Who is Lilith - First Wife of Adam - Ancient Origins and Development of the Myth of the Demon Queen 

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The fact that you both get and mention puns in ancient Aramaic esoteric literature attests to both your own mastery of the subject and to the very Human geekiness of these ancient Peoples. Humour is all too often taken lightly and underestimated.

Definitely one of the most interesting mythological figures with such a fascinating history. And she has obviously been continually fascinating people from her ancient Sumerian origins through millenia and still does today. And despite Lilith being barely (or not at all, depending on opinion) mentioned in the Hebrew Bible she persevered all this time and has even cemented herself a place in modern pop culture - for example, the first time I ever heard of Lilith was from _Vampire: The Masquerade_ (the pen & paper roleplaying game) where Lilith plays an important role in in-universe history/mythology.

In Arabic folklore and Qur'anic legend, the djinn are said to love desolate ruins, abandoned wells and other lonely places, preferably places where humans once lived and then forsook. Owls also are so strongly associated with ruins and the like that they're a poetic and artistic trope, almost a cliche, that'd common to this day.

Very fascinating figure, and excellent summary of her conceptual origins. Lilith is particularly interesting for how much her name appears in modern pop-culture, despite how esoteric and murky her actual stories and origin are.

Thanks! I love the way you teach - you make me want to dig deeper. And your sense of humor while teaching makes learning fun. Keep it up!

This is fantastic content as always. Thank you so much for all your efforts!

First of all I’m here to thank you, Dr. Sledge, for you high quality work, the fascinating insights and your fantastic sense of humour which makes all of that even more enjoyable. Lately I’ve been very intrigued by the figure of Kali, the indu goddess, so if ever you would consider dig a little bit on the subject, I would be looking forward to it!

Great job, per usual, Dr Sledge 👏

“Lilith laughs last” Omgg I’m cracking up 😂😂😂😂

Dr. Sledge, thanks for this video. I was under the impression that a Midrash was created to fill in gaps in the text of the scripture. In this case Genesis 2:23 has Adam finding the woman created from his rib saying "Now, this time, this is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh". This implies there was another time where a female was created not from his ribs but from the dust of the earth as he was. I seem to remember reading this in the multi-volume "Legends of the Jews". Would appreciate your input on this matter unless it will be discussed in the next episode, which I am looking forward to.

I'm just realizing this may be where they got the name Leeloo for the main character in the movie The Fifth Element which gives that character a whole new context.

I just recently discovered this channel and really enjoy the thorough and objective discussion of topics. I grew up with a mother who kind of mixed up various priciples of esotericism into one incomprehesible clutter of utter hogwash 😑 This channel helps me to unterstand where certain names and principles originally came from, and what they really mean historically. I also really enjoy your subtle sense of humor, your jokes really make me laugh every time! 😆

Interesting. I found that in ancient Greece, the word daimon ment a spirit or a divine power. Daimon may came come from the Greek verb dalesthi ( to divide or distribute ). . Daimon were a deity or spirit that watches over a person or place. It seems to me that other cultures demonized the daimon for there own purpose. Male superiority. Again interesting. Good class . Can't wait for part 2 . 👍😊

"Pretty sure Lilith was on top for that..so... Lilith gets last laugh" 😆 I had to backtrack bc I was laughing too much at that. Imagine getting divorced over sex position. No wonder they left it out of weekly sermons! But seriously, I love this channel. I'm learning so much and have started reading more into Kabbalah. The sneaky little jokes and references are treasure, great job!

Odd to me is that in the old depictions, Lilith is almost always presented with a friendly smile. Like, this strikes me that you're not supposed to dislike this entity.

I'm just so happy I found this channel. Thank you, and greatings from Brazil!

ESOTERICA I thought I should mention this that the legends per se about “Lilith/Ashera/Ishtar/Lamastu/etc” reminds me of the origins of the “ASWANG” from the Philippines 🇵🇭 so this was something extra and interesting X 😎👍🏻🙌🏻✨💎✨❤️❤️❤️

This channel is God send!!! This one and the Lady of the Library are becoming my new favorites and most likely to stay at the top of my list 4ever. Thank you, thank you, thank you🕊️📚💪

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾Fantastic Information! Great Job!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 🤗Thanks!

