Lilith

::This article is about the demon Lilith. For other meanings of the word see Lilith (disambiguation).

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Lilitu is a female Mesopotamian night demon with a penchant for killing male children. Hebrew Lilith is either cognate with, or loaned from, Akkadian. In Isaiah 34:14, Lilith is a kind of night-demon or animal, translated as onokentauros, a kind of apelike demon, in the Septuagint, as lamia "witch" by Hieronymus of Cardia, and as screech owl in the KJV. In the Talmud and Midrash, Lilith appears as a night demon. The idea of Lilith as the first wife of Adam arose in the Middle Ages.

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Mesopotamian - Demon - Isaiah - Septuagint - Lamia - Witch - Hieronymus of Cardia - Screech owl - KJV - Talmud - Midrash - Adam - Middle Ages

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