Lilim: The Children Of Lilith

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

Lilith clearly did not fit the profile of the woman Adam was looking for; so she was replaced by the insipid Eva. But banishment was not the only punishment Lilith received.
Talmudic tradition points out that Lilith was created with the same clay that shaped 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 to Adam. And while the Hebrew myths insist on betraying her passionate habits, her fiery womb, these are ultimately the same urges that might be expected from any man, except that, in Lilith’s case, they manifested in a defiant female form.
Fleeing from Eden, Lilith had a devastating romance with the demon Samael, with whom she had numerous offsprings. But God, in his infinite anger, was alarmed at the possibility that Lilith’s children would invade every corner of the globe, so he reaffirmed the punishment and condemned her to give birth to a hundred children every dawn, for all eternity, that 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 abhors for representing Eve’s heritage. The Lilim, for their part, commit all kinds of outrages until midnight, at which time they definitively return to earth.
For many, the Lilim make up two of the vampire races and clans with the worst reputation in the grimoires and forbidden books of the Middle Ages: the succubi and incubus.

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, on the other hand, assure that the daily death of the Lilim is not produced by constitutional deficiencies, but rather that it is the archangels themselves who are in charge of the slaughter.

The Lilim roam the twilight like tiny, shaggy shadows, stalking pregnant women and nursing children. Their only will, the chroniclers note, is to avenge the cruel fate imposed on his mother.
Perhaps that is why the ancient Hebrew tradition forced pregnant women to use an amulet with the names of the angels Senoy, and Sansenoy, Semangelof, which protect the delicate neck of newborns until they are neatly circumcised.

Although biblical myths are decisive in assuring that Lilith’s offspring are unable to survive beyond her first day of life, there are some examples that contradict this opinion. For example, Aloqua, wandering and wild female spirit, considered as the first daughter of Lilith; and finally Lilin, who would have become Cain’s wife.

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

See also:

http://dimidesan.com/vampires-and-their-eternal-future/

http://dimidesan.com/bram-stokers-private-fantasies/