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.
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?
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.
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
Funny how existing in the same educational/artistic space as someone with differing views is not only possible but enjoyable and possibly very enlightening.
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!
"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???
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.
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
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😅
@@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.
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
@@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.
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.
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.
the story Ive always heard about the rib of Adam for Eve is... * 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. * 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)
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
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.
@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!
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?!!!".
@@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.
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”)
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.
\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.
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
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.
@@Theguineachannel 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.
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.
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
0:55 that's an understatement. The Bible is the ONLY source of hebrew literature from the era. Extra-biblical sources are mostly monuments, steles, and stuff that don't contain much text. And sometimes these too may have "hapax"es of their own right, like the Siloam inscription has...
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.
@@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
Lilith would be associated with Lamashtu Lamashtu, (Akkadian), Sumerian Dimme, in Mesopotamian religion, the most terrible of all female demons, daughter of the sky god Anu (Sumerian: An). Often depicted with her is Pazuzu, the Mesopotamian king of wind demons. She slew children and drank the blood of men and ate their flesh. The bearer of seven names, she was often described in incantations as the “seven witches.” Lamashtu perpetrated a variety of evil deeds: she disturbed sleep and brought nightmares; she killed foliage and infested rivers and streams; she bound the muscles of men, caused pregnant women to miscarry, and brought disease and sickness. Lamashtu was often portrayed on amulets as a lion- or bird-headed female figure kneeling on an ass; she held a double-headed serpent in each hand and suckled a dog at her right breast and a pig or another dog at her left breast. The etymology of Lamaštu is evocative of her status in the respective cultures from which her name derives. Lamaštu can be traced to the Akkadian (the first Semitic language) words lamassu or lammar and Sumerian lamma for “protective spirit.” The Sumerian etymon is dim-me which means female spirit. In Greek Lamaštu is called Lamia (Λάμια) originating from the word laimos (λαιμός) which means gullet, in reference to her voracious appetite for unborn children. The English word lament-“sorrow, mourning and grief” is probably a derivative of Lamia, whose mythos evokes melancholia. Early translations of the Christian Bible substitute the lower case word lamia for screech owls, sea monsters and mermaids, compounding and inflating her monstrous persona.
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 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.
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
@@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
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^)
@@victzegopterix2 The Bible does mentioned Ashurah and her worship. She was one of the many Canaanite gods that were demonized, alongside Baal Hadad.
Hazbin hotel connection to the bible is like lore of olympus connection to greek myth. They have no connection at all. The characters just share names.......
I cant describe the feeling i got seeing your drawings of Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof, laughing at how silly they looked, and then being shown the image where they were actually depicted like that. Ancient Hebrew artists are wild for that
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
As a Jewish Hebrew speaker who lives in Israel I'd just like to say- לילית means Lilit, in order to make the th sound you need to add this thing' on the taph ת so it would be 'לילית
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.
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
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.
The only version of Lilith I'm aware of is the one from Supernatural. Even in that show she's nothing more than a high ranking demon. Someone stronger than Crowley but weaker than Azazel. If I had to guess I'd say she's probably in the third strongest demon tier in that show. Princes of Hell and Knights of Hell rank higher
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.
Do more about Egyptian mythology! You focus on the other big 2 of mythology, Greek and Norse a lot. Maybe explain how Khonsu is different from the comics please. The internet isn’t doing a good job. Or other gods.
Gotta love that contradiction in the book of genesis. 2 humans made of clay at the same time, then another text of adam having a woman made from his rib, not clay. Huh, what an odd contradiction.
It doesn't specify in Genesis 1 what man and woman were made from, nor does it specify that they were made at the exact same second. All it says, in Genesis 1:26 & 27, is *"Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.* PERIOD! It's not a contradiction; it's a summary of what's to be said in Genesis 2.
In the original translation of the Bible it is not rib the wordwas translated to rib when the first English bibles were being made a more faithful translation would be side or half and Adam wasn't made of clay it was the dust of the earth
@@crimsondemon7347 Actually, both are correct in a sense. Remember? God shaped Adam's body from the dust of the earth; but Adam wasn't alive until God breathed life into him. Similarly, God caused Adam to fall asleep and took a rib from him to make Eve's body. The half, however, wasn't from Adam's physical being, but his spiritual being. Man and Woman were one in flesh and spirit when God made Adam; then God took a rib from Adam to make Eve's body and took her spiritual being out of Adam's. Her spiritual being was half of Adam's. So, yes, God did divide Adam in half; but spiritually, not physically. Eve's physical body was made by God from Adam's rib. Honestly, this is a recent discovery for me; and I just plain find it mind-blowing! ☺
Yeah, from what I've heard from biblical scholars, the consensus is that the two Genesis chapters are just two different creation myths that got recorded together. They say the second Genesis is more than likely the older one, while the first was probably meant to replace it.
Hey, Jake and others. I am just one positive comment for the mighty algorithm. I like your worke it made my day brighter. Have a nice day everyone reading this.
