Lilith, Adam's First Wife(?) - Jewish Mythology Explained
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Everyone wants to know who is lilith and yet no one seems to care how is lilith, smh
Hail the Blahaj!
Lmao
Rip Lilith
She's got anger issues, is easily triggered, and doesn't quite have the best home life.
I should explain that, I've got a friend irl named Lilith.
As someone who doesn't start a comment by stating his religion, I really enjoyed this video. Kabbalah video sounds like a great idea.
Thank you for being a normal person lmao
@@Fuzzyflame1I don't know what to think about your comment since you did not state your religion. Sorry.🤣
Oh thank god, those comments annoy me so much😭
Even Atheists doing so just sound wrong, if you're an Atheist, it shouldn't matter one way or the other
As a human, I liked your comment.
you ever ghost your ex so hard you vanish from the Judeo-Christian canon and your very existence can only be inferred from context? we stan a queen who knows how to sever
Yaaaaaasssss
This comment is pure gold (perfect for a Queen Crown!)
She doesn't even exist?
Brilliant
@@callibur2215you could say that about anything from any religion or mythology ever. Or if you do believe in things like this, or are a fan of history you could say that yes she does/did exist, instead of cherry picking what you don't like, since we literally have the texts to prove she did exist in the mythology/religion, she just didn't make it to christianity.
as a jewish person and a hebrew speaker, i would like to say 2 things:
1) kind of funny that you didn't mention that lilith's name literally translates to "of the night [fem]" which is the source for much of the reasoning that she is a creature of the night, likely a type of owl.
2) i cannot overstate how little lilith matters to most jews. she is very elevated in her status by kabbalists, beforehand demonology in judaism was very minor and niche. lilth is obviously very interesting because she is shrouded in so much mystery, but much of this mystery is straight up jewish disinterest. to be clear, while most gentiles hear a lot about the kabbalah, it is a small subsection in judaism, that very few dwell in.
Damn are jews are boring
I only learned of Lilith thanks to online videos like that of Trey the explainer.
Btw…does this connect with all of the cryptids that ended up just being owls?
He did mention though. It was on screen.
liths fuckin cool tho
But he did mention it when he was talking about the translations of the word Lillith.
And even if jews don't care about Lilith he is talking about it because that's where she originated. very respectfull of him.
I'm an atheist but I love learning about different cultures and religions.
your channel helps out a lot!
Cool! I'm just watching for fun XD
@@ezikod3566 it is also really fun and entertaining
Time to attack you for not believing in God
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@@francisneitluanga1645 fixed it
I remember this creepypasta called What Became of Eden, which tells the creation story from Lillith's point of view. It's a great read. 👍️
I keep trying to find it. Where is it posted?
@@campfire_cat it's actually a youtube video by Nature's Temper.
@@KlaxontheImpailr thanks!
"What Became of Eden" sounds dope! How is it that neither of you posted a link to that video? esp when Campfire_cat didn't find it at first? ....regardless, mind posting a link now???
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As a Christian… I watch all your videos regardless there just really entertaining and I really appreciate the time and energy you put into your videos. Looking forward to your future work
Nice high five!
Yeah, me too! Learning is cool!
Funny how existing in the same educational/artistic space as someone with differing views is not only possible but enjoyable and possibly very enlightening.
Someone could tell that to politicians
Christians basically worship Jewish people as Gods(Jesus).
As a Jew, I had some mixed feelings when you started to cover the bible and Jewish mythology, but I must say I find it just as well-researched and and funny as your Greek and Norse mythology videos. Kudos!
With any luck, it'll help you realize it's all equally silly.
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A cameo appearance from Inanna and Gilgamesh is always welcome. Hope you cover some Mesopotamian stories sometime.
As a person born and raised in very catholic/also orthodox environment, never have I ever heard of any "Lilith". I did attend religion classes for like 10 years, so the beginning to the video genuinely surprised me haha😅
You'd be surprised about what isn't Chistian canon. Lilith was removed.
@@TheShadowCallersLilith wasn’t removed she was made up
@@TheShadowCallers She's a fanfic OC
@@sadman6180Līlīṯ belongs to (a) different tradition(s) and religion, she isn't a character in the majority of Christian traditions, the only tradition that comes to mind as I write this - is Gnosticism.
