Lilim: the children of Lilith

Lilith, the mother of vampires, was condemned to banishment by God after refusing to return to Eden and submitting to the whims of Adam, who apparently only settled for a submissive, docile woman, in and out of bed.

Lilith clearly did not fit the profile of a woman that Adam was looking for; so she was replaced by the dull Eve (see: Aán and Eve: a love story). But banishment was not the only punishment Lilith received.

Talmudic tradition indicates that Lilith was created with the same clay that gave shape to Adam, that is, she was a creature in perfect equality with man; quite the opposite of what happens with Eve, formed, according to the biblical myth, from the Adamic rib.

In a way, Lilith’s essence prevented her from assuming a position of submission with respect to Adam. And although the Hebrew myths insist on betraying his passionate habits, his burning womb, they are ultimately the same impulses that could be expected of any man, except that, in the case of Lilith, these manifested themselves in a defiant form. feminine.

Fleeing from Eden, Lilith lived a whirlwind romance with the demon Samael, with whom she had numerous offspring. But God, in his infinite anger, was alarmed at the possibility that Lilith’s children would invade every corner of the world, so he reaffirmed the punishment and condemned her to give birth to one hundred children every dawn, for all eternity, who would inevitably die. at midnight.

These children, whose life lasts for just one day, are the lilim.

In revenge for the daily slaughter of her children, Lilith appropriates newborn children and is particularly cruel to pregnant women, whom she hates for representing Eve’s heritage. The Lilim, for their part, commit all kinds of outrages until midnight, at which time they return definitively to earth.

For many, the Lilim make up two of the vampire races and clans with the worst reputation within the grimoires and forbidden books of the Middle Ages: the succubi and incubi.

Talmudic analysts maintain that God has deprived them of souls, and that for this reason their physical bodies are unable to sustain life in the world, essentially mobilized by the will of the spirit. Others, however, claim that the daily death of the Lilim is not caused by constitutive deficiencies, but rather that it is the archangels themselves who are in charge of the slaughter.

The Lilim walk through the twilight like tiny, hirsute shadows, on the lookout for pregnant women and nursing children. His only will, the chroniclers note, is to avenge the cruel fate imposed on his mother.

Perhaps that is why ancient Hebrew tradition obliged pregnant women to wear an amulet with the names of angels. Senoyand Sansenoy, Semangelofwhich protect the delicate neck of newborns until they are neatly circumcised.

Although biblical myths are decisive in ensuring that Lilith’s offspring are incapable of surviving beyond their first day of life, there are some examples that contradict this opinion. For example, Aloqua, a wandering and wild female spirit, considered the first daughter of Lilith; and finally lilinwho would have become Cain’s wife.

It is not surprising that Lilith was so feared by the Akkadians, Babylonians, Sumerians, and other Mesopotamian civilizations. Her tenacity finds no parallel in other cultures; In fact, she deserves our greatest respect since no other mythology includes a woman in perpetual and unequal war with God.

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