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According to Legend, Lilith was the first woman made by god, even before Eve. He made her from the earth, just as He had made Adam. Things were going peacefully enough in the garden of Eden, until Adam wanted to "lie" with her. Now, Lilith had eaten the fruits and upon doing so, it took away a veil from her eyes. She saw everything as it really was. And she has seen Adam with wild animals, and she had no desire to be with him, especially to be dominated by him, as she saw herself Adam's equal. Adam didn't understand this, and tried to force himself on her. With that, Lilith left the garden and ran to the Red Sea. God tried to get Lilith to go back to Adam who was lonely again, but she refused. He sent three angels, Sennoi, Sansanui, and Samanguluf after her, telling her that if she still refused to come back to Adam, He would kill one hundred of her children a day. When she heard this, she flew into a rage, and told the angels to tell God that she vowed to inflict harm on male infants until the eighth day of their births, and on females until the twentieth day of their birth. The angels made her promise that whenever she saw an amulet on the child bearing the names of the three angels, she would not inflict harm on them. After all this, God cursed Lilith. Lilith was originally in every myth considered a demoness. After her time in the Red Sea, she decided to travel back to the garden of Eden, and there she saw Eve, who instead of being made of the earth as Adam had been, was made of one of Adam's ribs. When Lilith saw Eve, she felt particularly sorry for her, because Eve was ignorant and didn't know the ways of Adam as he was. Lilith knew about the power of the "Fruit of Knowledge" so she decided to tempt Eve to eat it, so she too could be Adam's equal as well as Lilith. So Lilith turned herself into a snake-like creature and made her way up the tree and began to persuade Lilith to eat the fruit. Eve finally gave in and took a bite out of the apple, causing all the trouble that came afterwards! And I'm not going to go into all of that! It's too long, and you all basically know the story. Anyways, God damned Lilith again, and she has forever since been seen as a demon, vampire, whatever.
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