@@TheShadowCallersLīlīṯ wasn't removed from any Christian beliefs as she is only a character in relatively few traditions.
As someone with a terrible ringing in my right ear, I always enjoy your videos on mythology. Thanks for all the time and effort.
6:07 This mythology is also part of the Japanese creation especially when Izanagi and Izanami had a disagreement; in revenge for being unable to catch Izanagi, Izanami vowed to strangle/kill 1,000 people a day while Izanagi will cause the birth of 1,500 people a day.
This is my favorite series of yours so far. as a non-religious jewish person who is fascinated by the more religious sides and by the mythology, all of this is so interesting to learn.
I had never seen a Senoy, Sansenoy and Semanglof amulet, so seeing these three birbs pop up really made me burst out laughing!
Ortodox Christian here! I like your videos! They're rlly funny and your videos are what got me in Greek mythology! Amazing vids!
I bet Lilith was literally just a mythological explanation for morning wood
Love potion #9. And viagra!!!😃
Thank you for the research! The drawings of the angels were especially great this time! 🥰
One of my favorite mythological characters of all time! As always you did a fantastic job in teaching about her in an easily digestible and entertaining, yet genuinely insightful way. Keep up the good work
In Arabic, Night is Layla, which also seems to have a similar root to the other Semitic roots. So it could refer to night creatures. A grammatically correct way to say Lilith, if it means Night Creatures, is Layliyoun or Layliyyat. Which is very similar.
I really like your videos in regards to mythology of all our cultures, have you ever consider doing one of Aztec/ Mayan mythology?
I have to applaud Jake on the ability to draw a naked woman and not making her sexy or desexulized.
I will always appreciate those religious scholars who upload their videos for free online so Jacobdoubleyoo can make silly drawings. It’s my favorite form of media. This was very informative thanks.
I'm always amazed at the amount of research and effort Jake puts into his videos and I can't wait to watch Lilith part 2 or another awesome video about Loki and Thor.
Thanks for making this; as a Christian, I can't tell you how bonkers it drove me that so many people in the comments section of your Genesis video thought Lilith was Adam's first wife! I was like "WHERE ARE THEY PULLING THIS CRAP FROM?!!!".
Did... did you not watch the video? I heard about Lilith from my Jewish friends, which tracks with what Jake says.
@@SilverKyria Of course, I did! Did you not read my comment? Like I said, I still don't know SPECIFICALLY. You can speak for yourself; but from what I can tell, for many, the misconception comes from pop-culture. From which piece of pop-culture, though, seems to vary to the point of confusion.
@@videogollumer an earlier nerd (affectionate) on Jake's community post said that it's from the Alphabet of Ben Sira/Book of Sirach (I nearly spelled that Sriracha, I got chili on the brain).
@@neoqwerty I'm not talking about religious text/folklore; I'm talking about pop-culture. A whole bunch of people were talking about it on Jake's Genesis video; it was practically at "What about Kratos?" levels! I mean, you can't expect me to believe that all of them were referencing such an esoteric text. I'm quite certain pop-culture had something to do with it.
@@videogollumerthe first time I heard it it was in a tumblr post.
the story Ive always heard about the rib of Adam for Eve is...
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Not a skull to rule over the body of man
Not a Foot bone to be stepped upon.
Not a hand bone to take arms.
A RIB.
a rib to be to ones side,
a rib near the heart,
a rib connected to the pillar (spine) to stand strong,
a rib to be protected by arms in time of need.
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I pretty sure its not cannon, but Its what Ive grown up hearing
(my Background: Rural Mexican catholic seasoned and spiced with native meso-american stories)
That’s a better meaning to the rib context than the “oh it means you’re subservient to men now” stuff imo
Rib is a mistranslation it’s usually “part or half” that’s a more direct translation
The “Rib” word can also mean side. Or side of, Or half of. The rib thing did seem to stick and your ribs are on your sides. Not really sure that adds anything. lol.
@@KristoferOlafsson the rib story was brought up because of lilith beening seen as "rebellious" do to her origin granting her some claim to equal rights as Adam. Getting her booted from Eden & being Adam's main squeeze, yo.
Old script writing Men, fearing holy text could give women equal rights so they antagonize older/wiser/rebellious women (like lillith) To potential villainous beings.
