The angels left God and pursued Lilith, whom they overtook in the midst of the sea, in the mighty waters wherein the Egyptians were destined to drown. The word itself in turn seems to be a distortion of, "R. Hanina said: One may not sleep in a house alone [in a lonely house], and whoever sleeps in a house alone is seized by Lilith." One bowl contains the following inscription commissioned from a Jewish occultist to protect a woman called Rashnoi and her husband from Lilith: Thou liliths, male lili and female lilith, hag and ghool, I adjure you by the Strong One of Abraham, by the Rock of Isaac, by the Shaddai of Jacob, by Yah Ha-Shem by Yah his memorial, to turn away from this Rashnoi b. M. and from Geyonai b. M. her husband. [47][52] These bowls were buried upside down below the structure of the house or on the land of the house, in order to trap the demon or demoness. Stephen Skinner's 1671 Etymologicon Lingu Anglican], which asserts that the word lullaby originates from Lillu abi abi, a Hebrew incantation meaning "Lilith begone" recited by Jewish mothers over an infant's cradle. [15] The Isaiah 34:14 Lilith reference does not appear in most common Bible translations such as KJV and NIV. This monstrous couple was apparently first brought together in the 13th century, their combined powers allowing them to rule the realm of impurity. Moses responds to a threat by God that He will destroy the Israelite people. Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof Besides for the angels, the four rivers that come out of the Garden of Eden mention in the biblical account in Genesis is also used in our amulet. The above-mentioned angels went in search of her, promising to bring her back. Numbers Rabbah, in: Judaic Classics Library, Davka Corporation, 1999. Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof made a deal with Lilith. And just as the Dragon that is in the sea (Isa. First and foremost, the very introduction of Lilith to the creation story rests on the rabbinic myth, prompted by the two separate creation accounts in Genesis 1:12:25, that there were two original women. Lilith leaves Adam in Eden, as she is not a suitable helpmate for him. [b] In Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld, a huluppu tree grows in Inanna's garden in Uruk, whose wood she plans to use to build a new throne. https://blog.nli.org.il/en/djm_sen-san-sem/, The figures of Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof appear here from right to left, 2020 . Yet another version claims that Lilith emerged as a divine entity that was born spontaneously, either out of the Great Supernal Abyss or out of the power of an aspect of God (the Gevurah of Din). Asmodeus the great king of the demons has as a mate the Lesser (younger) Lilith, daughter of the king whose name is Qafsefoni. Adam and Lilith immediately began to fight. Behold, here it is before you: because of the sins of Adam the first man all the things mentioned came into being. British poet John Siddique's 2011 collection Full Blood has a suite of 11 poems called The Tree of Life, which features Lilith as the divine feminine aspect of God. Scottish author George MacDonald also wrote a fantasy novel entitled Lilith, first published in 1895. however, sent after her three angels-Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof by name,11 who soon located her in the same wild waters in which the Egyptians were to . Etymologically, we can trace the changes in the names of the angels/saints which have evolved over the years and which have been modified to suit any culture that embraced them. Lilith continues to serve as source material in today's popular culture, Western culture, literature, occultism, fantasy, and horror. While researchers almost universally agree that a connection exists, recent scholarship has disputed the relevance of two sources previously used to connect the Jewish lilith to an Akkadian liltu the Gilgamesh appendix and the Arslan Tash amulets[14] (see below for discussion of these two problematic sources). This passage may be related to the mention of Lilith in Talmud Shabbath 151b (see above), and also to Talmud Eruvin 18b where nocturnal emissions are connected with the begettal of demons. The Victorian poet Robert Browning re-envisioned Lilith in his poem "Adam, Lilith, and Eve". Lady [Lilith] represents a Modern Lilith combing out her abundant golden hair and gazing on herself in the glass with that self-absorption by whose strange fascination such natures draw others within their own circle. Lilith does not occur in the Mishnah. The Jerusalem Talmud is incomplete here, but the Babylonian Talmud on Tractate Niddah (2a76b) is complete. Hutter, Manfred (1999) "Lilith", in K. van der Toorn et al. Whence it comes that the Jews are accustomed to write in the four corners of the chamber of a woman just delivered, "Adam, Eve, be gone from hence lilith." Who's that there?Mephistopheles: (Babylonian Talmud on Tractate Shabbath 151b), "R. Jeremiah b. Eleazar further stated: In all those years [130 years after his expulsion from the Garden of Eden] during which Adam was under the ban he begot, This page was last edited on 17 February 2023, at 22:22. 