Lilith General information In the Jewish and Islamic traditions, was Lilith original wife of Adam, has been transformed from the Garden of Eden and replaced by Eve because she refused to submit to his authority. Lilith slept with Adam after his expulsion from paradise and gave birth to evil spirits, and in the Islamic tradition, she slept with the devil and gave birth to the jinn (genie). In myth later she became the devil, demon who caused nocturnal emissions and the birth of witches and demons called lilim. It is also believed to steal and kill children, and used magic to protect them from her. Believe Religious Information Source Site on the Internet Our List of 2,300 Religious Subjects E-mail Lilith General information Lilith, in Jewish folklore, is the devil, who is the enemy of newborn babies. The name is etymologically related to Lilith night Sumerian word (the wind), and not on laylah Hebrew word (night), and it was long assumed. Such as wind, Sumerian and Babylonian demon counterpart at a later time, it was considered as a demon Lilith, or female version of the nightmare. In the popular imagination, and eventually became the Lilith confused with Lamashtu, and the killing of children Babylonian demon. The only reference to the sacred Lilith in Isaiah 34:14, which described it as a demon desert. In Jewish literature postbiblical, and came to be named Lilith as Adams first wife. Was found on the first fully developed account of the legends in the alphabet Ben Sira, written between 7 and 10 centuries. According to the alphabet, God created when it decided to create a companion for Adam, and the first woman out of the ground in the same way as he had created the first man. The pair immediately began to quarrel because Lilith refused to submit to Adam. Lilith fled, and in response to the request of Adam, God sent three angels to return. The Angels have said that if she refused, one of the demon children, will die every day. Lilith refused to return to Adam and vowed that it would hurt the male children until the eighth day after birth and female infants up to 20 per day. In traditional European Jewish communities, and continued belief in Lilith in the 19th century, and were often protective amulets and placed near the bed a woman about to give birth. Since the mid-1970s, Lilith has returned to Jewish poetry and fiction. In particular, has been adopted by the American Jewish feminists as a symbol of strength and independence of women. Jewish feminist magazine Lilith first appeared in 1976, and Jewish feminist theologians have worked on the re-interpretation of the biblical story of Adam and Eve in the light of the myth of Lilith and. If you are considering Islamic materials, too, see: Islam, Muhammad Koran, Koran Pillars of Faith Ibrahim Ibrahim certificate God Hadiths Revelation - hadiths from Book 1 of al Belief - hadiths from Book 2 of al-Bukhari Knowledge - hadiths from Book 3 of al Prayer - hadiths from Bukhari Book 10 times Shortening the Prayers (in - taqseer) - hadiths from Book 20 of al-Bukhari Hajj - hadiths from Book 26 of al-Bukhari Fighting for the Cause of Allah (Jihad) - hadiths of Book 52 of al-Bukhari Oneness and uniqueness of God (monotheism) - hadiths of Book 93 of al-Bukhari Hanafiyyah School of Theology (Sunni) Malikiyyah School of Theology (Sunni) Shafiiyyah School of Theology (Sunni) Hanbaliyyah School of Theology (Sunni) Maturidiyyah Theology (Sunni) Ashariyyah Theology (Sunni) Mutazilah Theology Jafari Theology (Shia) Nusayriyyah Theology (Shia) Zaydiyyah Theology (Shia) Kharijiyyah The Imams (Shiites) Druze Qarmatiyyah (Shiites) Ahmadiyyah Ismail, Ismail Early Islamic History scheme AH Ibn Rushd Ibn Sina Machpela Kaaba, the black stone Ramadan Sunni Arabs, Sunni Shiites, and Shiites Mecca Medina True, Bukhari Sufi Wahhabism Abu Bakr Abbasids Ayyubids Umayyads Fatima Fatimids (Shiites) Ismailis (Shiites) Mamelukes Saladin Seljuks Aisha Ali Lilith Islamic Calendar Interactive Muslim Calendar View this topic originally in English Send an e-mail the question or comment to us: E-mail The main BELIEVE web pages (and the index to subjects) is: BELIEVE Religious Information Source mb-soft/believe/belieara.html Original English Text: In postbiblical Jewish literature, Lilith came to be identified as Adams first wife.
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