Lilith was also one of the middle names of Crowley's first child, Nuit Ma Ahathoor Hecate Sappho Jezebel Lilith Crowley (19041906), and Lilith is sometimes identified with Babalon in Thelemic writings. They told her God's word, but she did not wish to return. Till heart and body and life are in its hold. Double amulets were frequently purchased: two It made its way to the Land of Israel from Egypt around 541-542 AD. Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof (sometimes written Semangelof, or Snvi, Snsnvi and Smnglof) are three guarding angels in Jewish mythology. Both of them were born at the same hour in the image of Adam and Eve, intertwined in each other. At once, the Holy One, blessed be He, sent these three angels Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof, to bring her back. Source: Angels and Demons: Jewish Magic Through the Ages, edited by Filip Vukosavovitch. After Adam's body was created a thousand souls from the Left (evil) side attempted to attach themselves to him. Lilith claims that since she and Adam were created in the same way they were equal and she refuses to submit to him: After God created Adam, who was alone, He said, "It is not good for man to be alone." The names of the angels Senoy, Sansenoy and Samengelof also appear, as do the names Lilith and Satan. The Treatise on the Left Emanation also says that there are two Liliths, the lesser being married to the great demon Asmodeus. The angels said, "We shall drown you in the sea. The text notes the name of the amulets buyer: Sylman Ben Katton, for the protection of the people in his home., On an incantation bowl kept at the National Library, which was inscribed in antiquity, long before the ben Sirah stories of the Middle Ages, we find the same narrative which appears on amulets protecting new mothers. She tells Elijah that she will lose her power if someone uses her secret names, which she reveals at the end: lilith, abitu, abizu, hakash, avers hikpodu, ayalu, matrota [78], In other amulets, probably informed by The Alphabet of Ben-Sira, she is Adam's first wife. According to myths, Lilith, the female demon, is looking to snatch and devour sleeping infants as revenge on Adam. In this tradition it is made clear that Samael and Lilith were born as one, similar to the form of Adam and Eve who were also born as one, reflecting what is above. Despite the threat from the three angels that if she didn't return to Adam one hundred of her sons would die every day, she refused, claiming that she was created expressly to harm newborn infants. That, ere the snake's, her sweet tongue could deceive, [87] These talismans invoke the names of the angels Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof, or sometimes the prophet Elijah, in order to protect young children from the grasp of Lilith. An amulet for women after childbirth, The National Librarys Amulet Collection, Jewish Mysticism, Joseph Dan, Jerusalem : J. Aronson, 1999, Some sources of Jewish-Arabic demonology, Gershom Scholem, JJS, Vol. (Babylonian Talmud, tractate Gittin 69b). An amulet with the names of the angels, and Adam and Eve, excluding Lilith. [101] A different approach to a Satanic Lilith holds that she was once a fertility and agricultural goddess. C. L. Moore's 1940 story Fruit of Knowledge is written from Lilith's point of view. Before doing so, she attaches herself to Cain and bears him numerous spirits and demons. Like other manuscripts of its kind, it draws a link between observance of the laws handed down to Moses at Mount Sinai and the health of the individual and the community. (Patai81:455f). This is the earliest Jewish amulet to appear in print. IV, 22), He is now destroying! Of Adam's first wife, Lilith, it is told [64] The second myth of Lilith grew to include legends about another world and by some accounts this other world existed side by side with this one, Yenne Velt is Yiddish for this described "Other World". In the text an amulet is inscribed with the names of three angels (Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof) and placed around the neck of newborn boys in order to protect them from the lilin until their circumcision. [30] Modern research has identified the figure as one of the main goddesses of the Mesopotamian pantheons, most probably Ereshkigal. Charles Leland associated Aradia with Lilith: Aradia, says Leland, is Herodias, who was regarded in stregheria folklore as being associated with Diana as chief of the witches. The translation is, "And demons shall meet with monsters, and one hairy one shall cry out to another; there the lamia has lain down and found rest for herself". She shall become an abode for jackals and a haunt for ostriches. Beware of her. (17) It is He who casts the lot for them, and with His hands He marks off their shares of her; They shall possess her forever, and dwell there from generation to generation. Lilith is cited as having been "banished"[2] from the Garden of Eden for not complying with and obeying Adam. The first occurrence of plague in the recorded history of the Middle East was known as the Plague of Justinian, named after the Byzantine Emperor, Justinian I. However, they are defeated by Methuselah, who slays thousands of them with a holy sword and forces Agrimas to give him the names of the rest, after which he casts them away to the sea and the mountains.