lilith from?

Question

where was lilith mentioned? was she just in another book not in the Bible, or ?

Answer 1

In Isaiah, Lilith (לִילִית, Standard Hebrew Lilith) is a kind of night-demon or animal, translated as onokentauros in the Septuagint, as lamia "witch" by Hieronymus of Cardia, and as screech owl in the King James Version of the Bible. Lilith also appears as a night demon in the Talmud and Midrash. She is often identified as the mother of all incubi and succubi. Late medieval Jewish legend portrays her as the first wife of Adam. Considering Adam to be an inferior being, Lilith left the Garden of Eden of her own free will. Adam then bid three angels to find Lilith and bring her back. When Lilith refused, God punished her by commanding that she slay 100 of her children, called Lilin, each day. Lilith is also sometimes considered to be the paramour of Satan.

Isaiah 34:14, describing the desolation of Edom, is the only occurrence of Lilith in the Hebrew Bible.

Answer 2

In addition to the mentioned sources, Lilith is mentioned in many cultures as the 'Mother of all demons'. A medieval reference to Lilith as the first wife of Adam is the anonymous 'The Alphabet of Ben-Sira', written sometime between the 8th and 11th centuries. Lilith is described as refusing to assume a subservient role to Adam during sexual intercourse and so deserting him ("She said, 'I will not lie below,' and he said, 'I will not lie beneath you, but only on top. For you are fit only to be in the bottom position, while I am to be the superior one.'"). Lilith promptly uttered the name of God, took to the air, and left the Garden, settling on the Red Sea coast.

Lilith then went on to mate with Samael and various other demons she found beside the Red Sea, creating countless lilin. Adam urged God to bring Lilith back, so three angels were dispatched after her. When the angels, Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof, made threats to kill one hundred of Lilith's demonic children for each day she stayed away, she countered that she would prey eternally upon the descendants of Adam and Eve, who could be saved only by invoking the names of the three angels. She did not return to Adam.

She is also mentioned in comic books. In Neil Gaiman's long running comic book series 'The Sandman', Lilith is mentioned as Adam's first wife and equal to him in every way other than gender. (The story goes on to have God make a second wife for Adam, but because he had witnessed the whole creation process from the inside to the outside - guts, blood, bone, mucus - Adam was revolted and refused her. She went unnamed. Then God put Adam to sleep and created Eve.)

Answer 3

"Certainly there are volumes of real texts and traditions that could benefit from a searching and critical feminist analysis, and it is a shame to focus so much intellectual energy on a dubious and uncharacteristic legend of this sort."

Basically, it's a myth!

Answer 4

Talmud, a made up fairy tale from the sages beacuse they wanted to explain hard-headed women.

Answer 5

Wasn't Lillith a witch that ate children?