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Definition of Lilith
1. Noun. In ancient Semitic folklore: a female demon who attacks children.
Definition of Lilith
1. Proper noun. (mythology) A Mesopotamian storm demon, a bearer of disease and death; also the first wife of Adam in Jewish folklore. ¹
2. Proper noun. (astrology) The "dark moon" or "black moon", not an actual phase of the moon but the empty focus of the ellipse described by its orbit. ¹
3. Proper noun. (Hebrew female given name). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lilith
Literary usage of Lilith
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Great Pictures as Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Esther Singleton (1907)
"lilith (ROSSETTI) ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE « Of Adam's first wife, lilith, ...
The rose and poppy are her flowers ; for where Is he not found, O lilith, ..."
2. The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1917)
"These beings in female forms (lilith is the prototype of these in the Jewish
traditions) are called in the esoteric accounts ..."
3. Selected Writings by William Sharp, Elizabeth Amelia Sharp (1912)
"THE PASSING OF lilith [The primal Eden, where the great rivers from the East and
the West converge; where the winds bear abroad the rumour of the music of ..."
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