Such an amulet would have been attached to the wall or door of the birthroom to protect the occupants. The poem and the picture appeared together alongside Rossetti's painting Sibylla Palmifera and the sonnet Soul's Beauty. Second, this new woman is still met with harsh rabbinic allegations. The eyes are very large, as well as the hands (if depicted). First among these Talmudic demons is Samael, often referred to euphemistically as Sitra Achra The Other Side. [98][99], Raymond Buckland holds that Lilith is a dark moon goddess on par with the Hindu Kali. First published in 1883, the poem uses the traditional myths surrounding the triad of Adam, Eve, and Lilith. Lilith's soul was lodged in the depths of the Great Abyss. angels and Lilith is the basis for writing the names Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semange-lof on amulets hung around the necks of new-born babes: when Lilith sees the names, she remembers her . Lilith's earliest appearance in the literature of the Romantic period (17891832) was in Goethe's 1808 work Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy. Deciphering Jewish Manuscripts . gone , were inscribed. the goat he-calls his- fellowlilit (lilith) she-rests and she-finds rest[d] In Jewish mythology, Lilith is believed to be Adams first wife, who was banished before she was able to bear his children. All rights reserved The National Library of Israel 2017 , The story of the three angels charged with safeguarding newborn babies and their mothers. Adam and Lilith immediately began to fight. That, ere the snake's, her sweet tongue could deceive, Isa 34:14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest. They told her God's word, but she did not wish to return. [7] In the Ancient Mesopotamian religion, found in cuneiform texts of Sumer, Assyria, and Babylonia Lilith signifies a spirit or demon.[1][8][9]. One bowl contains the following inscription commissioned from a Jewish occultist to protect a woman called Rashnoi and her husband from Lilith: Thou liliths, male lili and female lilith, hag and ghool, I adjure you by the Strong One of Abraham, by the Rock of Isaac, by the Shaddai of Jacob, by Yah Ha-Shem by Yah his memorial, to turn away from this Rashnoi b. M. and from Geyonai b. M. her husband. God sent three angels, named Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof, who found her in the Red Sea. If not, she must permit one hundred of her children to die every day." For you are fit only to be in the bottom position, while I am to be the superior one." One mentions her creation as being before Adam's, on the fifth day, because the "living creatures" with whose swarms God filled the waters included Lilith. At this point, the three angels enter the picture. [76], The Zohar adds further that two female spirits instead of one, Lilith and Naamah, desired Adam and seduced him. According to myths, Lilith, the female demon, is looking to snatch and devour sleeping infants as revenge on Adam. [Here is] your divorce and writ and letter of separation, sent through holy angels. Who's that there?Mephistopheles: [6], The name Lilith stems from lil, liltu, and (w)ardat lil). A third alternative version states that God originally created Adam and Lilith in a manner that the female creature was contained in the male. And find again the paths of life. This is the account of Lilith which was received by the Sages in the Secret Knowledge of the Palaces.[67]. The text notes the name of the amulets buyer: Sylman Ben Katton, for the protection of the people in his home., On an incantation bowl kept at the National Library, which was inscribed in antiquity, long before the ben Sirah stories of the Middle Ages, we find the same narrative which appears on amulets protecting new mothers. This promise is expressed in the quote: I, the Lord, heal you, for it is written and the sun of mercy shall rise with healing in its wings for you who fear My Name., A prayer warding off the effects of cholera morbus, Italy, 19th century, the British Library. The Hebrew title appearing at the top reads This amulet is for plague from the holy ARI (The holy ARI was Rabbi Isaac Luria, Vitals teacher). Editions [ edit] After Mephistopheles offers this warning to Faust, he then, quite ironically, encourages Faust to dance with "the Pretty Witch". During this time "Pizna", either an alternate name for Lilith or a daughter of hers, desires his beauty and seduces him against his will. This is the gap into which the later tradition of Lilith could fit. Behold, here it is before you: because of the sins of Adam the first man all the things mentioned came into being. XIV, 16)! Blair. Charles Fossey (1902) has this literally translating to "female night being/demon", although cuneiform inscriptions from Mesopotamia exist where Llt and Lltu refers to disease-bearing wind spirits. The second mention of Lilith, this time explicit, is present in Numbers Rabbah 16:25. The Angel Senoy,not much is Known of this mysterious being.Thought to have been trapped in a statue after