This was adam’s first wife who refused to “lie below him” escaped the garden of eden and was then demonised by the patriarchy in her depictions. She was created at the same time as Adam out of the clay of the earth. After lillith invoked the sacred name of god she was banished (or left to live on her own to rule as queen of the underworld). god subsequently created eve out of adam’s rib so he could have mate as Lillith refused to return after being begged by the angels. To me she is the patron of female dating strategy. She is the dark side repressed sexuality of the divine feminine. Lillith represents the abused women, the downtrodden and denied aspects of femininity and to deny her is to invite her wrath. Which is powerful. She is a goddess of activism, righteous anger and I do not like seeing her represented as a demoness and diminished. Anyone else agree?
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Once I had this book about her...called Lilith.
It was interesting to read how she and other female deities were downgraded over time in the old religious power structures and banished from consciousness.
It happened to Athena (She wasn't always born "fully formed from Zeus' head", but that is what the story became eventually.)
Men have a real issue to this day believing that womanhood is something that can reside inside a man's head, a claim, nothing more, that can then spring "fully-formed" via the right clothes, hair, face and estrogen pills. But I digress...
Any-way...I lent the book to a Jehovah's Witness who visited me back in the day. She never brought it back!
The ancient patriarchs *literally* demonized a woman who wouldn't see herself inferior to a man. What's not to love?
I’m not a scholar or anything, but i dressed up as her on Halloween the year I was assaulted and I did feel more powerful as a demon lol. I’m definitely keeping the wrath of Lilith in my heart.
i also wrote a song from her perspective.
My modern take lol
So basically, Lilith got tired of her man's shit and refused to deal with him resulting in everyone (patriarchy) siding with Adam and ostracizing Lilith for being a "poor partner". Once they realized that Adam really wasn't shit without her, they wanted her to come back but Lilith was like, "Nah, I'm good." and continued living her best life without her former deadweight partner. Am I right?
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Yeup. I always kind of consider Eve to be a little girl or younger woman with there being an age gap between her and Adam. It's a shame Eve was the fall girl for eating the apple even though Adam (the older one) was right next to her when the snake was talking- meaning the snake was talking to them both, we just got Eve's insight. (Also notice how when Eve took a bite of the apple, god didn't do shit- it was only when Adam ate the apple (if you believe the fanfiction that she "lied" (even though nowhere does it state it in the book that she does) to him it makes this even worse because then that means it took God a hot minute to appear) God came right rhe fuck down. I wonder why. If Eve heard about lillith I bet she would have dipped.
Would love to know more about other backgrounds and open to Learning about goddess worship from more educated ladies that are from varied back grounds. xx
Lilith has roots in pre-Christian Sumerian religion. https://mysticmedusa.com/dreams-and-symbolism/lilith-came-before-eve/
Yes, I'm into that sort of stuff, but it doesn't matter what your spiritual beliefs are here at FDS...just follow the principles and believe whatever you want.
The whole Adam and Eve story is made up by men. It is just so stupid. Being made out of a rib is BS. I also doubt that the first humans where white, I think the first humans where black.
Christians are limited in their unilateral way of thinking. You need to look beyond Christianity and biblical tales. They are extremely unfulfilling and root cause for the likes of Mother Teresa pretending to help the sick in the name of charity etc. It's a rather twisted religion. Try any sort of other narrations of history through the eyes of the ancient people. Can only tell my story. I am a Hindu and it quite satisfies my FDS appetite as there are plenty of examples from our history. Mahakali, Tara, Shodashi, Bhuvaneshwari, Bhairavi, Dhumavati, Baglamukhi, Matangi, Kamala and Chhinnamasta etc just to name a few. They were not forgotten until very recently when, you guessed that right, Mother Teresa and the westerners and the Muslims decided to convert us for the better or something. Lilith maybe the best among the lot but for real if that is the only example of FDS related content from the Bible, it would be time to switch perhaps? Try to rise beyond the brainwash. I mean, next we'd open up a discussion on Aisha and we all know how old she was when the Prophet invented a whole religion just to f*ck a 9 yo or something. These are just one aspect of living. Also, maybe look into what families that have been very high value in their ways of living for centuries (For example, Hinduism is a way of living whilst being a religion). Their perspective should be beyond any influencer's/writer's/preacher's/practitioner's.