Lilith
Pronunciation: /ˈlɪlɪθ/
The English word “Lilith” has 3 meanings listed here.
proper noun
- A Mesopotamian storm demon, a bearer of disease and death.
- The first wife of Adam in Jewish folklore.
- The "dark moon" or "black moon", a fictitious invisible second moon of Earth proposed by astrologers in the early 20th century. Now often interpreted as the position of the apogee of the actual Moon, or as the empty focus of the Moon's elliptical orbit (Earth occupying the other focus).
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew לִילִית (lîlîṯ).
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