[68]. [94][95], Gerald Gardner asserted that there was continuous historical worship of Lilith to present day, and that her name is sometimes given to the goddess being personified in the coven by the priestess. [85] Her gift was the "mark of a Sibyl", a gift of second sight. amulet and asked "Who are these?" Ben Sira answered, "The angels who are in charge of medicine: Snvi, Snsvi, and Smnglof." [In English: Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof.] God sent three angels, named Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof, who found her in the Red Sea. This amulet was written on parchment. . [24] According to a new source from late antiquity, Lilith appears in a Mandaean magic story where she is considered to represent the branches of a tree with other demonic figures that form other parts of the tree, though this may also include multiple "Liliths". The first one is present in Genesis Rabbah 22:7 and 18:4: according to Rabbi Hiyya God proceeded to create a second Eve for Adam, after Lilith had to return to dust. Faust: Lilith and Faust engage in a short dialogue, where Lilith recounts the days spent in Eden. This God breathed into Adam, who began to spring to life and his female was attached to his side. (c. 10th century), which was followed by the Zohar and other Kabbalistic writings. . These talismans invoke the names of the angels Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof, or sometimes the prophet Elijah, in order to protect young children from the grasp of Lilith. [50] However, to be exact the said passages do not employ the Hebrew word lilith itself and instead speak of "the first Eve" (Heb. The amulets used against Lilith that were thought to derive from this tradition are, in fact, dated as being much older. Sansenoy, and Semange- lof on amulets hung around the necks of new-born babes: when Lilith sees the names, she remembers her oath and leaves the child . Smamit escapes the demon and flees to an isolated mountain where she builds a fortified home. Take a good look. In rabbinic literature, incorporating over 1,000 years of writing and interpretation, we find the names of several satanic figures that developed over time, each of them constantly trying to establish evils grip on the world. Such stories are commonly found among Jewish folklore.[64]. Lilith's earliest appearance in the literature of the Romantic period (17891832) was in Goethe's 1808 work Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy. Apples grow, too, in my garden. [71], The marriage of Samael and Lilith is known as the "Angel Satan" or the "Other God", but it was not allowed to last. Lilith continues to serve as source material in today's popular culture, Western culture, literature, occultism, fantasy, and horror. Alphabet of Ben Sirah, Question #5 (23ab). 'Return to Adam without delay,' the angels said, `or we will drown you!' While God created Adam, who was alone, He said, "It is not good for man to be alone" (Genesis 2:18). . Lady [Lilith] represents a Modern Lilith combing out her abundant golden hair and gazing on herself in the glass with that self-absorption by whose strange fascination such natures draw others within their own circle. However, nowhere do the rabbis specify what happened to the first woman, leaving the matter open for further speculation. While God created Adam, who was alone, He said, "It is not good for man to be alone" (Genesis 2:18). In the Dead Sea Scrolls 4Q510-511, the term first occurs in a list of monsters. Lilith? Is he not found, O Lilith, whom shed scent [40][41], et occurrent daemonia onocentauris et pilosus clamabit alter ad alterum ibi cubavit lamia et invenit sibi requiem. Thus, the merging of Lilith and Asmodeus was inevitable. "A husk (klippa) was created around the brain" and this husk spread and brought out another husk, which was Lilith. In this case Asmodeus and Lilith were believed to procreate demonic offspring endlessly and spread chaos at every turn. [b] In Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld, a huluppu tree grows in Inanna's garden in Uruk, whose wood she plans to use to build a new throne. Under the threat of death, Eve admits that she never loved Adam, while Lilith confesses that she always loved him: As the worst of the venom left my lips, Each of them are mothers of demons and have their own hosts and unclean spirits in no number. In some Jewish folklore, such as the satirical Alphabet of Sirach (c.7001000 AD), Lilith appears as Adam's first wife, who was created at the same time and from the same clay as Adam. The second mention of Lilith, this time explicit, is present in Numbers Rabbah 16:25. These amulets are mentioned in the Ben Sirah, and in fact, the story probably exists to give a more religious justification for the otherwise pretty superstition-and-magic . The three angels were made popular by the Alphabet of ben Sirah, while the illustrations of their images in various amulets also contributed to their fame. The poem and the picture appeared together alongside Rossetti's painting Sibylla Palmifera and the sonnet Soul's Beauty. Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof are featured in this amulet (from the Bill Gross Collection) that safeguards a newborn child and its mother with an incantation against Lilith. They found her at the Red Sea, where she was giving birth daily to numerous demons. Behold, here it is before you: because of the sins of Adam the first man all the things mentioned came into being. The Krasmesser would be used by a midwife or by the husband to draw a magic circle around the pregnant or birthing woman to protect her from Lilith and the evil eye, which were considered to represent the greatest danger for children and pregnant women. Many early occult writers that contributed to modern day Wicca expressed special reverence for Lilith. When Lilith winds it tight around young men [64] But the aspect of the witch-like role that Lilith plays broadens her archetype of the destructive side of witchcraft. Another version[69] that was also current among Kabbalistic circles in the Middle Ages establishes Lilith as the first of Samael's four wives: Lilith, Naamah, Eisheth, and Agrat bat Mahlat. The letters appearing in the upper amulet , likely transliterated as Anaktam Pastam Paspasim Dionsim form one of the secret divine names, according to certain Jewish mystical traditions. [55] The writing is most commonly scripture or references to the Talmud. According to Rapahel Patai, older sources state clearly that after Lilith's Red Sea sojourn (mentioned also in Louis Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews), she returned to Adam and begat children from him by forcing herself upon him. Gilgamesh is said to have killed the snake, and then the zu bird flew away to the mountains with its young, while the ki-sikil-lil-la-ke fearfully destroys its house and runs for the forest. A plague of non-kosher meat, from the British Mandate period. [34][c] Quoting from Isaiah 34 (NAB): (12) Her nobles shall be no more, nor shall kings be proclaimed there; all her princes are gone. Lilith's soul was lodged in the depths of the Great Abyss. After a while, Lilith returned to the Garden of Eden but found that Adam had another partner, Eve. Frankfort and Kraeling identified the figure in the relief with Lilith. Adam complained to God: "I have been deserted by my helpmeet." God at once sent the angels Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof to fetch Lilith back. Numbers Rabbah, in: Judaic Classics Library, Davka Corporation, 1999. She gave birth to a host of demons and became known as their mother. When the angels heard Lilith's words, they insisted she go back. Below it, were the names of the primogenitors: Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob and Leah. Lilith in Historical Text Frequently amulets were place in the four corners and throughout the bedchamber. A few lines in Yiddish are followed by the dialogue between the prophet Elijah and Lilith when he met her with her host of demons to kill the mother and take her new-born child ('to drink her blood, suck her bones and eat her flesh'). But they would not listen to one another. Since the most common Jewish amulets known to us are those designed to protect women giving birth, we can safely assume that the three angels who appear on these types of charms are among the most common figures associated with the Hebrew amulet. The above-mentioned angels went in search of her, promising to bring her back. Occasionally, a piece of paper with magic spells writ-ten on it was hung by the child's bed. In 1980, this Pashkevil poster warning of the plague of archaeology spreading throughout the Holy Land was printed and hung up in various ultra-orthodox communities. This is the gap into which the later tradition of Lilith could fit. On this bowl we find a text written by the author Duchtish Bat Bahrui, describing a character named Smamit, the mother of twelve sons who were killed by a brutal demon named Sideros. The main difference here relates to the type of pestilence which was spreading across the country, with the text mentioning an outbreak of cholera morbus ( ) and expressing the hope that no harm will befall us, nor will a plague draw near to our tent. A 15th or 16th century Kabbalah text states that God has "cooled" the female Leviathan, meaning that he has made Lilith infertile and she is a mere fornication. This last term, according to the Hebrews, signifies the same thing, as the Greeks express by strix and lamiae, which are sorceresses or magicians, who seek to put to death new-born children. Said the Holy One to Adam, "If she agrees to come back, what is made is good. To avert danger, it was held wise to strike the sleeping child's lips with one finger-whereupon Lilith would vanish. We found the amulet below in a copy of the book Shaar HaYichudim (The Gate of Unifications) by the famous Safed Kabbalist Hayyim ben Joseph Vital. [15] The Isaiah 34:14 Lilith reference does not appear in most common Bible translations such as KJV and NIV. gone , were inscribed. [16], The Sumerian female demons lili have no etymological relation to Akkadian lilu, "evening". (Babylonian Talmud on Tractate Shabbath 151b), "R. Jeremiah b. Eleazar further