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See also:LILITH (Heb. lildtu, " See also:night "; hence " night-See also:monster ") , a See also:female demon of Jewish folk-See also:lore, See also:equivalent to the See also:English See also:vampire . The See also:personality and name are derived from a Babylonian-See also:Assyrian demon Lilit or Lilu . See also:Lilith was believed to have a See also:special See also:power for evil over See also:children . The superstition was extended to a cult surviving among some See also:Jews even as See also:late as the 7th See also:century A.D . In the Rabbinical literature Lilith becomes the first wife of See also:Adam, but flies away from him and becomes a demon . |
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