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Etymology
See Lilith
Noun
lilith (plural liliths)
- (mythology) A type of female Mesopotamian demon, typically seen as coming to men in dreams and as endangering women during pregnancy or childbirth.
2004, The Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society, volume 29, page 31:[A] Mandaic specimen from Kutha (BM 91715) which contains two independent incantations separated by a line: a historiola relating the expulsion of a particular lilith and the report of a dream purportedly dreamt by the client[.]
2013, Practicing Gnosis: Ritual, Magic, Theurgy and Liturgy, page 384:It describes the liliths who are divorced with these words: “naked are you sent forth, nor are you clad, with your hair disheveled and let fly behind your backs.” And indeed, the drawing of the lilith depicts her as naked[.]
2017, Ronald Hutton, The Witch, Yale University Press, published 2018, page 68:A drawing and a few inscriptions indicate the appearance of a lilith, as a young naked woman with long dishevelled hair and prominent breasts and genitals […].