Yes I’ve been waiting for a Lilith video! From a factual historic standpoint you did great, love all the information provided! Though I hope I’m the next part you cover more of the other perspective of Lilith that is not inherited evil, but had to grow and evolve from darkness into the light attaining a lot of knowledge along the way. A lot of that perspective is derived from Gnostic religions. I would be happy to provide sources that depict the Lilith as less of a demoniac entity. Though I love mythology/spirituality for the spiritual aspects rather than the historical aspects of it, and Lilith is my primary deity so some of my knowledge has come from working with her and listening to/reading other peoples encounters with the dark goddess. Can’t wait to learn more about her in the next video
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.
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
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.
@@CaptainFalcoyd how bro felt after posting this:👿😈👿😈
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@@CaptainFalcoydmy dude can have his believes and laugh at it’s satire, that’s not hard to understand
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???
@@8bitnespunk ua-cam.com/video/iHDgvs7-Frw/v-deo.htmlsi=kDaA-3Htkx97uvCq
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.
Aren't they the first Kami?
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.
Ortodox Christian here! I like your videos! They're rlly funny and your videos are what got me in Greek mythology! Amazing vids!
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
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.
Thank you for the research! The drawings of the angels were especially great this time! 🥰
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.
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.
I really like your videos in regards to mythology of all our cultures, have you ever consider doing one of Aztec/ Mayan mythology?
I had never seen a Senoy, Sansenoy and Semanglof amulet, so seeing these three birbs pop up really made me burst out laughing!
I have to applaud Jake on the ability to draw a naked woman and not making her sexy or desexulized.
It annoys me honestly. Why should I look at a woman if unattractive???
@N.I.A23
Life isn’t your porno dude
I bet Lilith was literally just a mythological explanation for morning wood
Love potion #9. And viagra!!!😃
SIDS and morning wood explained by one monster
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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.
As a religious Jew, thank you so much. This is great
Love that you plugged Esoterica! His channel is so good!
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
Severely under rated channel! kudos to you sir your hours in editing must be plentiful
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.
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!
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.
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)
Totally stealing that owl-lilith connection for future character designs, thanks for teaching me about it!
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.
\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.
5:36 CANT help but love your avatar or a drawing of yourself
It’s so cute 😂❤
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
This was fascinating! I love your myths explained series
I love your design for Inanna! She looks so good!
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.
OK the incantation bowl product disclaimer just earned you another subscriber. 😂😂😂 That was priceless.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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Damn that was probably my favorite *VDIDEO*
The ad warning about "incantation bowl" made me laugh so hard I almost choked. Love your content.😂
I think i actually asked about this on a previous video. Neat
0:55 that's an understatement. The Bible is the ONLY source of hebrew literature from the era. Extra-biblical sources are mostly monuments, steles, and stuff that don't contain much text. And sometimes these too may have "hapax"es of their own right, like the Siloam inscription has...
Adam never mentioned her, and Eve only met her once when she popped by to pick up her toothbrush and conditioner.
You do great and highly entertaining work!
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.
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
As a Christian I am interested in learning about other religions so I am patiently waiting for the premiere to start
You could do an entire series of videos just on Mesopotamian myth.
This video is very cool because a lot of people talk about Lilith like she is so important, but in my research, I could barely find anything
Because she isn't, like at all.
Lilith would be associated with Lamashtu
Lamashtu, (Akkadian), Sumerian Dimme, in Mesopotamian religion, the most terrible of all female demons, daughter of the sky god Anu (Sumerian: An). Often depicted with her is Pazuzu, the Mesopotamian king of wind demons.
She slew children and drank the blood of men and ate their flesh. The bearer of seven names, she was often described in incantations as the “seven witches.” Lamashtu perpetrated a variety of evil deeds: she disturbed sleep and brought nightmares; she killed foliage and infested rivers and streams; she bound the muscles of men, caused pregnant women to miscarry, and brought disease and sickness. Lamashtu was often portrayed on amulets as a lion- or bird-headed female figure kneeling on an ass; she held a double-headed serpent in each hand and suckled a dog at her right breast and a pig or another dog at her left breast.
The etymology of Lamaštu is evocative of her status in the respective cultures from which her name derives. Lamaštu can be traced to the Akkadian (the first Semitic language) words
lamassu or lammar and Sumerian lamma for “protective spirit.” The Sumerian etymon is dim-me which means female spirit. In Greek Lamaštu is called Lamia (Λάμια) originating from the word laimos (λαιμός) which means gullet, in reference to her voracious appetite for unborn children.
The English word lament-“sorrow, mourning and grief” is probably a derivative of Lamia, whose mythos evokes melancholia. Early translations of the Christian Bible substitute the lower case word lamia for screech owls, sea monsters and mermaids, compounding and inflating her monstrous persona.
as a muslim who loves to learn more about other cultures and religions your videos are always the best use for me carry on
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...
I've literally never heard of Lilith in my life before now.
Just found your channel and I’m obsessed. Just subscribed
As a human I really like your videos
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@@nicklewis470 how did you know?!
As someone who is colorblind im really interested in a kabbalah video
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.
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 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
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^)
@@victzegopterix2 The Bible does mentioned Ashurah and her worship.
