Lilith. This female figure has remained a part of Middle and Near
Eastern religious mythology for roughly 5,000 years. Though she has
existed in myths for thousands of years, the question of Lilith's true
origins remains a mystery. The solution to the enigma surrounding the
"birth" of Lilith may suggest that her name at one point referenced a
widely worshipped creator goddess. However, her divinity has been
continually diminished by the myths of male-dominated cultures with more
developed written languages. Lilith's fall has been long and far: from
creator goddess to destroyer goddess, from deity to human, and from
human to succubus-like demon. The terrifying Lilith of modern religious
perception may be little more than a diminished and tainted shadow of
the original creator goddess worshipped by such prehistoric Mesopotamian
groups as the lost civilizations of Al- Ubaid and Çatalhöyük. Embodying
both womb and tomb, the Dark Mother is as lovely as she is terrifying.
Lilith screams to us from the shadows, demanding we either open our eyes
to her ... or have them ripped out.