LILITH
The only passage in the Bible that refers to Lilith is Isaiah 34:14 and in most versions she is well hidden. The King James version describes her as a screech owl:
"The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest."
The only versions that refer to her as Lilith is the Jerusalem and New American translations.
Other versions label her as night monster, vampires, night hag, night . In the
Vulgate Bible of the Catholic church Lamia is used.
The idea that Adam had a wife prior to Eve may have developed from an interpretation of the Book of Genesis and its dual creation accounts; while Genesis 2:22 describes God's creation of Eve from Adam's rib, an earlier passage, 1:27, already indicates that a woman had been made: "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." The text places Lilith's creation after God's words in Genesis 2:18 that "it is not good for man to be alone". He forms Lilith out of the clay from which he made Adam, but the two bicker. Lilith claims that since she and Adam were created in the same way, they were equal, and she refuses to "lie below" him.
In the Kabbalah, Lilith was created prior to Adam.
From A passage in the 13th century document called the Treatise on the Left Emanation.
And the Serpent, the Woman of Harlotry, incited and seduced Eve through the husks of Light which in itself is holiness. And the Serpent seduced Holy Eve, and enough said for him who understands. And all this ruination came about because Adam the first man coupled with Eve while she was in her menstrual impurity – this is the filth and the impure seed of the Serpent who mounted Eve before Adam mounted her. Behold, here it is before you: because of the sins of Adam the first man all the things mentioned came into being. For Evil Lilith, when she saw the greatness of his corruption, became strong in her husks, and came to Adam against his will, and became hot from him and bore him many demons and spirits and Lilin. (Patai81:455f)
In other words:
EVE WAS FRAMED
Ever since the days of Eden
Apples have been man's desire.
How overjoyed I am to think, sir,
Apples grow, too, in my garden.
The Victorian poet Robert Browning re-envisioned Lilith in his poem "Adam, Lilith, and Eve". First published in 1883, the poem uses the traditional myths surrounding the triad of Adam, Eve, and Lilith. Browning depicts Lilith and Eve as being friendly and complicitous with each other, as they sit together on either side of Adam. Under the threat of death, Eve admits that she never loved Adam, while Lilith confesses that she always loved him:
Lilith in Wicca
Lilith is viewed as the embodiment of the Goddess, a designation that is thought to be shared with what these faiths believe to be her counterparts: Inanna, Ishtar, Asherah, Anath and Isis. According to one view, Lilith was originally a Sumerian, Babylonain, or Hebrew mother goddess of childbirth, children, women, and sexuality who later became demonized due to the raise of patriarchy. Other modern views hold that Lilith is a dark moon goddess on par with the Hindu Kali.
"Adams lips said Eve, but in his heart it was Lilith."
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I just didn't want to forget. Ash will want to know one day. I might need it in court, ya never know and I hope I never do.(dare you to ask me what nd stands for) I'm a born again raisin girl.
Pip's rock garden. Aphrodite's Rose Garden. Each place hurts, heals, nutures, tears apart. I've been stuck with Clyde in the underworld for quite a while now. Slowly removing the tiny ruby stones, shaped as pomegranite seeds, that Hades erected to wall us in.
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