Who Was Lilith? The Semen-Stealing First Wife Of Adam

<p>Lilith's story goes back 4,000 years, and she's still making an impact today.</p> <p>She takes on different forms, depending on where you're looking, but a popular one was that she was the first wife of Adam, long before Eve, and was expelled from the Garden of Eden to go and live as a promiscuous, baby-killing, semen-stealing demon. As you do.</p> <p>In short, she's embodies a lot of male anxieties about sex and women.</p> <p>What are her true origins? What's with all the semen-stealing? And what's her connection to mermaids?</p> <p>Joining Kate today is historian Sarah Clegg, author of <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Womans-Lore-Sirens-Serpents-Succubi-ebook/dp/B0B1RJJZ39" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em><u>Woman's Lore: 4,000 Years of Sirens, Serpents and Succubi</u></em></a>, to help us get to know this fascinating woman better.</p> <p>This episode was edited by Tom Delargy and produced by Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.</p> <p>All music from Epidemic Sounds/All3 Media.</p> <p>Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at <a href="https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe</u></a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><u>You can take part in our listener survey</u><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/6FFT7MK" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u> here</u></a><u>.</u></p> <p>Betwixt the Sheets: History of Sex, Scandal & Society is a History Hit podcast.</p><p>Voting is now open for the Listener's Choice Award at this year's Podcast Awards! UK & Ireland listeners please place your vote on the Spotify mobile app here: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/s/xhg6PJa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/s/xhg6PJa</a></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>