tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957638177904422215.post1822494144105486443..comments2024-02-27T05:09:09.829-08:00Comments on Bet-ilim: Canaanite Blog: Lilith is not a 'benevolent mother goddess of childbirth'Benelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00945517366794030773noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957638177904422215.post-71363123559661836232013-02-11T09:41:42.426-08:002013-02-11T09:41:42.426-08:00THANK YOU. You have no idea how tired I get of exp...THANK YOU. You have no idea how tired I get of explaining this to people. <br /><br />Though, I would like to make a few "corrections," if I may.<br /><br />According to Drs. Anthony Green and Jeremy Black, that image is arguably of Ištar as Queen of Night. It is on display at the British Museum, and dates to 1800-1750 BCE, placing it in the Old Babylonian Period. Therefore, it is too recent a piece to be a depiction of Sumerian Inanna. <br /><br />Regarding Lilith and lilitu demons and Pazuzu, I addressed a number of misconceptions in a recent article: http://warboar.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/pzzgde/<br /><br />"Lilith" is a later Jewish Babylonian Aramaic equivalent term for Akkadian "lilitû" (male, lilû), which refers to a class of nasty wind demons. Chief among them, at least by the end of the Bronze Age, is the she-devil Lamaštu, who is also not a Goddess, despite popular (though entirely erroneous) Modern Occultic beliefs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com