Show I 1 adams ada 1 rl flygt t wife according to the jewish talmud lilith the fabled mother of demons was taken to wife by adama adam our first parent prior to the appearance of eve upon the scene being the legendary mother of all evil spirits one would quite naturally accept the story as a fact when told that she became unmanageable u and tried to supersede adam as lord of all creation thwarted in these her evil dc designs signs she took to the regions of the air where here as a specter in in the guise of a beautiful woman she lies in wait for and pounces upon defenseless children some ignorant european jews believe that the beautiful murderess still inhabits the air above our earthly abodes waiting with the patience of a de demon for a chance to murder their little ones it is said that the word lullaby Is a corruption of the words lillia illda abl abi or lilith words used as a charm by th the e superstitious mothers of the middle ages |