Leading to the "women created from Rib of Adam" story to sort of say women could not exist if it wasn't for man. (We (man) were here first, hushh up woman) Leading to the apple story to have something over woman to say "we are booted from the divine garden because its collectively woman's fault" and so on story to keep women under foot.
Now to prevent young men from treating woman like total trash comes my story....
@@DrunkenDarkSoulWhile Eve is seen as the one who originally ate the apple, Adam was responsible for Eve and he defied God as well so Eve AND Adam were both cast from the garden of Eden
As a religious Jew, thank you so much. This is great
Severely under rated channel! kudos to you sir your hours in editing must be plentiful
What about a vid on Asherah, Yhwh's wife, and the other gods of the ancient Jewesh mythology that were retconed when monotheism started to become more popular between the -VIth and -IIth centuries.
They weren’t retconned those beings are fanfiction. That’s like saying where’s Dante from Dante’s inferno why aren’t you talking about him? (Edit: Lilith is also made up, she’s not in the Dead Sea scrolls and earliest mentions of her were long after the death of Christ)
@@sadman6180, wtf are you talking about? We have way enough archaeological evidences attesting the worshipping of those gods of before the time when judaism became a monotheism. About Ashurah in particular, found many statuettes of her were found, there's even a ruined jewish temple with shrines to both yhwh and ashurah along with many ancient isrealite godess statues, we even know that in the -VIIth century, so even before monotheism started to become popular, king Joshia led a campaign to stop the worshipping of Ashurah.
So what you're saying is more equivalent to "Han Solo never shot first, that is just fanfiction." (couldn't find a better example :^( ).
Also what the heck would a fanfiction of an aggregate of books written by multiple people at different times would even mean? Isn't like most of the Torah fanfiction? Or heck, isn't all of the Torah fanfiction based on a cut? New Testament though, it's undeniably a fanfiction of the Torah lol, there's even a Gary Stu. X^)
I would wish they was a discord server where you can discuss mythology topics🙂This channel is so good.
And don't forget, she was played by Bebe Neuwirth on "Cheers" and "Frasier"!
@Jake Doubleyoo I love your channel! I was surprised when you recommended Esoterica. I've been subscribed to him for a few years now. If I were you, I'd be seriously peeved that the algorithm Gods haven't seen fit to recommend your clearly similar content on my feed until now. In any case, I'm off to binge your videos. Carry on with your good work!
I first heard about Lilith from C.S Lewis's Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe where Jadis the White Witch fromer queen of the desolate world of Charn is the descendant of Lilith.
The hazbin hotel fans who randomly found this video:
Great Video, hope you will also do a Video about Leviathan, Ziz and Behemoth
I know that the Behemoth and the Leviathan are mentioned in the Book of Job. I've heard of the Ziz, but I don't know where it comes from.
You do great and highly entertaining work!
This is such a great resource, thank you. Lots of people seem to be learning the Ben Sirah story these days, and as you observed, they assume it's a much older tale, but since the history of Lilith references is so scattered I found it very hard to relate the actual history.
This was fascinating! I love your myths explained series
Just found your channel and I’m obsessed. Just subscribed
5:36 CANT help but love your avatar or a drawing of yourself
It’s so cute 😂❤
I always like to see other people's views on fictional works.
Lilith:I'm a top
God:👶🔫
OK the incantation bowl product disclaimer just earned you another subscriber. 😂😂😂 That was priceless.
A great vdideo as always, Jake
Totally stealing that owl-lilith connection for future character designs, thanks for teaching me about it!
\o/ your silly drawing make serious studies more accessible to a wider range of audiences.
i will always be thankful for your work, because it brings the serious study of mythology into reach for me, where it may not have been before
i hope you feel appreciated.
Part two!! Part two!! Love your stuff.
I love your design for Inanna! She looks so good!
I think i actually asked about this on a previous video. Neat
As a Christian with a profound interest in other religions and folklore, I love seeing videos like this and always look forward to the next
(And while knowing some things about it, I know very little of the Kabbalah, and will be checking out that other channel, thank you very much)
Ngl the idea of Lilith having bird-like traits sounds pretty cool. It makes sense since birds are sometimes seen as symbols of freedom and independence, and Lilith refused to serve under another (although Lilith believed in equality rather than just “not needing no man”)
Then why do birds of a feather flock together
Because their bird brains 🧠🙄😒😏
@@hackman669 nah he said independence but birds are almost always around one another
I’m not sure if Lilith believe in equality. From what I’m seeing she wanted to be a switch vs Adam who wanted to be a dom. 😂
Unfortunately Eve doesn’t win in neither version. Sexist men blame Eve for being the woman to bring evil into the world. Those who believe in the Lilith version think Eve was made to be submissive to Adam. Though she didn’t become submissive until she ate the apple and that was one of her punishments. Is it feminist to uplift one woman to drag another? I think God wanted us to be equal but humans do anything to justify their actions.
