Wednesday 11 January 2023

Lilith


Lilith is a famous character from the myths of Mesopotamia and Jewish mythology. She's considered to be the first woman and the first wife of Adam. However, she wasn't actually a human being. She was regarded as a demon, sent away from the Garden of Eden. She was an aggravator and a trouble for Adam. Described often as the first female entity to sleep with Adam, but there was always something monstrous about her nature, physiology and behaviour. She's mentioned in the Epic of Gilgamesh, Book of Isaiah, Babylonian Talmud, Book of Adam and Eve, Zohar Leviticus and also in Mandaean mythology. Whatever she was, she was described as a "night hag," "night creature," "dark maid" and "screech owl" even. Her name was mentioned among a list of animals in Isaiah 34. In the Dead Sea Scrolls, Lilith is a term for a type of monster. The Akkadian language translates Lilith as meaning "spirits". There were of course the Lili she-demons of Sumerian mythology. These entities are referenced as plague carriers or air-born disease spreading spirits using the wind to travel far and wide, as mentioned in cuneiform writings of Mesopotamia. She was also believed to have been a member of the Lilitu, female storm demons. Lilith is associated with serpents and birds. She was portrayed as being bird footed, winged and residing in trees. She appears in the Latin Bible as a form of Lamia, a monstrous snake woman that devours children. 

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