Sunday, 12 July 2020

Lilith and the Draconcopes - Maiden-headed tempters from the Talmud to Boccaccio

Interesting enough article about why the snake so often has a woman's head with long blond curls. How Lilith was Adam's first wife, not from his rib, but as equals, thus banished, then became the snake.




hapox legomenon, a word that only occurs once in the Bible