I am looking for good links to the story of Lillyth, Adams first wife. Suggestions?

Question

I googled, yahooed, and jeevesed it. Too many sites to go through. Anyone know of a really good one to sink my teeth into? (Pun intended)

By the way, I am Wiccan. This question was purely research related, not an ignorant belief in bastardized fiction/history.

Thanks for catching the spelling all, I mixed up the spellling of a character I portrayed in a role play room with the historical figure.

Goddess Bless.

The links are great by the way!

I will read on and hopefully enjoy some new knowledge.

Answer 1

http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~humm/Topics/Lilith/

http://www.deliriumsrealm.com/delirium/articleview.asp?Post=177

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilith

http://jeromekahn123.tripod.com/oldtestament/id18.html

http://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/Religion/Projects/Reln91/Power/lilith.htm

~~~~~~~~~~~HOPE THESE HELP~~~~~~~~~~~

Answer 2

The idea of Lilith, originaly, started out as a Mesopotamian "night" demon. Lilith has been associated with many things, from Vampires to Succubus (supposed fallen female angels), and everything else in between. She may have also been related to the Storm demon, the Akkadians had. Now the belief that Lilith was Adam's first wife, was created later in the Medievil times. It was circled in many occult circles. Basically, the idea is that Lilith was created as the Original counterpart to Adam, at the same time Adam was formed. She, however, would not submit to being in submission to Adam. So she was cast out, and then Eve was created (who also was attributed to the fall of man, which symbolically Eve represents man's emotions. It is usually our emotions which get us in trouble, keep us attached to temptation.). I'm sure there is some metaphysical-- gnostic symbolism in this parable. All of these stories, teachings, and verses in the Bible, the Gnostic Bible and such are meant to teach something beyond; the Spiritual truth. So, taking them literal would not be suggested.

http://www.angelfire.com/biz4/vampyreresearch/lilt.html
(THIS IS THE BEST ONE)

http://www.thebeastmovie.com/forums/archive/index.php?t-786.html

http://www.lilitu.com/lilith/lil_alt-myth.html

Answer 3

i almost never recommend this, but try the bible. not the one at the book store, but the real deal. do a little research. You want the version, before it was translated by constantine the Great in 111 AD. Gonna be damn hard to find, but if your vigilant. Might try some of the more obscure books of the gospels too..the ones that didn't make the cut into the final version. there's oh...20 or 20 gospels floating around that only bible scholars have heard of. sounds easy enough.

Answer 4

I don't have any links but there is a series by LA Banks that after the first few books Lilith is in the story. There are some things which I consider to be facts in the books.

Answer 5

Look to the original version of Lilith, and her possible mythological forerunner, an Akkadian demon called Lilitu. Be warned that most of what you will find online about Lilith and Lilitu are more wishful fiction than fact. Lilith in her original form was a female demon who killed babies, especially male ones. A display of magical amulets and spells to ward off Lilith can be found here:

http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~humm/Topics/Lilith/ancPics.html

Wikipedia has this to say:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilith

"Hebrew לילית lilith, Akkadian līlītu are female Nisba adjectives from the Proto-Semitic root LYL "night", literally translating to nocturna "female night being/demon". Sayce (Hibbert Lectures, 145ff.), Fossey (La Magie Assyrienne, 37ff.) and others reject an etymology based on the root LYL and suggest the origin of Līlīt was as a storm demon; this view is supported by the cuneiform inscriptions quoted by these scholars. The association with "night" may still be due to early popular etymology. The corresponding Akkadian masculine līlû shows no Nisba suffix and compares to Sumerian (kiskil-)lilla."

The Sumerian legend about Lilitu is as follows, from the Epic of Gilgamesh (Wolkstein translation):

" a serpent who could not be charmed made its nest in the roots of the tree,
The Anzu bird set his young in the branches of the tree,
And the dark maid Lilith built her home in the trunk. "

According to this site, her Jewish origins are as follows:

http://panther.users1.50megs.com/jewishdem.htm

"and to this may be added a remarkable passage in Isaias which seems to countenance the common belief that demons dwell in waste places: "And demons and monsters shall meet, and the hairy ones shall cry out one to another, there hath the lamia lain down, and found rest for herself" (Isaias, xxxiv, 14). It is true that the Hebrew word here rendered by "demons" may merely mean wild animals. But on the other hand, the Hebrew word which is rendered very literally as "hairy ones" is translated "demons" by Targum and Peshitta, and is supposed to mean a goat shaped deity analogous to the Greek Pan. And "lamia" represents the original Lilith, a spirit of the night who in Hebrew legend is the demon wife of Adam. "

Lilith can probably be best explained by the fact that in ancient times (until quite recently in fact) half of all children were expected to die in infancy and early childhood, often for no reason at all in the eyes of people who did not know about things like viruses and bacteria (and even today we have SIDS). Demons like Lilith/lilitu were a way of explaining why babies suddenly die.

Answer 6

National Enquirer

Answer 7

I found this story in the penguin book , the dictionary of symbols, and I also googled and yahoo searched mythology gods and goddesess and the book of revelations and found links from there, ouranos, shiva, are good words to google

Answer 8

I am VEY familar with this story, if you need to email me for answers. There ahev been several books written on this topic, look at amazon.com Most sources spell it Lilith BTW but I did name my daugter Lillyth

Answer 9

The Alphabet of Ben Sirah.

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Answer 10

alright, pagan here, on i think it was the history channel, they have a segment called Angels, good or evil. there is a rather detailed version of the story. you might be able to order a copy of it, or figure out when it will be on again.

Answer 11

wikipedia has some good background on her. And most people spell it Lilith or Lillith. Might help your search.