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Lilith the Queen of Demons

According to Raphael Patai5 one of the earliest mentionings of Lilith is around 2400 B.C.
and she is called
the Lillu-demon. The Lillu were essentially a class of vampiric demons who sought sexual
desire/satisfaction and devoured some of who them slept with. A further description of
these early spirits
are mentioned in Chapter Four.
The beginnings of Lilith are comparative to the Antinomian essence which compliments
her mate, Samael,
whose manifestations are many and just as different throughout folklore and historical
descriptions. The
Semetic origins of the Goddess Lilith are found in the concept that she was born with
Samael the fallen
angel, that they are in union as a kind of infernal twins, similar to Adam and Eve. In the
Journal of
American Folklore6 Patai refers to Jacob and Isaac Hacohen who wrote that Lilith and
Samael were
born-
5 Lilith, The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 77, No. 306 1964
6 Volume 77, No.36 – title Lilith by Raphael Patai
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