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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 December 2024. Female entity in Near Eastern mythology This article is about the religious figure Lilith. For other uses, see Lilith (disambiguation). Lilith Lilith (1887) by John Collier Lilith, also spelled Lilit, Lilitu, or Lilis, is a feminine figure in Mesopotamian and Jewish mythology, theorized ...
The obvious injustice to Lilith— who seems to have asked no more than her fair half, while Adam was the encroacher, on the assumption that they were created equal —inspired Collier's version of the legend, according to which Lilith leaves Eden voluntarily, rather than submit to dominance, but loses thereby the blessing of motherhood.
Lilith is a feminine given name sometimes given in reference to Lilith, a character in Jewish folklore who was said to be the first wife of the first man Adam who disobeyed him, was banished from the Garden of Eden, and who became a mythical she-demon. [2] The mythological tale has inspired modern feminists. [3] [4] [5]
The Lilith that most are familiar with is the wife of Adam in the Alphabet of Ben Sira (8th to 10th centuries CE), known as Adam haRishon, "the first man", among kabbalists. There are mixed views of Lilith in the Zohar. In one account she is Samael's counterpart and a mother of demons.
[Note 1] The most important angels are Adam and Lilith. The first Angel is named Adam, just as the biblical Adam is the first man created by God. [21] The second Angel is called Lilith, a reference to the Jewish folklore in which Lilith is the first wife of Adam. [21]
The Lilith myth is the subject of the episode "Lilith: Queen of the Night" from the third season of the Canadian documentary series The Naked Archaeologist. Lilith appears in Hazbin Hotel. She is the ex-wife (first wife) of Adam, the first human, ex-wife of Lucifer, queen of hell, and mother of Charlie. [11] [12]
Lady Lilith; Lilith (Lurianic Kabbalah) Lilith (Marvel Comics) Lilith (novel) Lilith (opera) Lilith (painting) Lilith (Supernatural) Lilith (World of Darkness) Lilith in popular culture; Lilith, The Legend of the First Woman; Lilu (mythology)
An example is the biblical story of Noah. [61] [63] In The Oxford Companion to World Mythology, David Leeming notes that, in the Bible story, as in other flood myths, the flood marks a new beginning and a second chance for creation and humanity. [61]