A reworking of the work of art Lilith by John Collier. Painted in 1887 the original is held by The Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport, England.
According to the Urban Dictionary Lilith contrary to popular sources and myths is not a vampire. She was recognised in many ancient cultures under a variety of different names and was seen as a symbol of wisdom, knowledge, independence, freedom of thought and of liberation for woman. The last is where the myth of her being "the first wife of Adam" stems from. So the story goes, Lilith refused gods laws about men being superior to woman. For her boldness and defiance, she was thrown out of the garden. Then came her successor, Eve, the perfect stay at home mum. This story was invented by the bringers of christianity which holds the view that a woman’s place is in the home serving the husband. Woman were told to be like the good Eve, and shun the ways of "evil Lilith". This was in order to suppress the Ancient Goddess and turn her followers away from her. They made her appear as an evil force. This way, woman would not want to be independent, as was Lilith. To them, any woman who was independent in some way was "of the demon Lilith and was evil and un christian”.
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Photo credit: © Doran Begoran / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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