stated: In all those years [130 years after his expulsion from the Garden of Eden] during which Adam was under the ban he begot, This page was last edited on 17 February 2023, at 22:22. Scholars tend to date the Alphabet between the 8th and 10th centuries AD. According to Augustine Calmet, Lilith has connections with early views on vampires and sorcery: Some learned men have thought they discovered some vestiges of vampirism in the remotest antiquity; but all that they say of it does not come near what is related of the vampires. Jewish magical inscriptions on bowls and amulets from the 6th century AD onward identify Lilith as a female demon and provide the first visual depictions of her. [28], Kramer's translation of the Gilgamesh fragment was used by Henri Frankfort (1937)[29] and Emil Kraeling (1937) to support identification of a woman with wings and bird-feet in the disputed Burney Relief as related to Lilith. And her course leads to the shades. He then created a woman for Adam, from the earth, as He had created Adam himself, and called her Lilith. Two main roles are attributed to this demoness: strangling young children in their sleep, and seducing men Lilith becomes pregnant with this wasted sperm, giving birth to demonic stepchildren. she said. 151b; b. Baba Bathra 73ab, Kabbalist References: Zohar 3:76b77a; Zohar Sitrei Torah 1:147b148b; Zohar 2:267b; Bacharach,'Emeq haMelekh, 19c; Zohar 3:19a; Bacharach,'Emeq haMelekh, 102d103a; Zohar 1:54b55a, Dead Sea Scroll References: 4QSongs of the Sage/4QShir; 4Q510 frag.11.46a//frag.10.1f; 11QPsAp, Treatise on the Apparitions of Spirits and on Vampires or Revenants, "Finding Lilith: The Most Powerful Hag In History", Collection of Lilith information and links, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lilith&oldid=1139992560, (the) night-demon Lilith, evil and rapacious (, "[Expounding upon the curses of womanhood] In a, "For gira he should take an arrow of Lilith and place it point upwards and pour water on it and drink it. [49] Moses said: [God,] do not do it [i.e. This edition was published in 1855 in the city of Lemberg, todays Lviv, in western Ukraine. For Evil Lilith, when she saw the greatness of his corruption, became strong in her husks, and came to Adam against his will, and became hot from him and bore him many demons and spirits and Lilin. (2007), Chilton, Bruce; Bock, Darrell and Gurtner, Daniel M. (2010). And the Serpent seduced Holy Eve, and enough said for him who understands. And this Blind Dragon brings about the union between Samael and Lilith. Who's that there?Mephistopheles: [98][99], Raymond Buckland holds that Lilith is a dark moon goddess on par with the Hindu Kali. The angels very names Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof are seen as safeguards against Liliths actions. And she also afflicts him with sickness, and he knows it not, and all this takes place when the moon is on the wane.[74]. Charles Fossey (1902) has this literally translating to "female night being/demon", although cuneiform inscriptions from Mesopotamia exist where Llt and Lltu refers to disease-bearing wind spirits. [2] She is thought to be mentioned in Biblical Hebrew in the Book of Isaiah,[3] and in Late Antiquity in Mandaean mythology and Jewish mythology sources from 500 CE onward. The last manuscript which we will present also hails from 19th century Italy. They found her beside the Red Sea, a region abounding in lascivious demons, to whom she bore lilim at the rate of more than one hundred a day. In 1863, Dante Gabriel Rossetti of the Brotherhood began painting what would later be his first rendition of Lady Lilith, a painting he expected to be his "best picture hitherto". to ward of Lilith. "Printed sheet, late 17th century or early 18th century, 185x130 mm. A way of resolving the apparent discrepancy between these two accounts was to assume that there must have been some other first woman, apart from the one later identified with Eve. Whether this particular tradition is older is not known. The names Senoy and Sansenoy are mentioned several times in first century Hebrew texts and they can also be found on an incantation bowl discovered at Nippur in modern-day Iraq. A blank space is left for the name of the mother. Draws men to watch the bright web she can weave, Two magical incantations against the evil eye. Sent after her were three angels Senoy, Sansenoy, Semangelof. The invocations mention Adam, Eve and Lilith, 'Chavah Rishonah' (the first Eve, who is identical with Lilith), also devils or angels: Sanoy, Sansinoy, Smangeluf, Shmari'el (the guardian) and Hasdi'el (the merciful). 