Rabbi Jeremia ben Eleazar said, "During those years (after
their expulsion from the Garden), in which Adam, the first
man, was separated from Eve, he became the father of ghouls and
demons and lilin." Rabbi Meir
said, "Adam, the first man, being very pious and finding that
he had caused death to come into the world, sat fasting for 130
years, and separated himself from his wife for 130 years, and
wore fig vines for 130 years. His fathering of evil spirits,
referred to here, came as a result of wet dreams.
b. Erubin 100b
Lilith grows long hair.
b. Nidda 24b
Lilith is a demoness with a human appearance except that
she has wings.
b. Shab. 151b
Rabbi Hanina said, "One may not sleep alone in a house,
for Lilith takes hold of whoever sleeps alone in a
house."
b. Baba Bathra 73a-b
Rabba bar bar Hana said, "I once saw Hormin, a son of
Lilith, running on the battlements of Mahoza.... When the
demonic government heard of it, they killed him [for
showing himself]."
Talmud citations are informed by the translations of
I. Epstein. (The Babylonian Talmud. London:
Socino Press, 1978) and Raphael Patai, Patai81, pp. 184f.).
