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[[File:Lilith Painting.jpg|350px|thumb|''Lilith'' by John Collier]] | [[File:Lilith Painting.jpg|350px|thumb|''Lilith'' by John Collier]] | ||
'''Lilith''' (Hebrew: לִילִית) is a female figure in Mesopotamian and [[Judaism|Judaic]] mythology, theorized to be the first wife of Adam or a primordial [[demon]]. She is thought to be mentioned in the [[Bible|Biblical]] Book of Isaiah, and in Late Antiquity in Mandaean mythology and Jewish mythology sources from 500 CE onward. Lilith appears | '''Lilith''' (Hebrew: לִילִית) is a female figure in Mesopotamian and [[Judaism|Judaic]] mythology, theorized to be the first wife of Adam or a primordial [[demon]]. She is thought to be mentioned in the [[Bible|Biblical]] Book of Isaiah, and in Late Antiquity in Mandaean mythology and Jewish mythology sources from 500 CE onward. | ||
Lilith appears in various concepts and localities that give partial descriptions of her. She is mentioned in the Babylonian Talmud (Eruvin 100b, Niddah 24b, Shabbat 151b, Baba Bathra 73a), in the ''Book of Adam and Eve'' as Adam's first wife, and in the [[Zohar]] as "a hot fiery female who first cohabited with man." | |||
Many traditional rabbinic authorities, including Maimonides and Menachem Meiri, reject the existence of Lilith. | Many traditional rabbinic authorities, including Maimonides and Menachem Meiri, reject the existence of Lilith. | ||