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Babel (First Phase: Woman)

バ・べル (前半 女性)

Megami Ibunroku Devil Survivor

This is the only feminine form of the faces that appear in Babel's first phase. They are encountered in the Kaido and Naoya routes. The face is expressionless, but there is a hint of sadness in it, which may be due to its effect on the people being judged. The Egyptian Sphinx, famous as an elusive beast, became a lion with the upper body of a female when it was adopted into Greek mythology. As far back as the Mesopotamian era, a statue of a half-man, half-beast with a human head was placed near a gate to guard the sanctuary behind it. The sanctuary being the Ziggurat, a stair-step temple from which the Tower of Babel was believed to be built. Incidentally, when this sacred beast was introduced to the East, it became a lion and a guardian dog."