Lilith (redirected from Lilitu)

Lilith (lĭl`ĭth), female demon of Jewish mythology, originally probably the Assyrian storm demon Lilitu. In Talmudic tradition many evil attributes were given to this supposedly nocturnal creature. In Jewish folklore she is a vampirelike child-killer and the symbol of sensual lust. Of the various legends connected with her, the one making her Adam's first wife is the strongest. Lilith appears in the Walpurgis Night section of Goethe's Faust and is discussed in Bernard Shaw's Back to Methuselah.

Bibliography

See L. Ginzberg, The Legends of the Jews, vol. V (repr. 1956).

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Lilith

In Jewish folklore, a female demon. In rabbinic literature she is depicted either as Adam's first wife or as the mother of his demonic offspring after he separated from Eve outside Paradise (see Adam and Eve). The evil that Lilith directed against children could be counteracted by wearing an amulet bearing the names of the three angels who opposed her. A cult associated with Lilith survived into the 7th century AD.

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Lilith

1. (in the Old Testament and in Jewish folklore) a female demon, who attacks children

2. (in Talmudic literature) Adam's first wife

3. a witch notorious in medieval demonology

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Lilith

demon; dangerous to women in childbirth. [Jew. Trad.: Benét, 586]

See : Childbirth

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Lilith

sensual female; mythical first wife of Adam. [O.T.: Genesis 4:16]

See : Lust

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(computer)

Lilith - The workstation for which Modula-2 was developed as the system language.