YHVH sent Senoy,and his two brothers, Sansenoy and Semangelof to bring back Lilith to Adam. The Bishops' Bible of Matthew Parker (1568) from the Latin: Isa 34:14 there shall the Lamia lye and haue her lodgyng. The Black Suitcase of Magical Amulets with a Mysterious History. The Akkadian word lilu is related to the Hebrew word lilith in Isaiah 34:14, which is thought to be a night bird by some modern scholars such as Judit M. And round his heart one strangling golden hair. (2007), Chilton, Bruce; Bock, Darrell and Gurtner, Daniel M. (2010). Out, Lilithl' Also the names Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof (meanings uncertain) were inscribed on the door. Schrader's and Levy's view is therefore partly dependent on a later dating of Deutero-Isaiah to the 6th century BC, and the presence of Jews in Babylon which would coincide with the possible references to the Lltu in Babylonian demonology. [92], Lilith is a poem by Vladimir Nabokov, written in 1928. Because Adam tried to compel her obedience by force, Lilith, in a rage, uttered the magic name of God, rose into the air and left him. Smamit escapes the demon and flees to an isolated mountain where she builds a fortified home. For other uses, see, The spirit in the tree in the Gilgamesh cycle, The bird-footed woman in the Burney Relief, Alsatian Krasmesser (16th to 20th century), In Western esotericism and modern occultism, , -, - ; - , . As that youth's eyes burned at thine, so went Adam stood in prayer before his Creator: 'Sovereign of the universe!' he said, 'the woman you gave me has run away.' At once, the Holy One, blessed be He, sent these three angels Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof, to bring her back. On this bowl we find a text written by the author Duchtish Bat Bahrui, describing a character named Smamit, the mother of twelve sons who were killed by a brutal demon named Sideros. the first Adam). (In English: Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof). And the Serpent, the Woman of Harlotry, incited and seduced Eve through the husks of Light which in itself is holiness. etc. Once they saddled for him two mules which stood on two bridges of the Rognag; and he jumped from one to the other, backward and forward, holding in his hands two cups of wine, pouring alternately from one to the other, and not a drop fell to the ground." And she also afflicts him with sickness, and he knows it not, and all this takes place when the moon is on the wane.[74]. According to occult practises, she would be subject to the demon-king Murrah al-Abyad, which appears to be another name for Iblis used in magical writings. Charles Leland associated Aradia with Lilith: Aradia, says Leland, is Herodias, who was regarded in stregheria folklore as being associated with Diana as chief of the witches. She gives birth to multitudes of djinns and demons, the first of them being named Agrimas. Taking pity on Lamia, Zeus gave her the ability to remove and replace her eyes from their sockets. [64] The second myth of Lilith grew to include legends about another world and by some accounts this other world existed side by side with this one, Yenne Velt is Yiddish for this described "Other World". Source: Angels and Demons: Jewish Magic Through the Ages, edited by Filip Vukosavovitch. Surrounding the image is writing in spiral form; the writing often begins at the centre and works its way to the edge. Wycliffe's Bible (1395) preserves the Latin rendering lamia: Isa 34:15 Lamya schal ligge there, and foond rest there to hir silf. The three angels were made popular by the Alphabet of ben Sirah, while the illustrations of their images in various amulets also contributed to their fame. Faust: However, she was "cursed" to never be able to shut her eyes so that she would forever obsess over her dead children. The last manuscript which we will present also hails from 19th century Italy. Later, the story of how Aaron the High Priest was able to halt the plague with incense is recounted, along with what appears to be a recipe. However, Lilith would become hateful toward the children born of the husband and wife and would seek to kill them. Despite the threat from the three angels that if she didn't return to Adam one hundred of her sons would die every day, she refused, claiming that she was created expressly to harm newborn infants. In the Akkadian language of Assyria and Babylonia, the terms lili and lltu mean spirits. (15) There the hoot owl shall nest and lay eggs, hatch them out and gather them in her shadow; There shall the kites assemble, none shall be missing its mate. Under the threat of death, Eve admits that she never loved Adam, while Lilith confesses that she always loved him: As the worst of the venom left my lips, In 1980, this Pashkevil poster warning of the plague of archaeology spreading throughout the Holy Land was printed and hung up in various ultra-orthodox communities. Double amulets were frequently purchased: two [65] Her creation is described in many alternative versions. And this Blind Dragon brings about the union between Samael and Lilith. However, nowhere do the rabbis specify what happened to the first woman, leaving the matter open for further speculation. [5] Many traditional rabbinic authorities, including Maimonides and Menachem Meiri, reject the existence of Lilith. Tapping the child on the nose, it was believed, made her go away. And soft-shed kisses and soft sleep shall snare? Kabbalistic mysticism attempted to establish a more exact relationship between Lilith and God. Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof Besides for the angels, the four rivers that come out of the Garden of Eden mention in the biblical account in Genesis is also used in our amulet. It is of Middle Eastern origin, made in the early or mid-20th century. As opposed to the Kabbalists of Safed, who invoked the secret divine names to save themselves, the scribes of this manuscript decided to make use of canonical texts telling of the victories of God over the various plagues which threatened the People of Israel. As with the Massoretic text of Isaiah 34:14, and therefore unlike the plural liliyyot (or liliyyoth) in the Isaiah scroll 34:14, lilit in 4Q510 is singular, this liturgical text both cautions against the presence of supernatural malevolence and assumes familiarity with Lilith; distinct from the biblical text, however, this passage does not function under any socio-political agenda, but instead serves in the same capacity as An Exorcism (4Q560) and Songs to Disperse Demons (11Q11). So tempting! The image here is taken from a later printing of the book which includes various commentaries on the writings of Vital and Luria, but the amulet, or similar versions of it, appear in earlier printings as well. [75] Gershom Scholem proposes that the author of the Zohar, Rabbi Moses de Leon, was aware of both the folk tradition of Lilith and another conflicting version, possibly older. A birth amulet featuring an illustration of Adam and Eve. [34][c] Quoting from Isaiah 34 (NAB): (12) Her nobles shall be no more, nor shall kings be proclaimed there; all her princes are gone. [80] Richardson did not endorse the theory and modern lexicographers consider it a false etymology. A plague of non-kosher meat, from the British Mandate period. The ancient Greeks knew these dangerous sorceresses by the name of lamiae, and they believed that they devoured children, or sucked away all their blood till they died. . An amulet for safeguarding a newborn child and its mother with an incantation against Lilith. The background and purpose of The Alphabet of Ben-Sira is unclear. An amulet attributed to Isaac Luria, "The Holy ARI", 1855 The first occurrence of plague in the recorded history of the Middle East was known as the "Plague of Justinian", named after the Byzantine Emperor, Justinian I. An amulet attributed to Isaac Luria, "The Holy ARI", 1855, 2020 , Prayers, Amulets and Spells to Ward off Plague. For instance, Isaiah, describing the condition to which Babylon was to be reduced after her ruin, says that she shall become the abode of satyrs, lamiae, and strigae (in Hebrew, lilith). Adam complained to God: 'I have been deserted by my helpmeet' God at once sent the angels Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof to fetch Lilith back. This monstrous couple was apparently first brought together in the 13th century, their combined powers allowing them to rule the realm of impurity. The demon(ess) is depicted in a frontal position with the whole face showing. If you placed an amulet with the name of the 3 Angels on it, and placed it on the baby, lilith could not harm it. DouayRheims Bible (1582/1610) also preserves the Latin rendering lamia: Isa 34:14 And demons and monsters shall meet, and the hairy ones shall cry out one to another, there hath the lamia lain down, and found rest for herself. Told in Genesis 3:16 that "your desire shall be for your husband", she is accused by the Rabbis of having an overdeveloped sexual drive (Genesis Rabbah 20:7) and constantly enticing Adam (Genesis Rabbah 23:5). "[93], The depiction of Lilith in Romanticism continues to be popular among Wiccans and in other modern Occultism. She shall become an abode for jackals and a haunt for ostriches. Each of them are mothers of demons and have their own hosts and unclean spirits in no number. A similar version, related to the earlier Talmudic passages, recounts how Lilith was fashioned with the same substance as Adam was, shortly before. [80][81], Not so much an amulet as a ritual object for protection, the Krasmesser (or Kreismesser, circle knife) played a role in Jewish birth rituals in the area of Alsace, Switzerland and Southern Germany between the 16th and 20th century. (c. 10th century), which was followed by the Zohar and other Kabbalistic writings. (Babylonian Talmud, tractate Gittin 69b). At once, the Holy One, blessed be He, sent these three angels Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof, to bring her back. They found her beside the Red Sea, a region abounding in