Lilith

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Lilith is a female Mesopotamian night demon believed to harm male children. In Isaiah 34:14, Lilith is a kind of night-demon or animal, translated as onokentauros; in the Septuagint, as lamia; "witch" by Hieronymus of Cardia; and as screech owl in the King James Version of the Bible. In the Talmud and Midrash, Lilith appears as a night demon. The idea of Lilith as the first wife of Adam arose in the Middle Ages.

Lilith appears as a succubus in Aleister Crowley's De Arte Magica.

References

• Adapted from: Wikipedia (2005). [Lilith (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilith)] Retrieved December 27, 2005.