lilith

See also: Lilith

English

Etymology

From Lilith.

Noun

lilith (plural liliths)

  1. A Mesopotamian storm demon.
    • 2004, The Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society, volume 29, page 31:
      [A] Mandaic specimen from Kutha (BM 91715) which contains two independent incantations separated by a line: a historiola relating the expulsion of a particular lilith and the report of a dream purportedly dreamt by the client[.]
    • 2013, Practicing Gnosis: Ritual, Magic, Theurgy and Liturgy, page 384:
      It describes the liliths who are divorced with these words: “naked are you sent forth, nor are you clad, with your hair disheveled and let fly behind your backs.” And indeed, the drawing of the lilith depicts her as naked[.]
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