So glad I found this channel!

I’ve always been obsessed with Lilith… First time I heard her story I cried. FOR her.

Brilliant video. Just stumbled on your channel (and now realize I have much to catch up on 😊). Truly fascinating and well presented. As a Catholic in recovery (like an alcoholic, one is never fully cured once the damage has been done), so I don't consider myself religious, but have always been fascinated how the legends and lore of all religions came into being. My appreciation here, is that you never rely on just one source religion, but many in attempt to give more complete picture. Lilith has always captured my imagination, probably because so much of her story is a mystery. She seems to be almost a footnote anywhere she's referenced and quickly glossed over in any sort of story. Thank you for this wonderful and comprehensive look into her origins and beyond. Awesome job and keep up the great work. Much thanks.

Great video! I love your storytelling 💗 I found this video hilarious and highly informative. The humor grounds the topic which I really appreciate. 🙏🏽

Thank you so much for this video! I’m writing a fantasy book based on Lilith’s mythology and so this was very helpful. Can’t wait to watch more!

New subscriber here. Thank you very much for these posts, especially this one about Lilith. I hope you will do a part II.

What an amazing channel. How did I not know about you before!?! Just perfect.

I'm so glad this account came across the new to me section. I've found my community 🙌 ♥️

I had asked you a while back if you would make a video on Lilith as I had named my daughter such, for in the episodes on the Zohar you mentioned you named your daughter such. I greatly appreciate you making TWO videos on the topic. Will watch them by myself, with my wife, and with my daughter many times over the coming years. Much appreciated, good sir. I hope to be able to meet you one day.

I’ve never really thought about this or that I love this channel!!

Shalom! This is a great insight in to Hebrew demonology. Thank you sir for amassing this wealth of information!

I’m not sure that I’ve ever subbed to a channel faster, or devoured a video so excitedly like this. Hell yeah.

"Kinda vanilla" 😂😂😂 I'm a new subscriber and have been binging your channel. Your knowledge and delivery are incredible; very professional in nature, but then the occasional remarks really crack me up too. Love your work!!

😂 “basic bros”. That got me!! After so many harsh and heavy themes (I am a first wife, thrown over and crushed by the second wife so this story hits hard) it was truly comic relief to hear you utter this phrase.

Well, this channel rocks heavily. Subscribed.

Have been watching your content for years, love it, and I wanted to let you know you're the first creator that's convinced me to grab some merch - those black metal style t-shirts are SO DAMN COOL!! I just really wanted to mention that because it's so rare I see something that makes me think "I really wanna wear that so people ask what band that is" and it's actually your channel. Such a wonderful idea. Thank you for all your hard work. It has taught me so, so much about a subject I am so woefully under-informed about.

I think she has had many names Ishtar, Tara, morigan, the cailleach, hel, the goddess. One forgets that most ancient deities are gods of death n rebirth , that move with the cycles of life.

That's one scary looking demon/daemon, liked the last one talking about the fish people and serpent people etc.etc.etc. Outstanding and intriguing work Dr. Sledge

All of your content is fascinating, but this was one of my favorites so far. I see a great deal of man's fears about the power of the natural world projected onto Lilith. I also see a direct line to today's fight for a woman's power to determine for herself which embryos she gestates and when along with female empowerment and autonomy to live as she pleases.

Justin, thanks for the video. This video reminded me of some questions I have had on the possible cultural assimilation or evolution of Ninmah, and Innana in later mythos. I would be interested to hear your thoughts on their possible links to the origins of Freya, and Cybele. They both share aspects of the divine mother Ninmah, but they also are portrayed with characteristics that are unique to Innana.

These videos are great. Happy to have found them.

I absolutely love this channel and the knowledge I gain from it ❤

Just started watching your channel and I'm hooked. Thank you! Recently, I researched for a video I just published connecting Inanna with Venus and Regulus (Dumuzi). I noticed you used the same image that I used to depict Inanna. In my research, I did not come across any references of that image outside Inanna/Ishtar and some suggested Ereshkigal (I butchered the name in my video) but nothing about Lilith or similar. Not asking, necessarily, for an explanation, but I just find it interesting the range of interpretations given to that image. Thanks for all you do and I look forward to watching more videos!