lascivious demons, to whom she bore 'lilim' at the rate of more than one hundred a day. A number of the poems feature Lilith directly, including the piece Unwritten which deals with the spiritual problem of the feminine being removed by the scribes from The Bible. On Adam's request, God sent three angels, named Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof, who found her in the Red Sea. Two main roles are attributed to this demoness: strangling young children in their sleep, and seducing men Lilith becomes pregnant with this wasted sperm, giving birth to demonic stepchildren. Thy spell through him, and left his straight neck bent Third, and despite the terseness of the biblical text in this regard, the erotic iniquities attributed to Eve constitute a separate category of her shortcomings. Lilith does not occur in the Mishnah. Ben Sira is presented as the son of Jeremiah, born to the prophet's own daughter who dipped in a mikveh into which Jeremiah was previously forced to lay seed. The word lilit (or lilith) only appears once in the Hebrew Bible, in a prophecy regarding the fate of Edom,[3] while the other seven terms in the list appear more than once and thus are better documented. [49] Moses said: [God,] do not do it [i.e. Isaac Luria perished during an outbreak of plague in the year 1572, when he was only 38 years old. . The amulets contain written text featuring the names of the angels as well as graphic motifs of their images. I,74.1. They found her beside the Red Sea, a region abounding in lascivious demons, to whom she bore lilim at the rate of more than one hundred a day. [13], Interpretations of Lilith found in later Jewish materials are plentiful, but little information has survived relating to the Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian and Babylonian view of this class of demons. Though the names are not completely identical, the same whispering, threatening motif can be heard here as well. [51], An individual Lilith, along with Bagdana "king of the lilits", is one of the demons to feature prominently in protective spells in the eighty surviving Jewish occult incantation bowls from Sassanid Empire Babylon (4th6th century AD) with influence from Iranian culture. These talismans invoke the names of the angels Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof, or sometimes the prophet Elijah, in order to protect young children from the grasp of Lilith. Tags. Both of them were born at the same hour in the image of Adam and Eve, intertwined in each other. [21] The ki-sikil-lil-la-ke is associated with a serpent and a zu bird. he said, "the woman you gave me has run away." Who is that?Mephistopheles: [27], A connection between the Gilgamesh ki-sikil-lil-la-ke and the Jewish Lilith was rejected on textual grounds by Sergio Ribichini (1978). Vladimir Nabokov "Collected Poems" edited and introduced by Thomas Karshan, Penguin Books, c2012. This idea was further attested by Doreen Valiente, who cited her as a presiding goddess of the Craft: "the personification of erotic dreams, the suppressed desire for delights". It is preserved today in the British Library in London. As such, she would kill a pregnant mother's baby in the womb, causes impotence to men or attacks little children with illnesses. Another passage charges Lilith as being a tempting serpent of Eve. She sets out towards Sheol. Occasionally, a piece of paper with magic spells writ-ten on it was hung by the child's bed. https://blog.nli.org.il/en/djm_sen-san-sem/, The figures of Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof appear here from right to left, 2020 . [87] -------------------------------- She said, "I will not lie below," and he said, "I will not lie beneath you, but only on top. The manuscript ends with a dedication to a young man: Yosef Tzemach Gabriel Donati, Over time, the Hebrew word for plague Magefa () has come to be associated with other meanings as well. The figures of Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof appear here from right to left The quest for a proven, functioning magical amulet, one whose supernatural powers can be trusted with certainty, has led buyers to prefer amulets ordained with fixed and familiar mystic formulas. In 1881, the Lilith sonnet was renamed "Body's Beauty" in order to contrast it and Soul's Beauty. Blind Dragon acts as an intermediary between Lilith and Samael: Blind Dragon rides Lilith the Sinful may she be extirpated quickly in our days, Amen! A 15th or 16th century Kabbalah text states that God has "cooled" the female Leviathan, meaning that he has made Lilith infertile and she is a mere fornication. In the 10th century text known as the Alphabet of ben Sirah, we find the story of Adam and Lilith. The names are surrounded by three frames: The first has illustrations of a birth and circumcision ceremony, the second frame consists of verses, and the third features decorative ornaments. Demon-Busting Magical Bowls from Babylon! (Babylonian Talmud, tractate Bava Bathra 73a-b). [55] The writing is most commonly scripture or references to the Talmud. The demon(ess) is entirely static.