She was one of the many Canaanite gods that were demonized, alongside Baal Hadad.
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
Hazbin hotel connection to the bible is like lore of olympus connection to greek myth.
They have no connection at all. The characters just share names.......
@@N.I.A23That’s probably for the best, considering how it could be seen as blasphemous to most people.
For the love of the Lord
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For the love of the Lord
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Havn’t finished the whole video yet, but the three inhabitants in the tree part has my brain rolling. Could Lilith be a squirrel?
That would fit Norse tradition.
At 4:11 . Lilith can mean an attack at night time. It depends on how you read the words in Hebrew
Part two!! Part two!! Love your stuff.
Would you ever consider making a video about Finnish mythology?
I cant describe the feeling i got seeing your drawings of Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof, laughing at how silly they looked, and then being shown the image where they were actually depicted like that. Ancient Hebrew artists are wild for that
Semangelof in his original drawing is my favorite, it doesn't even look like a bird. Straight up biblically accurate angel, ironically.
❤Jesus bless u all❤
A great vdideo as always, Jake
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
You should make a video about the 9 REALMS
As a Jewish Hebrew speaker who lives in Israel I'd just like to say- לילית means Lilit, in order to make the th sound you need to add this thing' on the taph ת so it would be 'לילית
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
Jake's baby drawings are really cute not gonna lie. I wanna hug them
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.
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.
The only version of Lilith I'm aware of is the one from Supernatural. Even in that show she's nothing more than a high ranking demon. Someone stronger than Crowley but weaker than Azazel. If I had to guess I'd say she's probably in the third strongest demon tier in that show. Princes of Hell and Knights of Hell rank higher
Was she pretty? Dies she make you randy?
Thanks for helping me understand evangelion better.
Can we maybe get a vid on Aztec myth?
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@Grafittidemon8692 ?
Nikki Marmery just wrote a book called Lillith. Interesting read. Sort of in the vein of Circe. I enjoyed it immensely.
I love these videos so much
This sounded esoterica inspired so I'm not surprised to see the channel mentioned
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.
Do more about Egyptian mythology! You focus on the other big 2 of mythology, Greek and Norse a lot. Maybe explain how Khonsu is different from the comics please. The internet isn’t doing a good job. Or other gods.
I hope he does a video on Khonsu too!
Gotta love that contradiction in the book of genesis. 2 humans made of clay at the same time, then another text of adam having a woman made from his rib, not clay. Huh, what an odd contradiction.
It doesn't specify in Genesis 1 what man and woman were made from, nor does it specify that they were made at the exact same second. All it says, in Genesis 1:26 & 27, is *"Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.* PERIOD! It's not a contradiction; it's a summary of what's to be said in Genesis 2.
In the original translation of the Bible it is not rib the wordwas translated to rib when the first English bibles were being made a more faithful translation would be side or half and Adam wasn't made of clay it was the dust of the earth
@@videogollumer This was always my interpretation.
@@crimsondemon7347 Actually, both are correct in a sense. Remember? God shaped Adam's body from the dust of the earth; but Adam wasn't alive until God breathed life into him. Similarly, God caused Adam to fall asleep and took a rib from him to make Eve's body. The half, however, wasn't from Adam's physical being, but his spiritual being. Man and Woman were one in flesh and spirit when God made Adam; then God took a rib from Adam to make Eve's body and took her spiritual being out of Adam's. Her spiritual being was half of Adam's. So, yes, God did divide Adam in half; but spiritually, not physically. Eve's physical body was made by God from Adam's rib.
Honestly, this is a recent discovery for me; and I just plain find it mind-blowing! ☺
Yeah, from what I've heard from biblical scholars, the consensus is that the two Genesis chapters are just two different creation myths that got recorded together.
They say the second Genesis is more than likely the older one, while the first was probably meant to replace it.
A video only about Gilgamesh???
I would love that
hold up...
oh, thats why shes in hazbin hotel
I'm not a Cristian but I'm into the book of Genesis also this makes it even more fun to know about I luv it❤
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Can you make finnish folklore? 🥺
It feels like it should have been included it fits so well with why he made eve out of Adams rib
Yeah, I grow up Jewish and learned the bible way too much and I've never heard about the story about Lilith until a tv show that used her as a demon..
We're talking about supernatural right 😅
@@nicklewis470 no🤣🙈🤣🙈
I also enjoy Esoterica's channel. But your drawings are great
Yes I’ve been waiting for a Lilith video! From a factual historic standpoint you did great, love all the information provided! Though I hope I’m the next part you cover more of the other perspective of Lilith that is not inherited evil, but had to grow and evolve from darkness into the light attaining a lot of knowledge along the way. A lot of that perspective is derived from Gnostic religions. I would be happy to provide sources that depict the Lilith as less of a demoniac entity. Though I love mythology/spirituality for the spiritual aspects rather than the historical aspects of it, and Lilith is my primary deity so some of my knowledge has come from working with her and listening to/reading other peoples encounters with the dark goddess. Can’t wait to learn more about her in the next video