34:15 there she-shall-nest the great-owl, and she-lays-(eggs), and she-hatches, and she-gathers under her-shadow: (Patai81:455f). After Mephistopheles offers this warning to Faust, he then, quite ironically, encourages Faust to dance with "the Pretty Witch". Occasionally, a piece of paper with magic spells writ-ten on it was hung by the child's bed. The three angels' names, Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof, were written on the entrance door. The female side was Lilith, whereupon she flew to the Cities of the Sea and attacked humankind. [102], The western mystery tradition associates Lilith with the Qliphoth of kabbalah. Throughout the 16th century, plague spread across different parts of the Middle East. Accordingly, every day one hundred demons perish, and for the same reason, we write the angels' names on the amulets of young children. Adam stood in prayer before his Creator: 'Sovereign of the universe!' he said, 'the woman you gave me has run away.' At once, the Holy One, blessed be He, sent these three angels Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof, to bring her back. Stories about Qarinah and Lilith merged in early Islam.[88]. [96] In some contemporary concepts, Lilith is viewed as the embodiment of the Goddess, a designation that is thought to be shared with what these faiths believe to be her counterparts: Inanna, Ishtar, Asherah, Anath, Anahita and Isis. The amulets contain written text featuring the names of the angels as well as graphic motifs of their images. [84], In Mandaean scriptures such as the Ginza Rabba and Qolasta, liliths (Classical Mandaic: ) are mentioned as inhabitants of the World of Darkness. [80][81], Not so much an amulet as a ritual object for protection, the Krasmesser (or Kreismesser, circle knife) played a role in Jewish birth rituals in the area of Alsace, Switzerland and Southern Germany between the 16th and 20th century. The two twin androgynous couples resembled each other and both "were like the image of Above"; that is, that they are reproduced in a visible form of an androgynous deity. A few lines in Yiddish are followed by the dialogue between the prophet Elijah and Lilith when he met her with her host of demons to kill the mother and take her new-born child ('to drink her blood, suck her bones and eat her flesh'). Moss. The invocations mention Adam, Eve and Lilith, 'Chavah Rishonah' (the first Eve, who is identical with Lilith), also devils or angels: Sanoy, Sansinoy, Smangeluf, Shmari'el (the guardian) and Hasdi'el (the merciful). They found her at the Red Sea, where she was giving birth daily to numerous demons. He then created a woman for Adam, from the earth, as He had created Adam himself, and called her Lilith. In this folk tradition that arose in the early Middle Ages Lilith, a dominant female demon, became identified with Asmodeus, King of Demons, as his queen. If a child laughed while sleeping, it was taken as a sign that Lilith was present. The rose and poppy are her flower; for where On this bowl we find a text written by the author Duchtish Bat Bahrui, describing a character named Smamit, the mother of twelve sons who were killed by a brutal demon named Sideros. The idea in the text that Adam had a wife prior to Eve may have developed from an interpretation of the Book of Genesis and its dual creation accounts; while Genesis 2:22 describes God's creation of Eve from Adam's rib, an earlier passage, 1:27, already indicates that a woman had been made: "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." Judging by the style of script, as well as the name of the youth to whom the manuscript was dedicated Yosef Tzemach Gabriel Donati which appears on the last page, it is likely that the manuscript was inscribed in Italy during the 18th or 19th century. In contrast, some scholars, such as Lowell K. Handy, hold the view that though Lilith derives from Mesopotamian demonology, evidence of the Hebrew Lilith being present in the sources frequently cited - the Sumerian Gilgamesh fragment and the Sumerian incantation from Arshlan-Tash being two - is scant, if present at all. A blank space is left for the name of the mother. The demon(ess) is entirely static.