A lot of this stuff is very grounded in reality, it's about seeing between the lines, let your heart guide your knowledge❤

Thanks Dr. Sledge, so glad I just happened on your content.

Thank you. Great explanation with lots of knowledge. Liked and subscribed.

Well done Dr. Sledge!! You really do a fabulous presentation every single time. These are all subjects that I have studied on my own for several years but you explain each subject so consciously and with a amount of good humor too. You appear to be a practicing Jew and I was wondering how you reconcile your faith with the mythology that is found in all religions? Love your video on Mary Magdalene and The Gnostic Gospels especially in how they relate to early Christianity. I left the Christian faith as soon as I was old enough to see through the ridiculous claims and the many murderous persecutions The Church carried out against Pagans and Jews and The Witch Hunts particularly in Scotland and King James VI of Scotland 1st of England and The KJV Bible…now I spend every opportunity to travel in Scotland and Ireland. Lived in Morocco for 4 years…learned a great deal about Islam and it’s folklore. I’ve traveled to Israel a few times, very drawn to Judaism and Jerusalem! Learned quite a lot, great experiences exploring the vast history and archaeology. So again, with the vast knowledge that you have, are you able to believe in anything about G-d or The Gods? Thank you for your brilliant videos! Really appreciate your sharing all of this information with us.

Really enjoyed your explanations of Lilith. It lives and breaths even today. An example is the Dutch metal band Blackbriar has a very interesting song called "Lilith be gone". Having watched both in this series I think you might like it.

So glad I found this channel. Great video, thanks!

Early squad, here we are.

I had to hit the like button after you said "...which Adam REFUSES ....kind of vanilla..." 😂

I love the admission that the Hebrew context is lost. So many claim that they have it and go on and on. Pulling in other ancient cultures’ views really fleshes her out. Wonderful.

It's so crazy to me to see how long her story endured. I was raised Lutheran and we were taught that she didn't exist as a biblical figure TILL the Middle Ages! I love learning theological history. Its so interesting

Popular media reference - Lilith's depiction in the new game Diablo IV is quite impressive. The cinematic that introduces her character is (contemporary) artistic expression of religious figures at its best.

A lot of great information in your video! In the beginning of Genesis, God is both attributed with male and female traits, much like a brooding mother hen whose world is an egg about to be hatched. This feminine image of "spirit/God" is often symbolized as birds, wind, breath of life and birth (metamorphosis). Female deities were often demonized and blamed for sin. Though, statistically, females have less of a propensity for "sin". Females are less likely to sin against children and to commit mass murder with firearms. It seems like a case of men superimposing their own bad behavior on women. The image of God's goodness is more likely a female characteristic of nurture and empathy. Males perhaps in many cases belong on the bottom... 😄

demonic entity jumpscare at 19:24

I like the little humorous additions 😊

This level of knowledge needs supporting.

New here, what an interesting and entertaining presentation! Thank you, I look forward to more!

Dear Esoterica, I'm an avowed atheist but was raised Catholic and am always interested in religious history

Okay, I love this guy! He recognizes these ancient religions as mythology and calls them that. He sees that many of these stories are downright hilarious, and that more than anything they often reveal the insecurities of the authors more than make any useful point or moral stance. (Lilith was 'evil' because she wanted to be on top sometimes during sex!) Anyway, thanks for the good information to brush up the finer points of my familiarity with the the Abrahamic religions, and also for several heartfelt laughs out loud. SUBSCRIBED!!!

A woman had post-partum depression, and like 6,000 years later, we call her a demon. Just my idea about it.

Love the honesty and unbiased telling of what we actually know. Telling what translations are debated is dope.

I do love your sense of humor. Thank you!

I've always been so curious about Lilith. Striking fear into the hearts of basic bros everywhere seems like a worthwhile cause. Interestingly, in my country, we have a slightly similar female creature folklore, but none of these "aswangs" were popular enough to be named. The devourer of infants and young children, they are always portrayed with long hair, and having a familiar. The aswang cannot die until she has a successor. On the moment of death, a chick will pop out of her mouth and enter the mouth of the successor, making this person the new aswang.

This is fantastic. Thank you!

You do amazing work

She was First Woman Equal to First Man.

