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| | | | | She is often identified as the mother of all incubi and succubi. Late medieval Jewish legend 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.
Two important observations should be made here: Lilith left the Garden of her own accord, before the Fall of Man, and is without Original Sin. She knows the name of God, obviously marking her as non-human and therefore incorporating her later demonic identity.
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. | |
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 | The painting is lovely IMO. I also love the description. Not too many people know about Lilith. I knew of her, but I did not know much about her. Thank you for enlightening me about her. Also, did I mention, I like the painting? | -- Jenni, 2/28/07
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| The life of one demented by a goddess in such a way Is often short painful pitiless, always thrown away In a fit of hope sometimes men try, up and then will we fly But like Icarus it comes to naught and then surely we die Women are the most cruel and this is sad but true Men are but a chapter, or worse just a page or two Swains are not without guile from maidens it is said But still pure lure us in, take our heart, ruined left 'ere for dead | -- Mister Tawny, 2/21/07
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| All women have the mark of Lilith today. And for one, I am pleased. I want her beside me me, not superior or inferior, just beside and my equal. She knows the name of God and she won't share yet. But we poor men can hope for it someday. | -- Tim Branson, 2/18/07
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