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Damn that was probably my favorite *VDIDEO*
I’m exited! All I’ve heard about Lilith is that she was adams first wife, but not anything else
Ah, man, it gets depressing after she got tossed out of eden..
@@majicarpmon2705she was never in eden, adam never had a wife named lilith
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He had in the stories that depicted him like that.
Not hard to understand, we're not talking about the Bible here.
@@Dexuzthere is no historical acount of the first people except the bible. Other stories are just that, stories.
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Again, nobody's talking about who wrote the original source; of course Adam and Eve come from the Torah which preceeds the Kabbalah, but here we're talking about their post-Bible versions which include Lilith.
I've literally never heard of Lilith in my life before now.
I loved this video, love the research you did, the explanations you had. Thank you!
Lilith is also mentioned later with Cain after he's been banished to Nod. She takes him under her wing, I think that is in a literal sense, and looks after him. Cain can only drink of the blood of the land, thus this making him the first Biblical vampire, as the blood of the land refereed to the blood of people and animals, and this changed to Lilith being the mother of monsters as she acted as a mother to Cain
Lilith isn't very present in christian scriptures, I only came across her story when researching about the religious references in "Neon Genesis Evangelion" 😅
Great video! And if you'd like to make some videos about the Kabbalah, I'm down for that. I think it would be great.
Can you do a follow up on how both Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss connect to the Bible, especially the characters?
Omg this would be so cool
5:54 it's good to know that you removed the vav at the beginning of semangelof's name. I was worried that mistake would stay in the video.
Very nice! I enjoyed it.
Yay!!! I am Christian and love watching the mythology videos!! Even better now that you’re doing other religions!!
Me too bro
Same with me bro
Wait, a tree with a snake at the bottom, an eagle on the top and a third creature in the middle. That sure sounds familiar.
Perhaps tis where the myth o' Yggsdrasil originated...
@@Darkgun231 It's always fascinating to find these connections between different mythologies.
@@Darkgun231No, it isn't. It's just a coincidence.
Adam never mentioned her, and Eve only met her once when she popped by to pick up her toothbrush and conditioner.
Wondering if the makers of the tv show, ‘Cheers’ had This Lilith in mind, when they gave Actor Bebe Neuwirth her character’s name??
I love these videos so much
One of my writing projects I have on the back burner is a fantasy story about an elven witch who runs a potion shop. In that world's mythology, the first humans were Adam and Eve and the first elves were Asriel and Lilith. The focal character of my story is named after that world's biblical Lilith. I always thought the idea of Lilith being booted for demanding equality made for a good source story to tweak.
Man and woman were already equal, so Lilith did not need to demand equality. I think the reason why she was booted is because she was not being nice which was introducing sin to the world too early.
That sounds lame as lame can be.
@@solidonseraindogthetenth1679 thank you for this comment, by God grace we are doomed if thats how people are thinking these days, we need to really give our lives to Jesus Christ before its too late
Nikki Marmery just wrote a book called Lillith. Interesting read. Sort of in the vein of Circe. I enjoyed it immensely.
Im addicted to your videos
hold up...
oh, thats why shes in hazbin hotel
The owl thing is interesting, I might incorporate it into my Lilith character iny book series, I just luke the idea that she can just turn into an owl or something. This was a fun bit of research.
I also enjoy Esoterica's channel. But your drawings are great
hey jake why dont you make a vid about slavic myths
That would really be amazing! I don't think it's likely due to how "not-super-populaur" it is, and it isn't AS big as like Greek or Norse. I'm no expert on Slavic myth, but there isn't a WHOLE lot of stories, most of it is just characters (who do have many stories of course)
Most stories of Slavic Myth feel like fairytale. Like the Koschei story, pretty much all baba yaga stories. But there is also the gods, but there doesn't seem to be much info.on them.
what about lesh?@@PauTheDeo
As a human I really like your videos
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@@nicklewis470 how did you know?!