I loved Lillith on Cheers, Bebe played her so well. ❤

Regardless of religion I enjoy the neutral tone you put topics in. Just stating it as it is and I love it.

I thought she was the first wife of Frasier.

14:40 talks about "girra",a type of sharp or stinging pain...that its the Aramaic word for "arrow". Check this out! an ancient Sumerian deity-a god of fire from early dynastic III Sumer (3rd mil) was named Gibil.His name in Akkadian was *Girra!!* Perhaps he shot arrows of fire :) I love these subjects! Ie Shamash, before he was a candle was a god of fire. Before that, he (like many pre-agrarian deities)had their start as goddesses. Shamash was actually known as a goddess- of fire and of the sun. She was known by the name Shams,and not just in the 3rd mil Arabian peninsula,either! She was worshipped by many groups of people in and around Mesopotamia& West Asia. I love this channel, because I know that others are interested in some of these connections as well!🌞 I *loved* your video on Lilith/Lilitu. Thank you! ❤

Indo European Myths of this time period are fascinating as the oral histories were well travelled from East to West. To hear the "offense" upon a Western Adam speaks so well to the societal norms between peoples.

In modern Arabic the T sound at the end of some words is silent and becomes an H. Also Layl means night (darkness). In Persian literature there's a famous couple Layli and Majnun, the name Majnun is basically crazy as in the young man was so enchanted to become crazy and obsessed with Layli...FML

I credit Neon Genesis Eva to first hearing of Lilith, and renewing my interest and faith in Christianity and it's history.

These are myths around SIDS. Sudden infant death syndrome.

Started watching this episode because it caught my interest however it was meant for people who have some sort of background or knowledge in this topic already. I have heard about Lilith from time to time as Adam's first wife and would have enjoyed a little bit more backstory on this.

I'm here because I saw your post about getting suspended on Patreon. I don't use it but I've just chipped you a fiver ( that's an English phrase) to help out. Obviously that's not going to feed your family but hopefully a few other people will do the same. Thanks for the really interesting content.

Did the "Watchers" show up on Earth first before Adam & Eve, or is it the other way around? How was Lilith really created, if she was Adam's first wife? Could she have been a female member of the Watchers?

Listen to Glenn Campbell version of MacArthur Park to understand The Lilith Relationship

A highly informative presentation. Lilith is a celestial image with many aliases in mythology the foundation of religion and esoteric ideas and practices. Her association with lions, hyaenas (emphasis on her dog-like appearance and “spotiness” which also gave rise to the the leopardess and the spotiness also gave rise to the net and veil ideas), hair and owls links her to a specific multi-layered celestial image at the south eastern region of the night sky as viewed from the Southern Hemisphere. This image because of its association with multiple other images was interpreted in various way, as a female, male or bisexual. Other interpretations of the same image is that that of the “Jumping One” the frog hence you have the story of the frog Prince being kissed by a girl. In Germany you have a statue of a prince with a frog on his head. In this conception we have Jumping John kicking in his mother’s womb in the New Testament. Now this celestial image becomes the “head” of a celestial image commonly known as the Old Man of the Sea or the White Old Man who also have many aliases. The owl association with Lilith is simply to express the ideas of night, bird nature and eyes. She becomes the eyes of the White Old Man. To express this association between Lilith and the White Old Man, the Old Man also assumes a bisexual nature or at times is represented as a god with his consort. The “head” is also a multi-layered images not only does it represent the Old Man (the Jade Emperor in China) but when viewed from different perspectives it display the images of two canine-like images, one which became the small dog (a bitch) and a large dog (the image for Anubis). The head “rotates” falling-off at the south western region. It then transforms into a howling dog image commonly associated with the wolf. In this association of the falling head Lilith becomes the murder. The head is also the head of John on a silver platter demanded from the sensual Dancing Salome. But this head idea is also the skull necklace won by the sexual deviant Kali. The hair idea associate Lilith with Mary Magdalene wiping Jesus’ feet with expensive oils with her hair. Lilith becomes Lot’s wife who for disobedience is turned into a pillar of salt. There are many more disguises of this celestial image in myth, religion…