[52]. (17) It is He who casts the lot for them, and with His hands He marks off their shares of her; They shall possess her forever, and dwell there from generation to generation. [25], Suggested translations for the Tablet XII spirit in the tree include ki-sikil as "sacred place", lil as "spirit", and lil-la-ke as "water spirit",[26] but also simply "owl", given that the lil is building a home in the trunk of the tree. 'Return to Adam without delay,' the angels said, `or we will drown you!' Judging by the style of script, as well as the name of the youth to whom the manuscript was dedicated Yosef Tzemach Gabriel Donati which appears on the last page, it is likely that the manuscript was inscribed in Italy during the 18th or 19th century. amulet and asked "Who are these?" Ben Sira answered, "The angels who are in charge of medicine: Snvi, Snsvi, and Smnglof." [In English: Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof.] The charm in fact consists of two different amulets joined together, one on top and one below. [83], According to Siegmund Hurwitz the Talmudic Lilith is connected with the Greek Lamia, who, according to Hurwitz, likewise governed a class of child stealing lamia-demons. [100][pageneeded], Many theistic Satanists consider Lilith as a goddess. [40][41], et occurrent daemonia onocentauris et pilosus clamabit alter ad alterum ibi cubavit lamia et invenit sibi requiem. To take revenge on Adam, she pursues human children. The quest for a proven, functioning magical amulet, one whose supernatural powers can be trusted with certainty, has led buyers to prefer amulets ordained with fixed and familiar mystic formulas. Alphabet of Ben Sirah, Question #5 (23ab). Others base their reverence for her on her history as a succubus and praise her as a sex goddess. The three angels were made popular by the Alphabet of ben Sirah, while the illustrations of their images in various amulets also contributed to their fame. The issue of these unions were demons and spirits called "the plagues of humankind", and the usual added explanation was that it was through Adam's own sin that Lilith overcame him against his will. If Lilith nevertheless succeeded in approaching the child and fondling him, he would laugh in his sleep. Such stories are commonly found among Jewish folklore.[64]. [b] In Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld, a huluppu tree grows in Inanna's garden in Uruk, whose wood she plans to use to build a new throne. The figures of Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof appear here from right to left The quest for a proven, functioning magical amulet, one whose supernatural powers can be trusted with certainty, has led buyers to prefer amulets ordained with fixed and familiar mystic formulas. [72] With Lilith being unable to fornicate with Samael anymore, she sought to couple with men who experience nocturnal emissions. A few lines in Yiddish are followed by the dialogue between the prophet Elijah and Lilith when he met her with her host of demons to kill the mother and take her new-born child ('to drink her blood, suck her bones and eat her flesh'). Again playing on the Hebrew phrase zot hapaam, Adam, according to the same midrash, declares: "it is she [zot] who is destined to strike the bell [zog] and to speak [in strife] against me, as you read, 'a golden bell [paamon] and a pomegranate' [Exodus 28:34] it is she who will trouble me [mefaamtani] all night" (Genesis Rabbah 18:4). The letters appearing in the upper amulet , likely transliterated as Anaktam Pastam Paspasim Dionsim form one of the secret divine names, according to certain Jewish mystical traditions. The figure is often depicted with arms and legs chained, indicating the control of the family over the demon(ess). An amulet from the Bill Gross Collection, the National Librarys Time Travel Project. [31], The Arslan Tash amulets are limestone plaques discovered in 1933 at Arslan Tash, the authenticity of which is disputed. Like other manuscripts of its kind, it draws a link between observance of the laws handed down to Moses at Mount Sinai and the health of the individual and the community. Her beauty's one boast is her dangerous hair. He hath slain them' (Num. ", "Leave me!' (13) Her castles shall be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. It made its way to the Land of Israel from Egypt around 541-542 AD. References to Lilith in the Zohar include the following: She roams at night, and goes all about the world and makes sport with men and causes them to emit seed. Hutter, Manfred (1999) "Lilith", in K. van der Toorn et al. [e], The early 5th-century Vulgate translated the same word as lamia. They found her beside the Red Sea, a region abounding in lascivious demons. Is This What the First Temple Looked Like? The amulets used against Lilith that were thought to derive from this tradition are, in fact, dated as being much older. She was notorious for being a vampiric spirit and loved