You could do an entire series of videos just on Mesopotamian myth.
Thanks for helping me understand evangelion better.
2:16 Fun fact about Anzu: it's also a dinosaur from North America! Anzu was a large oviraptorosaur from the Cretaceous, around 70-66-ish million years ago in the Heel Creek formation (hope i got the times and formation right)
As someone who is 1. A fan of both Evangelion and The Owl House and 2. A Christian who is very interested in the wierd side of theology, this video is very interesting and well made
what’s Evangelion?
@@CeilingFanE76 Neon Genesis Evangelion is a Japanese show about...giant robots that are also angels, I think? I haven't seen it, so my understanding is purely through pop-culture osmosis
@@LincolnDWard dang your actually right on the robot thing, the robots are actually kinda angels themselves,
And my profile picture is actually a main character in the show
oh my God THANK YOU for pointing out that Lilith isn't Adam's wife in the Hebrew Bible (or the Biblical tradition that most people followed for centuries) and that it's probably a tradition that got popularized by what is essentially a Jewish fanfic (i think? someone correct me on that). There's so many layers to the exact origin of Lilith and I always had a hard time explaining all of it to people, but this vid condensed all of it pretty nicely. Great work
I'd love it if you made videos on Mesopotamian mythology like the goddesses Ishtar and Ereshkigal.
The tree thing sounds like a parallel to the life tree thingy from Norse mythology. The thing with a snake an eagle and a squirrel
as a muslim who loves to learn more about other cultures and religions your videos are always the best use for me carry on
Can we maybe get a vid on Aztec myth?
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@Grafittidemon8692 ?
really great video
As someone who is colorblind im really interested in a kabbalah video
salivating for another jake doubleyoo video
Oh shit, Evangelion lore
uh what about slavic myths
Your first congratulations 🎊🎈🎉🍾
Thanks so much for this... As a catholic, though it might be unconventional for my taste with you treating things of faith as mythical, I am still happy that you go through extensive research on your topics and showing them with wonderful illustrations... it's refreshing and very informative...
The amulet with Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof is pretty neat. However, it does make me question why Semangelof is drawn so differently from the other two on the amulet.
This is a great video
Can you make finnish folklore? 🥺
As a Christian I am interested in learning about other religions so I am patiently waiting for the premiere to start
Love the video! Are you planning to make a video about similarity between the Bible and ancient myths like the odyssey?
This is all fascinating, but I NEED full video on the Kabbalistic angels, they look so weird but at the same time so fascinating. Maybe you can even compare these angels with the 9 types of angels from Biblical literature, or you could trace the origins of these angels back to polytheistic influence?? There is so much you could do here!!
It's funny to call it Biblical literature because that's basically what it is, the "9 types of Angels" are pure Bible headcanon that does not correspond with anything stated in early CE when it was written.
Angels, or Mal'achs, are creatures that nothing had to do with the Seraphs and the Cherubs, much less the wheels that might not even be living creatures.
I should mention, because I seen the same kind of thing in the hazbin hotel Fandom, that Lilith with all the discrepancies written about her its entirely possible in way, shape, and form she is actually eve. Considering the rather misogynistic "retellings" it's entirely possible Lilith was used as a title, like Nyx, once she realized Adam was, like every man of that Era *COUGH ZUES COUGH COUGH* she went off on her own. Come on let's be honest we'd do the exact same thing in her position
Not sure if Hazbin is gonna add Greek gods and entities but it’s hell, so I guess anything’s possible atm.
Not sure if Hazbin is gonna add Greek gods and entities but it’s hell, so I guess anything’s possible atm.
In Hebrew Layla (לילה) is night most likely it’s just a way to refer to a night as in old Hebrew they do those things
Edit lilyyoth means nights so yeah mystery solved
Thank you, I was wondering where I heard about Lilith. Useful info!
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You should make a video about the 9 REALMS
Yay I've been waiting for someone to talk about this subject, but isn't this Christian mythology AND Jewish mythology
You would be correct
I'm pretty sure Lilith is one of the few uniquely Jewish concepts. Christianity generally rejects her existence because she isn't mentioned in the Bible.
@@OptimusPhillipbut that doesn't stop some people from trying to make her cannon in the Bible when she didn't exist for a long time after the new testament.
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