Talk:Salem/@comment-26258854-20180130091008/@comment-25936766-20180130193239

You've heard a different version of Lilith than the one I've heard of.

Before anything, let's note 1 thing: Long before the Bible, "Lilith" was a storm demon, "Lilitu", of mesopotamian myth, the cause of things such as disease and death. Later on she was turned into the demon Lilith in Jewish lore.

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Lilith was "the Original Wife" of Adam. God kicked her out of Eden due to her sinful ways. Most notably, she was the first one to ever take a bite out of the Fruit of Knowledge, not to mention wanting to be equal or greater than Adam.

After being kicked out, she wanted to create her own garden, and so she had sex with multiple demons. Most notably, she had sex with the Fallen Angel Samael and gave birth to the Lilims AKA Succubi.

Adam, meanwhile, got lonely, and eventually begged God to let her come back. God then told Lilith that if she didn't return to Eden, he would take away her children. Lilith refused, and God kept his word. Since then Lilith became the demon she's known as today, with a vendetta against Adam and all his descendants.

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There's also another version told in the Midrash Abkier. After Cain kills Abel, Adam separates from Eve and fasts for over a century. Lilith - also known as Pizna - finds him and, stunned by his beauty, took him by force by using his own sin against him, giving birth to many demonic spirits.

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Out of those 3, based on what we know, Salem sounds closer to Lilitu. Though admittedly I'm not too well-versed in Babylonian mythology.