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Lilith
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(Heb. lildtu, "night"; hence "night-monster"), a female demon of Jewish folk-lore, equivalent to the English vampire. The personality and name are derived from a Babylonian-Assyrian demon Lilit or Lilu. Lilith was believed to have a special power for evil over children. The superstition was extended to a cult surviving among some Jews even as late as the 7th century A.D. In the Rabbinical literature Lilith becomes the first wife of Adam, but flies away from him and becomes a demon.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Lilith'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/l/lilith.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Lilith'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/l/lilith.html. 1910.
