LULLABY AND GOOD NIGHT
THERE are many opins regarding the origin of the lullaby but the one I find most personally intriguing (in an Edgar Allen Poe or Stephen King sort of way, and, yes, mentioned in that font of all true knowledge, Wikipedia) is that the word “lullaby” is a homophone of “Lilith-Abi” (Hebrew for “Lilith, begone”).
Okay, so who is Lilith? Again, consulting that same encyclopedia of truth, in The Book of Adam and Eve she is Adam’s first wife. Eh? Wasn’t that Eve?
Nope. But be aware that The Book of Adam and Eve as well as numerous other tales and books that mention Lilith, again by reference to Wikipedia, are regarded as non-canonical by all contemporary religions.
The “whole story” of Lilith appears in appears in The Alphabet of Ben Sira, a pseudepigraphical work from the eighth to ten centuries A.D. In it,
“After God created Adam, who was alone, He said, ‘It is not good for man to be alone.’ He then created a woman for Adam, from the earth, as He had created Adam himself, and called her Lilith. Adam and Lilith immediately began to fight. She said, ‘I will not lie below,’ and he said, ‘I will not lie beneath you, but only on top. For you are fit only to be in the bottom position, while I am to be the superior one.’ Lilith responded, ‘We are equal to each other inasmuch as we were both created from the earth.’ But they would not listen to one another. When Lilith saw this, she pronounced the Ineffable Name and flew away into the air.”
Genesis has it that Eve wasn’t created out of the earth but instead from Adam’s rib, thus ending feminism before it could establish a foothold, ushering in millennia of Aryan patriarchal cultural beliefs.
One of the “broken” infrastructures I sought to address in THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020) by Raymond Gaynor is that of male superiority. My three protagonists, two males and one female, investigate different sociocultural roles of men and women, various genders and orientations as well as different family structures in a world where youth are free to explore. And explore they do.
“It’s not always a pleasant picture. In fact, it’s sometimes bordering on the truly shocking. That said … It’s a fascinating read, experienced through the eyes of three protagonists from birth, through adolescence, and into maturity. Their journey is often difficult and often dangerous. Never, though, is it boring.” — 5 out of 5 Stars — Amazon reader review.
Kindle e-book version normally $7.95, only $1.99 throughout May 2021.
Soon to be an Audible audiobook read by the incomparable Peter Pollock. Purchased for manga, animation and cinematic treatment by K. Simmons Productions.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0999693859
Okay, so who is Lilith? Again, consulting that same encyclopedia of truth, in The Book of Adam and Eve she is Adam’s first wife. Eh? Wasn’t that Eve?
Nope. But be aware that The Book of Adam and Eve as well as numerous other tales and books that mention Lilith, again by reference to Wikipedia, are regarded as non-canonical by all contemporary religions.
The “whole story” of Lilith appears in appears in The Alphabet of Ben Sira, a pseudepigraphical work from the eighth to ten centuries A.D. In it,
“After God created Adam, who was alone, He said, ‘It is not good for man to be alone.’ He then created a woman for Adam, from the earth, as He had created Adam himself, and called her Lilith. Adam and Lilith immediately began to fight. She said, ‘I will not lie below,’ and he said, ‘I will not lie beneath you, but only on top. For you are fit only to be in the bottom position, while I am to be the superior one.’ Lilith responded, ‘We are equal to each other inasmuch as we were both created from the earth.’ But they would not listen to one another. When Lilith saw this, she pronounced the Ineffable Name and flew away into the air.”
Genesis has it that Eve wasn’t created out of the earth but instead from Adam’s rib, thus ending feminism before it could establish a foothold, ushering in millennia of Aryan patriarchal cultural beliefs.
One of the “broken” infrastructures I sought to address in THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020) by Raymond Gaynor is that of male superiority. My three protagonists, two males and one female, investigate different sociocultural roles of men and women, various genders and orientations as well as different family structures in a world where youth are free to explore. And explore they do.
“It’s not always a pleasant picture. In fact, it’s sometimes bordering on the truly shocking. That said … It’s a fascinating read, experienced through the eyes of three protagonists from birth, through adolescence, and into maturity. Their journey is often difficult and often dangerous. Never, though, is it boring.” — 5 out of 5 Stars — Amazon reader review.
Kindle e-book version normally $7.95, only $1.99 throughout May 2021.
Soon to be an Audible audiobook read by the incomparable Peter Pollock. Purchased for manga, animation and cinematic treatment by K. Simmons Productions.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0999693859
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