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Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
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Sat, 4 Mar 2000 01:07:00 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
Wasn't Lillith mentioned in some other religious text, perhaps Babylonian or
Phoenecian?  Evidently, Adam's first wife was Lillith, who left due to
interpersonal incompatabilities.

I don't know if it was mentioned in RELIGIOUS texts, but C.S. Lewis mentioned
it in "The Lion, the witch & the wardrobe", which is definitely christianity-
influenced...
(Not to mention it's like a bible to me :) I love Narnia!)

-Shiri



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  Re: Narnia or some kind of Jewish folktale
 
Warning: this message is on-topic. (...) I think it is a safe guess that one of Jack's models for Narnia was the fantasy novel _Lilith_ by George MacDonald. It too is remotely based on that Jewish folktale about Adam's other wife. I forget which (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
 
(...) Wasn't Lillith mentioned in some other religious text, perhaps Babylonian or Phoenecian? Evidently, Adam's first wife was Lillith, who left due to interpersonal incompatabilities. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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