Wow... If I never read The Book Of Enoch or read Napoleon Hill, Outwitting The Devil, I would NOT have had a clue what you were talking about. I never heard Lilith was a feminist before. Growing up in Brooklyn around Jewish People, we never talked about this. Jewish People saved my life. Where I get my work ethics from. My love goes deep. I never used the term the Jews, the Blacks or the Whites. To me that's disrespectful. We always talked about music, food, sports, exercise, school or business. We're more the same than different. I wish we all knew this information growing up. Our clergy in general have failed us with that 501c3. To control the narrative and the collective. I know Yahweh loves me. That's all they keep saying. Go deeper. Now, I'm just spiritual. I love all people no matter the faith. As long as you L♡VE. There is only but one most high. One creator. It's us who have thousands of religions. I don't argue about that. It's a waste of my precious breath. To me, that is the great divide. Thank you 📚 Peace Be With You ☮ Btw... I love your sense of dry humor with the cradle and the long hair as a punishment. That's a punishment? 😃

I’m a simple man, I run into a well researched and eloquent video religion/historical deities, I subscribe and binge the channel

“The owls are not what they seem”… Twin Peaks

Ancient men blaming their wet dreams on a spirit woman is hilarious

Thanks Dr. Sledge! I’ve been a viewer of yours for sometime and have enjoyed it! I’m currently completing my dissertation at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Mythology & Depth Psychology. Many of your videos have been really helpful!

“Female autonomy… a subject that still strikes terror in basic bros everywhere” the SHADE

These stories remind me of both Medea and Medusa from Greek mythology. Rejection, loss of children, being turned into a monster.

Funny thing in Iraq we still do an old Sumerian prayer to protect babies but now we just use it to put babies to sleep. It goes like “Lil-lo Lil-lo Lil-loo” I am not sure about the rest of lyrics but it means something in the lines of your enemy can’t see you, or your enemy has left or both, but it has something about the enemy of a child being banished or blinded to the child or both so that the child could sleep now and to stop crying. I will ask my mom for the rest of the lyrics if anyone’s interested

I do like the little jokes you make. Your videos are academic and well researched. Some topics are more difficult to follow than others. It’s the humour that makes me always come back for more.

Once again singing the praises of this series. Remember your favorite teacher of professor. The one that would keep you on the edge of your seat. The one who’d stretch your mind a bit every class. The one who taught you not only to question, but to appreciate the journey of questioning. This is that guy. Damn. If he were my professor, I’d probably be a theology or comparative religion/mythology major. Absolute fascinating stuff. An excellent example of the good social media can bring us. 🎉🎉🎉

Before lice treatment, forcing a woman to grow out her hair could cause a lot of suffering. People would purposely shave their heads to avoid dealing with lice and other bugs and wear wigs because the wigs itched less. Isn't that crazy?

Thank you for making this subject accessible to those of us who are not very scholarly. I do not pretend to fully understand every thing you cover. I do understand more after your lectures than before. I cannot wait for part II.

I love how she ghosted Adam for being too vanilla

I've been studying Lilith for 20 years. There is so much and yet so little about her. As mentioned, there are hints at her in the Mesopotamian literature, but so many holes in the stories, it's very confusing as to her true origin. I'm working on my 3rd book on her where I'm trying to dig as deep as I can into her origins, but mostly that is a handful of mentions and myths that may relate to her and may not.

🤙Aloha Dr Sledge Mahalo Might the Gira, a stone, the Girard de Lilita or the the arrow of Lilith be kidney stones? Wow, owls huh? (glad I'm a Patreon)

4:15 Lilith the oldest surviving figure in all Abrahamic mythology 5:35 proto-succubus type figure 6:40 demonological ecology 8:40 panMesopotamian demonesse

Can you please do an episode on all the serpent and dragons in the bible and Jewish mythology telling how some of the higher angels in Heaven are actually serpents and or dragons that would be a wonderful episode Dr. Sledge!

I love how the incantation bowls end-up wandering into 'legal' territory, where even the divine and supernatural are subject to things like divorce and alimony. It (in my opinion) actually says quite good things about how civilised a society is at the time of making.

I once went to a church where a so called (demonalogist) was casting out demons & said I had the "Spirit of Lilith". Oh well, I guess I do. 🤷‍♀️🦉🍎