Bad Girl Friday: Lilith
Welcome to Bad Girl Fridays! For my Literature class this semester the theme is "Wicked Women and Wayward Girls." Each Friday, we write on women who society and the media for what ever consider them to be "bad." I decided, what the hell, post it on livejournal too! This week, you get two for the price of one. Last week, when I was supposed start posting but I was performing in Vagina Monologues and drinking.
Lilith being really cool with
snake.
Lilith is the original bad girl and possibly the first feminist. While Lilith has mentions and counterparts in various Middle Eastern mythologies, she is most commonly known for the role she plays in Jewish mythology - being the first wife of Adam. According to lore, Lilith was created at the same time as Adam. This caused problems in their marriage. During sex, Lilith refused to have sex with Adam in the missionary position; instead she wanted to be on top. Adam refused, stating that he was superior and he should be on top. Lilith, who believed that since the couple were created at the same time, they were equals was having none of that. Saying God’s One True Name, she flew out of the Garden of Eden to live with the demons in the outside world.
God eventually sent three angels (Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof) to bring Lilith back to the Garden of Eden. Lilith decided that she was having more fun outside. So instead, Lilith dedicated herself to an immortal life sleeping with demons, sucking the lives out of babies, seducing married men, causing nocturnal emissions from men (i.e. wet dreams), and being really, really bad ass.