[52]. The Black Suitcase of Magical Amulets with a Mysterious History. The incantation bowls which have been analysed, are inscribed in the following languages, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic, Syriac, Mandaic, Middle Persian, and Arabic. Lilith believed she could leave her husband, and as he refused to accept this decree of equality in their sex life apparently meaning that Lilith wished to be on top of her husband during intercourse, she fled from him and escaped.. This God breathed into Adam, who began to spring to life and his female was attached to his side. XIV, 16)! Apples grow, too, in my garden. [30] Modern research has identified the figure as one of the main goddesses of the Mesopotamian pantheons, most probably Ereshkigal. The work has been characterized by some scholars as satirical, but Ginzberg concluded it was meant seriously.[59]. However, God drove them off. The sound warns Lilith and gives her pause, making clear that she should not approach the mother and her newborn children. Tablet XII is not part of the Epic of Gilgamesh, but is a later Assyrian Akkadian translation of the latter part of the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh. Under the threat of death, Eve admits that she never loved Adam, while Lilith confesses that she always loved him: As the worst of the venom left my lips, Lilith is popular among theistic Satanists because of her association with Satan. The names of three angels, potent against Lilith, are mentioned - Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof - and those three names are inscribed in this print, in abbreviated forms: Snvi, Snsnvi, Smnglf. Then a cloud descended and God commanded the earth to produce a living soul. She gives birth to multitudes of djinns and demons, the first of them being named Agrimas. The only true symbolic references ever used for Senoy , Sansenoy, and Semangelof were their names as insribed in bed posts, amulets, doorways. Sent after her were three angels Senoy, Sansenoy, Semangelof. [94][95], Gerald Gardner asserted that there was continuous historical worship of Lilith to present day, and that her name is sometimes given to the goddess being personified in the coven by the priestess. The subsequent creation is performed with adequate precautions: Adam is made to sleep, so as not to witness the process itself (Sanhedrin 39a), and Eve is adorned with fine jewellery (Genesis rabbah 18:1) and brought to Adam by the angels Gabriel and Michael (ibid. to ward of Lilith. After a while, Lilith returned to the Garden of Eden but found that Adam had another partner, Eve. [86], The occult writer Ahmad al-Buni (d. 1225), in his Sun of the Great Knowledge (Arabic: ), mentions a demon called "the mother of children" ( ), a term also used "in one place". Zeus was said to have given her the gift of sight. The two were placed sequentially in The House of Life collection (sonnets number 77 and 78).[89]. The Matron Lilith is the mate of Samael. The background and purpose of The Alphabet of Ben-Sira is unclear. [25], Suggested translations for the Tablet XII spirit in the tree include ki-sikil as "sacred place", lil as "spirit", and lil-la-ke as "water spirit",[26] but also simply "owl", given that the lil is building a home in the trunk of the tree. When God called her, she joined Adam. The poem and the picture appeared together alongside Rossetti's painting Sibylla Palmifera and the sonnet Soul's Beauty. A similar set of charges appears in Genesis Rabbah 17:8, according to which Eve's creation from Adam's rib rather than from the earth makes her inferior to Adam and never satisfied with anything. This promise is the foundation of the famous amulet used to this day by women following childbirth. Surrounding the image is writing in spiral form; the writing often begins at the centre and works its way to the edge. Some uses of lltu are listed in the Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD, 1956, L.190), in Wolfram von Soden's Akkadisches Handwrterbuch (AHw, p.553), and Reallexikon der Assyriologie (RLA, p. [60] The amulets used against Lilith that were thought to derive from this tradition are, in fact, dated as being much older. Enter your e-mail below to receive the most interesting, quality content about the treasures preserved in the National Library! ), Ribichini, S. (1976) "Lilith nell-albero Huluppu", pp. The Myth's Origins In the book of Genesis 1:27 it says, "Male and female, He created them." Similarly, Lilit would transform into the physical features of the husband, seduce the wife, she would give birth to a child. [6], The name Lilith stems from lil, liltu, and (w)ardat lil). I thought, 'If, despite this lie, he strips In the text an amulet is inscribed with the names of three angels (Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof) and placed around the neck of newborn boys in order to protect them from the lilin until their circumcision. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, which developed around 1848,[89] were greatly influenced by Goethe's work on the theme of Lilith. [citation needed] However, the idea that Lilith was the predecessor may be exclusive to the Alphabet. [98][99], Raymond Buckland holds that Lilith is a dark moon goddess on par with the Hindu Kali. In the pashkevil broadsides which are popular in ultra-orthodox Jewish communities, the word is often used to describe various ills which have spread throughout modern Israeli society, whether they be of a biological, theological or moral nature. He then created a woman for Adam, from the earth, as He had created Adam himself, and called her . Hebrew: , -, - ; - , , u-pagu iyyim et-iyyim, w-sair al-rhu yiqra; ak-am hirgia lilit, u-maa lah manoa. Enter your e-mail below to receive the most interesting, quality content about the treasures preserved in the National Library! [75] Gershom Scholem proposes that the author of the Zohar, Rabbi Moses de Leon, was aware of both the folk tradition of Lilith and another conflicting version, possibly older. MacDonald's Lilith also has vampiric qualities: she bites people and sucks their blood for sustenance. One mentions her creation as being before Adam's, on the fifth day, because the "living creatures" with whose swarms God filled the waters included Lilith. Here is a profile of their names and images in symbolism. This is the earliest Jewish amulet to appear in paper print. Said the Holy One to Adam, 'If she agrees to come back, what is made is good. [31], The Arslan Tash amulets are limestone plaques discovered in 1933 at Arslan Tash, the authenticity of which is disputed. In the Dead Sea Scrolls, among the 19 fragments of Isaiah found at Qumran, the Great Isaiah Scroll (1Q1Isa) in 34:14 renders the creature as plural liliyyot (or liliyyoth). [92], Lilith is a poem by Vladimir Nabokov, written in 1928. (13) Her castles shall be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. The three failed in their mission; Lilith claimed that the great demon has already come upon her, referring to Samael, and could therefore no longer return to Adam. The translation is, "And demons shall meet with monsters, and one hairy one shall cry out to another; there the lamia has lain down and found rest for herself". All who go to her cannot return Below it, were the names of the primogenitors: Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob and Leah. Is This What the First Temple Looked Like? A lovely dream I dreamt one day those of three angels, Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangeloph. A plague of non-kosher meat, from the British Mandate period. An amulet for safeguarding a newborn child and its mother with an incantation against Lilith. How overjoyed I am to think, sir, The plague of archaeology, a pashkevil from 1980, Another pashkevil, seen here below, which dates to the period of the British Mandate, warns of the plague of eating and selling non-kosher meat, which had broken out among the Jewish community. Source: Angels and Demons edited by Filip Vukosavovic. Others base their reverence for her on her history as a succubus and praise her as a sex goddess. Editions [ edit] The angels said, "We shall drown you in the sea. The "Lilith" section contains thirteen poems exploring the Lilith myth and is central to the meaning of the collection as a whole. Her gates are gates of death, and from the entrance of the house Her beauty's one boast is her dangerous hair. However, she was "cursed" to never be able to shut her eyes so that she would forever obsess over her dead children. The lamiae, the strigae, the sorcerers whom they accused of sucking the blood of living people, and of thus causing their death, the magicians who were said to cause the death of new-born children by charms and malignant spells, are nothing less than what we understand by the name of vampires; even were it to be owned that these lamiae and strigae have really existed, which we do not believe can ever be well proved. Jewish magical inscriptions on bowls and amulets from the 6th century AD onward identify Lilith as a female demon and provide the first visual depictions of her. Concerning this point there is a received tradition from the ancient Sages who made use of the Secret Knowledge of the Lesser Palaces, which is the manipulation of demons and a ladder by which one ascends to the prophetic levels. Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof are featured in this amulet (from the Bill Gross Collection) that safeguards a newborn child and its mother with an incantation against Lilith. Lilith.Faust: It made its way to the Land of Israel from Egypt around 541-542 AD. [72] With Lilith being unable to fornicate with Samael anymore, she sought to couple with men who experience nocturnal emissions. (14) Wildcats shall meet with desert beasts, satyrs shall call to one another; There shall the Lilith repose, and find for herself a place to rest. Frequently amulets were place in the four corners and throughout the bedchamber. According to the legend, if she can't destroy or claim the human infant, because of the angelic amulet, she may spitefully