The first woman of the Judeo-Christian world order, Lilith, was not created out of male substance. God made her, like Adam, from dust. Lilith considered herself to be of equal rank, but Adam disputed her claim to equality. Because of her independent ways, Lilith was eventually replaced by a woman born from Adam. The memory of Lilith, however, was continued through the centuries with a variety of interpretations. In medieval Europe she was pictured as a ‘she-monster’ who averged herself by eating the flesh of children.
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