Saturday, July 19, 2008

Lilith - demon or a feminist?

In our days it is known that the name "Lilith" comes from Jewish "Lil" - night, mist, darkness. But in the historical resources Lilith appears much more back in time, in the Sumerian mythology from 5000 years. She was an assistant of the goddess Inane - The Sky Queen, with whom they both in some time during the year dropped down to men on the Earth for ritual ceremonies.

But most wide-spread is the Jewish story about Lilith. Lilith was the first woman at all and the first woman of Adam. On the sixth day God decided to create the man in his own image. The word “adam" comes from "adamah" (dust) and is referred as for men and for women. Adam wanted to dominate in the relationship with Lilith and to keep her in submission. Lilith was disobedient and loved freedom, so she escaped and hid around the Red Sea and joined the low demons. In this way Lilith became the first feminist in the world.

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