Lilith: Adam’s First Wife and the World’s First Feminist
In Hebrew myth, Lilith was the first wife of Adam, the first man.
(Eve, according to this legend, came later.)
However, the couple didn’t get along at all, primarily because Lilith, who was made concurrently with Adam, considered herself Adam’s equal and refused to be subservient to him.
According to legend, she refused to lie beneath Adam when making love, and he went complaining to God.
Lilith’s feminist stance led to her vilification in later legends.
She is most commonly portrayed as a vampire, a child eater, a man killer, and the mother of demons.
If this story intrigues you, check out this website devoted to a full-length novelization of the Lilith myth. This Lilith isn’t a demon, and she isn’t really a feminist — she’s the very first human with a soul, charged with passing her soul on to all the world.