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Neo-Vampire Gods, Demons, and Faeriesfrom Strigoi'sTomb
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The photo directly above is an enlarged image of the Babylonian
demi-GoddessLamastu. She is kneeling onthe back of a donkey in a
boat on the river of the Underworld. She is lion-headed and holds a
snake in eachhand. A piglet sucks upon her left breast while a
whelp or puppy sucks on the right breast. In the spacebetween her
legs and the neck of the donkey is a scorpion. The bow of the boat
ends in a snakes head. Thisenlarged image is a detail from the
bronze plaque shown on the lower right.
The bronze plaque on the right shows Lamastu being forced back
into theunderworld by the demon-God Pazuzu. The figure at the lower
left corner ofthe plaque, to the left of Lamstu, is that of Pazuzu.
The head at the verytop of the plaque is also that of Pazuzu. In
the tier directly above Lamastu,priests are treating a sick person
lying on bier. On the tier directly abovethat are more standing
images of Pazuzu.
Vampiric Demi-Gods and Demons of AncientMesopotamia
In ancient Babylonian and Assyrian mythology, the male liluand
the femalelilituare demons who haunt deserts and are especially a
threat to infantsand pregnant women. The ardat-lili is a demonic
female who causes mento be impotent and women to be sterile.
Babylonians and Assyrians also believed in the demi-Goddess
Lamastu
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who especially preyed upon infants and women in labor.
Slithering quietlylike as snake into a home, she could snatch a
baby out of the womb or outof its cradle. She also could also
inflict disease upon both men and women.Her father is the
primordial sky-God Anu, the prime-mover at the beginning of
creation, who took over Heavenand separated it from Earth.
Pazuzu is the king of the wind-demons. Although his own
reputation is rather dark, he was invoked on amuletsto protect
against Lamatsu. Pregnant women sometimes wore a bronze head of
Pazuzu on a necklace for thispurpose.
The photo directly below is that of an amulet depicting Lamastu.
Her image is closely similar to the image of
Lamastu in the plaque shown above. But here she is standing on
the donkey, and her feet, resembling thetalons of a bird of prey,
can be seen.
Directly above is the reduced image of an amulet from a copy of
the rare Hebrew Book of Raziel at the BritishMuseum in London.
Amulets made in this pattern were worn by pregnant women and the
newborn as protectionagainst Lilith. The three images on the right
side are the seals of, left to right, the angels Senoi, Sansenoi,
andSamangeloph who protect such women and their newborn against
Lilith if they wear such an amulet. The threefigures on the right
symbolize, left to right, Adam, Eve, and Lilith. A fuller sized
reproduction can be found inAmulets and Superstitions by E. A.
Wallis Budge, originally published in 1930 by Oxford University
andcurrently re-printed by Dover.
Lilith
In Jewish lore, Lilith is a female spirit of the night who, like
a succubus seduces men while they are sleeping,causing them to emit
semen which she takes to breed children of her own; she also
strangles human infantsduring or after their birth. Her female
offspring are called Lilim.
It seems very likely that Lilith was adopted from Mesopotamian
beliefs by theHebrews during their Babylonian Captivity.
In the Talmud, Lilith is only described as being a threat to
"men who sleepalone", and it is said here that after Adam left Eve
for one hundred thirty yearsand from the semen he emitted
accidentally there was begot "ghosts and maledemons and female
night demons, or Lilim." (I base this on excerpts
fromHebrew-English edition of the The Babylonian Talmudedited by
Rabbi I. Epstein(Socino Press, 1978) that are quoted on page ix
ofThe Book of Lilith by BarbaraKoltov (Nicholas-Hays, 1986))
In The Alpha Bet of Ben Sirah written at some time between 600
CE and 1100 CE, Lilith is said to be the firstwife of Adam, made
from dust like him. When she demanded equality with Adam and he
refused, she retired toa cave where she consorted with demons and
gave birth to demonic children. Adam complained to GodaboutLiliths
departure. Godthen sent three angels named Senoy, Sansenoy, and
Semangolef. to bring her back to
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