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Proper noun

Lilith

1. (mythology) A Mesopotamian storm demon, a bearer of disease and death; also the first wife of Adam in Jewish folklore.
2. (astrology) The "dark moon" or "black moon", not an actual phase of the moon but the empty focus of the ellipse described by its orbit.
3. A female given name.

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Noun

lilith ‎(plural liliths)

1. A Mesopotamian storm demon.
   • 2004, The Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society, volume 29, page 31:

     [A] Mandaic specimen from Kutha (BM 91715) which contains two independent incantations separated by a line: a historiola relating the expulsion of a particular lilith and the report of a dream purportedly dreamt by the client[.]

   • 2013, Practicing Gnosis: Ritual, Magic, Theurgy and Liturgy, page 384:

     It describes the liliths who are divorced with these words: “naked are you sent forth, nor are you clad, with your hair disheveled and let fly behind your backs.” And indeed, the drawing of the lilith depicts her as naked[.]