sucking men's blood. Till heart and body and life are in its hold. IV, 22), He is now destroying! Of Adam's first wife, Lilith, it is told An amulet with the names of the angels, and Adam and Eve, excluding Lilith. Lilith believed she could leave her husband, and as he refused to accept this decree of equality in their sex life apparently meaning that Lilith wished to be on top of her husband during intercourse, she fled from him and escaped.. By that point, she had already slept with Samael, chief among the demons, and vowed that she would not harm the human offspring of Adam and Eve if they wrote her name on a protective amulet during childbirth. Commentators and interpreters often envision the figure of Lilith as a dangerous demon of the night, who is sexually wanton, and who steals babies in the darkness. The female side was Lilith, whereupon she flew to the Cities of the Sea and attacked humankind. The main difference here relates to the type of pestilence which was spreading across the country, with the text mentioning an outbreak of cholera morbus ( ) and expressing the hope that no harm will befall us, nor will a plague draw near to our tent. Lamia bore the title "child killer" and was feared for her malevolence, like Lilith. [84] Lamia had a vicious sexual appetite that matched her cannibalistic appetite for children. The names of the three angels as well as those of Lilith and Satan, also appear. [82], Rabbi Naphtali Hirsch ben Elieser Treves described this custom as early as 1560, and later references to a knife or sword by the birthing bed by both Paul Christian Kirchner and Johann Christian Georg Bodenschatz indicate its continuance. Who Are You, Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof? Nebuchadnezzar sets forth various ordeals for Ben Sira, who responds with 22 stories. The Treatise on the Left Emanation also says that there are two Liliths, the lesser being married to the great demon Asmodeus. [71], The marriage of Samael and Lilith is known as the "Angel Satan" or the "Other God", but it was not allowed to last. [97] According to one view, Lilith was originally a Sumerian, Babylonian, or Hebrew mother goddess of childbirth, children, women, and sexuality. [63] Asmodeus was already well known by this time because of the legends about him in the Talmud. Two apples swayed upon a stem, The "Lilith" section contains thirteen poems exploring the Lilith myth and is central to the meaning of the collection as a whole. The above-mentioned angels went in search of her, promising to bring her back. This is the earliest Jewish amulet to appear in print. [77], The sheet contains two texts within borders, which are amulets, one for a male ('lazakhar'), the other one for a female ('lanekevah'). No Children Allowed: Introducing Lilith, the Jewish Vampire Queen. 27:1) has no eyes, likewise Blind Dragon that is above, in the likeness of a spiritual form, is without eyes, that is to say, without colors. (Patai 81:458) Samael is called the Slant Serpent, and Lilith is called the Tortuous Serpent. hawks [kites, gledes] also they-gather, every one with its mate. Chavvah ha-Rishonah, analogically to the phrase Adam ha-Rishon, i.e. How overjoyed I am to think, sir, It seems these tales were known even before they appeared in the stories of ben Sirah. Amen, Amen, Selah, Halleluyah! He also created a woman from the earth, as He had created Adam [45][46] However, John J. Collins[47] regards this identification as "intriguing" but that it is "safe to say" that (4Q184) is based on the strange woman of Proverbs 2, 5, 7, 9: Her house sinks down to death, [89] A few magical orders dedicated to the undercurrent of Lilith, featuring initiations specifically related to the arcana of the "first mother", exist. Although in the medieval Hebrew literature and folklore, especially that reflected on the protective amulets of various kinds, Chavvah ha-Rishonah was identified with Lilith, one should remain careful in transposing this equation to the Late Antiquity.[49]. The word itself in turn seems to be a distortion of, "R. Hanina said: One may not sleep in a house alone [in a lonely house], and whoever sleeps in a house alone is seized by Lilith." In the writings of the sages of the holy city of Safed (Zfat), in the northern Land of Israel, we find evidence that these rabbis sought to fight off the plague with the help of special amulets, among other things. Some uses of lltu are listed in the Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD, 1956, L.190), in Wolfram von Soden's Akkadisches Handwrterbuch (AHw, p.553), and Reallexikon der Assyriologie (RLA, p. Sent after her were three angels Senoy, Sansenoy, Semangelof. Below it, were the names of the primogenitors: Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob and Leah. Gilgamesh is said to have killed the snake, and then the zu bird flew away to the mountains with its young, while the ki-sikil-lil-la-ke fearfully destroys its house and runs for the forest. 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