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Lilith (/ ˈ l ɪ l ɪ θ /; Hebrew: לִילִית, romanized: Līlīṯ), also spelled Lilit, Lilitu, or Lilis, is a female figure in Mesopotamian and Jewish mythology, theorized to be the first wife of Adam and a primordial she-demon.
Aug 26, 2023 · Lilith in the Bible and Mythology. Connections between Lilith, Adam’s first wife, and Jadis, the White Witch of Narnia. C.S. Lewis’s character Jadis, the White Witch of Narnia, in his The Chronicles of Narnia novels is said to have descended from Lilith, Adam’s first wife. Pictured here is Tilda Swinton as Jadis, the White Witch of Narnia ...
Sep 27, 2019 · You might know Lilith as Adam's real first wife who preceded Eve, or maybe as the first vampire, or a succubus. In The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Lilith is Satan's Concubine disguised as a high school teacher. But where did Lilith come from, and what's her real story?
- Benito Cereno
Lilith, female figure of Jewish folklore, sometimes depicted as Adam’s demonic first wife.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Although her name only appears once in the Hebrew Bible, over the centuries Lilith has been cast as Adam's rebellious first wife, the soul mate of Samael the demon king, and more recently as a feminist icon.
- Dave Roos
The Zohar, a mystical work from 12th century Spain, imagines Lilith not only as the first wife of Adam but also as the wife of Satan. In the Kabbalah , Lilith takes on cosmic power. She is a chaotic counterpart to the Shekhinah (the feminine Divine Presence, the bride of the Infinite).
It is probable that there is a residue of the image of Lilith as Satan's partner in popular late medieval European notions of Satan's concubine, or wife in English folklore – "the Devil's Dame" – and of Satan's grandmother in German folklore.
