Samael
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Samael, also spelled Smil, Samil, or Samiel, is an archangel in Talmudic and post-Talmudic tradition—a figure who is the accuser or adversary, seducer, and destroying angel.
Angel of Death I (1880) by Evelyn De Morgan
A relief of the Archangel Samael in red robe, shown on the left side of the altar at Saint Bartholomew's Church, in Sydenham, London.
Jacob Wrestling with the Angel, Gustave Doré (1855)
A lion-faced deity found on a Gnostic gem in Bernard de Montfaucon's L'antiquité expliquée et représentée en figures may be a depiction of the Demiurge, Samael.
Lilith
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Lilith is a feminine figure in Jewish mythology. Lilith does not appear in the Hebrew Bible or any other biblical source, although the Hebrew word lilit appears in the Book of Isaiah, specifically in
Samael
…is not a form of Samael, but a beast he rode like a camel. In a single account he is also believed to be the father of Cain, as well as the partner of Lilith. In early Talmudic and Midrashic literature, he has not yet been identified with Satan. Only in later midrashim is he entitled "head of satans". As…
Lilith (1887) by John Collier
Burney Relief, Babylon (1800–1750 BC)
Photographic reproduction of the Great Isaiah Scroll, which contains a reference to plural liliyyot
Incantation bowl with an Aramaic inscription, from Nippur, Mesopotamia, 6–7th century