turn against her own children, the Lilim, in a fit of rage. And round his heart one strangling golden hair. The image here is taken from a later printing of the book which includes various commentaries on the writings of Vital and Luria, but the amulet, or similar versions of it, appear in earlier printings as well. IV, 22), He is now destroying! [16], The Sumerian female demons lili have no etymological relation to Akkadian lilu, "evening". However, Lilith would become hateful toward the children born of the husband and wife and would seek to kill them. The issue of these unions were demons and spirits called "the plagues of humankind", and the usual added explanation was that it was through Adam's own sin that Lilith overcame him against his will. However, they are defeated by Methuselah, who slays thousands of them with a holy sword and forces Agrimas to give him the names of the rest, after which he casts them away to the sea and the mountains.[68]. Adam complained to God: "I have been deserted by my helpmeet." God at once sent the angels Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof to fetch Lilith back. An amulet attributed to Isaac Luria, "The Holy ARI", 1855, 2020 , Prayers, Amulets and Spells to Ward off Plague. [2] She is thought to be mentioned in Biblical Hebrew in the Book of Isaiah,[3] and in Late Antiquity in Mandaean mythology and Jewish mythology sources from 500 CE onward. The Angel Senoy,not much is Known of this mysterious being.Thought to have been trapped in a statue after YHVH sent Senoy,and his two brothers, Sansenoy and Semangelof to bring back Lilith to Adam. Of Adam's first wife, Lilith, it is told The three angels were made popular by the Alphabet of ben Sirah, while the illustrations of their images in various amulets also contributed to their fame. This is in accordance with Jewish folk tradition, which associates Lilith both with long hair (a symbol of dangerous feminine seductive power in Jewish culture), and with possessing women by entering them through mirrors.[90]. When Lilith sees their names, she remembers her oath, and the child recovers. Lilith had the power to transform into a woman's physical features, seduce her husband, and conceive a child. Although in the medieval Hebrew literature and folklore, especially that reflected on the protective amulets of various kinds, Chavvah ha-Rishonah was identified with Lilith, one should remain careful in transposing this equation to the Late Antiquity.[49]. The text begins with the words (I have placed the Lord before me constantly), followed immediately by Psalm 91, in which the speaker tells of the refuge provided by the wings of the Lord, while also citing the various evils from which he is protected, including devastating pestilence ( ). God sent three angels, named Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof, who found her in the Red Sea. In 1863, Dante Gabriel Rossetti of the Brotherhood began painting what would later be his first rendition of Lady Lilith, a painting he expected to be his "best picture hitherto". Lo! . To prevent Lilith and Samael's demonic children Lilin from filling the world, God castrated Samael. (15) There the hoot owl shall nest and lay eggs, hatch them out and gather them in her shadow; There shall the kites assemble, none shall be missing its mate. The 3 Angels names are Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof. To avert danger, it was held wise to strike the sleeping child's lips with one finger-whereupon Lilith would vanish. They told her God's word, but she did not wish to return. In 1980, this Pashkevil poster warning of the plague of archaeology spreading throughout the Holy Land was printed and hung up in various ultra-orthodox communities. None of those who enter there will ever return, These talismans invoke the names of the angels Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof, or sometimes the prophet Elijah, in order to protect young children from the grasp of Lilith. Eli Yassif, who studied the medieval stories of ben Sirah (or ben Sirach), claimed that the custom of writing amulets with the names of the angels dates back even earlier than the 8th century, its story intended to explain an existing custom. Blair. however, sent after her three angels-Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof by name,11 who soon located her in the same wild waters in which the Egyptians were to drown in the days of the Exodus. To take revenge on Adam, she pursues human children. Found on a parchment paper of middle eastern descent was the information regarding an amulet of protection from Lilith. Angelic FoeOppressed By the Heavens PrikosnovenieReleased on: 2013-04-30Author: Angelic FoeCom. Beware of her. Lilith responded, "We are equal to each other inasmuch as we were both created from the earth." However, nowhere do the rabbis specify what happened to