Myths that flow into the figure of Lilith
The demon Lilith is probably a "crasis", or a union of several previous myths. Various aspects of goddesses present in different cultures converge in her. For one thing Ishtar is often represented in a similar way and some scholars think that it is she who is represented in the Burney Relief.
In addition to Ishtar, Lamashtu, a demon with the body of a cow and tremendous claws who kidnapped children and tore them to pieces, also seems to have influenced the creation of the demon Lilith.
Lamia for the Greeks was a demon half woman and half snake who sucked the blood of children and also contributes to the birth of the myth of Lilith.
However, most aspects of Lilith derive from the Jewish tradition and from the figures of Ishtar, Iananna and Astarte. Goddesses who are often identified as a single divinity and who have the erotic charge in common with Lilith. The goddesses, or the goddess, in fact are often compared to sacred prostitution.
I would like to remind you that at the time when the myth of Lilith was spreading, Judaism was still in its infancy and since it was characterized by a strictly patriarchal society, an independent female figure, sexually free and eager to satisfy herself as she saw fit, could frighten and arouse concerns


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