mother, and like Cybele and Attis their relationship is considerably strained at least in the beginning. Yukari's ultimate Persona Isis also is worshiped as the ideal mother and wife in her own mythology.
Category:European Mythology
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Cybele
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