the first woman, leaving the matter open for further speculation. Double amulets were frequently purchased: two [82], Rabbi Naphtali Hirsch ben Elieser Treves described this custom as early as 1560, and later references to a knife or sword by the birthing bed by both Paul Christian Kirchner and Johann Christian Georg Bodenschatz indicate its continuance. Sansenoy, and Semange- lof on amulets hung around the necks of new-born babes: when Lilith sees the names, she remembers her oath and leaves the child . When Lilith saw this, she pronounced the Ineffable Name and flew away into the air. Adam complained to God: 'I have been deserted by my helpmeet' God at once sent the angels Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof to fetch Lilith back. [75], A copy of Jean de Pauly's translation of the Zohar in the Ritman Library contains an inserted late 17th century printed Hebrew sheet for use in magical amulets where the prophet Elijah confronts Lilith. Some Satanists believe that she is the wife of Satan and thus think of her as a mother figure. [67], The first medieval source to depict Adam and Lilith in full was the Midrash A.B.K.I.R. -------------------------------- Some bowls are written in a false script which has no meaning. He also created a woman from the earth, as He had created Adam Lilith claims that since she and Adam were created in the same way they were equal and she refuses to submit to him: After God created Adam, who was alone, He said, "It is not good for man to be alone." And all who possess her will descend to the Pit. And the Serpent seduced Holy Eve, and enough said for him who understands. The figure is often depicted with arms and legs chained, indicating the control of the family over the demon(ess). And, subtly of herself contemplative, The character Mr. Beaver ascribes the ancestry of the main antagonist, Jadis the White Witch, to Lilith. Despite the threat from the three angels that if she didn't return to Adam one hundred of her sons would die every day, she refused, claiming that she was created expressly to harm newborn infants. In memory of Adam and Eve, excluding Lilith, a protective amulet against demons and harmful forces, from the exhibition book Back to the Shtetl An-Sky and the Jewish Ethnographic Expedition, The Israel Museum, 1994, How was this sense of equality manifested? First published in 1883, the poem uses the traditional myths surrounding the triad of Adam, Eve, and Lilith. Lilith's earliest appearance in the literature of the Romantic period (17891832) was in Goethe's 1808 work Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy. The amulets used against Lilith that were thought to derive from this tradition are in fact, . If the infant is male, I have dominion over him for eight days after his birth, and if female, for twenty days.". All rights reserved The National Library of Israel 2017 , The sages of Safed created amulets, the Jews of Italy wrote prayers and other Jews warned of less conventional plagues. The Treatise on the Left Emanation also says that there are two Liliths, the lesser being married to the great demon Asmodeus. I own that these terms [lamiae and strigae] are found in the versions of Holy Scripture. So tempting! In answer to your question concerning Lilith, I shall explain to you the essence of the matter. She is mentioned in the Babylonian Talmud (Eruvin 100b, Niddah 24b, Shabbat 151b, Baba Bathra 73a), in the Book of Adam and Eve as Adam's first wife, and in the Zohar Leviticus 19a as "a hot fiery female who first cohabited with man". As such, she would kill a pregnant mother's baby in the womb, causes impotence to men or attacks little children with illnesses. Ben Sira's fame reached Nebuchadnezzar II, who called him to his court. 'I have been deserted by my helpmeet' God at once sent the angels Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof to fetch Lilith . God sent three angelsSenoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelofto find Lilith and bring her back. A 15th or 16th century Kabbalah text states that God has "cooled" the female Leviathan, meaning that he has made Lilith infertile and she is a mere fornication. The angels made a threat Of drowning her in the sea She . [61] The concept of Eve having a predecessor is not exclusive to the Alphabet, and is not a new concept, as it can be found in Genesis Rabbah. And still she sits, young while the earth is old, [56], Key features of the depiction of Lilith or Lilit include the following. We found the amulet below in a copy of the book Shaar HaYichudim (The Gate of Unifications) by the famous Safed Kabbalist Hayyim ben Joseph Vital. If you placed an amulet with the name of the 3 Angels on it, and placed it on the baby, lilith could not harm it. Who Are You, Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof? 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