Ada Langworthy Collier: 2 books

Our word Lullaby is derived from two Arabic words which mean “Beware of Lilith!”—Anon. Lilith, the supposed wife of Adam, after she married Eblis, is said to have ruled over the city of Damascus.—Legends of the Patriarchs and Prophets.—Baring Gould. From these few and meagre details of a...

Old rabbanic tradition teaches that Eve was not Adam’s first wife, rather a mysterious woman named Lilith who was thrown out of Eden before Adam and Eve were. This is a lyrical telling of that legend and what happens to Lilith as she encounters various demons outside the garden and what she says and does to Adam and Eve once they too are thrown out of the Garden of Eden.