Talk:Salem/@comment-26258854-20180130091008/@comment-10390252-20180130130229

I think that she probably is an allusion to the Jewish tradition of Lillith, the First Woman, who was seduced by the Devil and was expelled from the Garden of Eden long before the whole thing with the snake and the apple. I think that some versions of that legend also identify her as the first of and the Queen of the Vampires.

If I'm right, then Salem is the first Grimm altogether - The starting point of the Dark Brother's attempt to create life-forms of his own that reflected his brother's creations but also reflected his own malignant nature.