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Lilith Goddess, Whore, or the Queen of Hell?

Over the past few years, being Roman Catholic I have studied Lilith the Mesopotamian ''night demon'' named Lilitu. I was taught that Lilith was the First Wife of Adam who refused to have sex with him after the second time when Adam said ''Lie beneath me woman'' and so she refused and pronounced the Divine name of YHWH and she gained such power and flew away to the Red Sea in a nearby cave. There she entertained man and had sex with them inturn created the race of demons along with marrying Satan. She became the Mother of all Demons and the Queen of Hell(the Underworld). And I found this information about Lilith and georgeous picture of her as well on

http://www.hauntedamericatours.com/devil/devilwoman/index.php

 

Lilith is a female Mesopotamian night demon believed to harm male children. In Isaiah 34:14, Lilith is a kind of night-demon or animal, translated as onokentauros; in the Septuagint, as lamia; "witch" by Hieronymus of Cardia; and as screech owl in the King James Version of the Bible. In the Talmud and Midrash, Lilith appears as a night demon. She is often identified as the first wife of Adam and sometimes thought to be the mother of all incubi and succubi, a legend that arose in the Middle Ages. Lilith is also sometimes considered to be the paramour of Satan.

 

Lilith (1892), by John Collier

 

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Permalink Reply by Psyche on December 14, 2010 at 9:32pm

I have known the legend of Lilith since I was little. I am weary of her because I am connected to Pazuzu, the god of the wind. Lametsu is the eater of children. There is a diffrence between the two though their stories are entwined.

Permalink Reply by Psyche on December 14, 2010 at 9:35pm

Pazuzu statues were always put out facing out to protect people from Lametsu. She birthed the Incubi and Succubi.

Permalink Reply by Psyche on December 14, 2010 at 9:39pm

I respect her greatly, though I do not believe in the Lilith legends as I dont believe in the Jewish or Christian stories. Despite my great respect of her I am greatly weary of her.

Permalink Reply by Psyche on December 14, 2010 at 9:47pm

I agree. I guess my association with Pazuzu who is by the legends of Mesopotamia Lametsu and him dont get along. So I guess my prejudice and weariness comes from that LOL

Permalink Reply by Einherjar on August 21, 2012 at 12:37pm

Despite my great respect of her I am greatly weary of her.

Do you mean "leery" of her?

As per the remarks about Judaoism, remember that Abraham came from Ur -- he was a Sumerian.  The Hebrews were originally polytheistic (probably following the Sumerian pantheon, which morphed into the Canaanite pantheon before their enslavement, and the Egyptian pantheon afterward).

Judaism and Islam are quite the same in that their founders picked one god of the pantheon to worship, demonized the rest, and set about wars of extermination to kill off the followers of competitors.

Permalink Reply by Lilitu Xoc on August 20, 2012 at 5:47pm

The Jewish stories, there are no real Christian myths of her, are about the same in charactization as the Mesopotamian ones.

Permalink Reply by Lilitu Xoc on August 20, 2012 at 5:48pm

That is not a Lilith relief. No modern academic on Mesopotamia believes it to be Lilith. The consensus is it's either fake or Ishtar. 

Permalink Reply by Einherjar on August 21, 2012 at 12:38pm

I've seen that relief called Lilitu, Inanna, Ereshkigal -- just about every Sumerian/Babylonia goddess, usually whichever the person worships at the time.

I think I'll go with the "We don't really know" interpretation, LOL.

Permalink Reply by Greenhammer on December 14, 2010 at 10:02pm

It may  very well be that Adam and Eve were alive 6,005 y,ears ago but homo sapiens had been around 115,000 years. I speculate that whatever god was (lithuanians call him the Doomsday Hound and Gnostics call him the Demiurge), he started this cult with Adam and Eve. But before Eve, "god" had gotten Lilith together with Adam but Lilith was sort of a sorceress and refused to give up her pagan gods. This is where the symbolism of the snake comes in. The snake shedding its skin is like people growing emotionally and intellectually-changing and growing.

The "lie beneath me woman" story is an urban myth that some youtube videos got started. Since most of us don't believe there is a "satan" for her to have married, Lilith was the first to get on gods(whoever he was) "enemies list" by her refusal to endorse this scheme of woman being submissive to man.

There are many matriarchy deniers but there were many villages that thought a goddess was the source of the divine from 5 to 10 thousand years ago. Maybe Lilith can be called a goddess archetype, or maybe the original white goddess. Or maybe some back room bishop brainstorm as they were trying to validate the Adam and Eve story, ensuring the invalidation of female  authority.

religion is politics

politics is war without bloodshed

war is politics with bloodshed

Permalink Reply by Childe Metamorphoseon on February 16, 2011 at 4:57pm
I think we can do without the feminist ideology when discussing myths, we all know feminist thought and its curious take on human nature. The psychology of the Lilith character runs deeper than politics, PC and "matriarchy deniers". Archetypes and sex-magic is where she is, feminism is where she ain’t.
Permalink Reply by punkypagan on October 19, 2012 at 10:41am
I feel the need to point out that a matriarcy is a people ruled exclusively by women it has nothing to do with who was worshiped as divine.
Permalink Reply by Buddhist Soul on December 16, 2010 at 1:05am

Awesome. I'm going to include this is my blog.

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