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[83], According to Siegmund Hurwitz the Talmudic Lilith is connected with the Greek Lamia, who, according to Hurwitz, likewise governed a class of child stealing lamia-demons. Later, the story of how Aaron the High Priest was able to halt the plague with incense is recounted, along with what appears to be a recipe. In Jewish mythology, Lilith is believed to be Adams first wife, who was banished before she was able to bear his children. https://blog.nli.org.il/en/djm_sen-san-sem/, The figures of Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof appear here from right to left, 2020 . First and foremost, the very introduction of Lilith to the creation story rests on the rabbinic myth, prompted by the two separate creation accounts in Genesis 1:12:25, that there were two original women. [citation needed]. Again playing on the Hebrew phrase zot hapaam, Adam, according to the same midrash, declares: "it is she [zot] who is destined to strike the bell [zog] and to speak [in strife] against me, as you read, 'a golden bell [paamon] and a pomegranate' [Exodus 28:34] it is she who will trouble me [mefaamtani] all night" (Genesis Rabbah 18:4). All who go to her cannot return [75], A copy of Jean de Pauly's translation of the Zohar in the Ritman Library contains an inserted late 17th century printed Hebrew sheet for use in magical amulets where the prophet Elijah confronts Lilith. Tractate Niddah in the Mishnah is the only tractate from the Order of Tohorot which has Talmud on it. For you are fit only to be in the bottom position, while I am to be the superior one." Asmodeus the great king of the demons has as a mate the Lesser (younger) Lilith, daughter of the king whose name is Qafsefoni. Major sources in Jewish tradition regarding Lilith in chronological order include: The Dead Sea Scrolls contain one indisputable reference to Lilith in Songs of the Sage (4Q510511)[42] fragment 1: And I, the Instructor, proclaim His glorious splendour so as to frighten and to te[rrify] all the spirits of the destroying angels, spirits of the bastards, demons, Lilith, howlers, and [desert dwellers] and those which fall upon men without warning to lead them astray from a spirit of understanding and to make their heart and their desolate during the present dominion of wickedness and predetermined time of humiliations for the sons of lig[ht], by the guilt of the ages of [those] smitten by iniquity not for eternal destruction, [bu]t for an era of humiliation for transgression.[43]. [25], Suggested translations for the Tablet XII spirit in the tree include ki-sikil as "sacred place", lil as "spirit", and lil-la-ke as "water spirit",[26] but also simply "owl", given that the lil is building a home in the trunk of the tree. As that youth's eyes burned at thine, so went Blair. [13]:174. Lo! Folkloric traditions recorded around 1953 tell about a jinn called Qarinah, who was rejected by Adam and mated with Iblis instead. Concerning this point there is a received tradition from the ancient Sages who made use of the Secret Knowledge of the Lesser Palaces, which is the manipulation of demons and a ladder by which one ascends to the prophetic levels. According to Biblical mythology, Lilith was Adam's first companion and she abandoned him. A publication about birth customs by the Jewish Museum of Switzerland also includes oral accounts from 20th century Baden-Wrttemberg which likewise mention circling movements with a knife in order to protect a woman in childbirth.[82]. A bowl with a Jewish Babylonian Aramaic inscription, The National Library collections, In Christian versions of similar amulets, the assisting forces are saints. She has different conflicting origins and is described as having a human upper body from the waist up and a serpentine body from the waist down. The two were placed sequentially in The House of Life collection (sonnets number 77 and 78).[89]. Ever since the days of Eden According to occult practises, she would be subject to the demon-king Murrah al-Abyad, which appears to be another name for Iblis used in magical writings. angels and Lilith is the basis for writing the names Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semange-lof on amulets hung around the necks of new-born babes: when Lilith sees the names, she remembers her . the goat he-calls his- fellowlilit (lilith) she-rests and she-finds rest[d] Some Satanists believe that she is the wife of Satan and thus think of her as a mother figure. Joseph M. Baumgarten (1991) identified the unnamed woman of The Seductress (4Q184) as related to the female demon. Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof made a deal with Lilith. This idea was further attested by Doreen Valiente, who cited her as a presiding goddess of the Craft: "the personification of erotic dreams, the suppressed desire for delights". Tapping the child on the nose, it was believed, made her go away. On the other three pages of the bifolium is a list of Torah and Prophets readings. however, sent after her three angels-Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof by name,11 who soon located her in the same wild waters in which the Egyptians were to . In this particular case, the "arrow of Lilith" is most probably a scrap of, "Rabbah said: I saw how Hormin the son of Lilith was running on the parapet of the wall of Mahuza, and a rider, galloping below on horseback could not overtake him. The work has been characterized by some scholars as satirical, but Ginzberg concluded it was meant seriously.[59]. Schrader's and Levy's view is therefore partly dependent on a later dating of Deutero-Isaiah to the 6th century BC, and the presence of Jews in Babylon which would coincide with the possible references to the Lltu in Babylonian demonology. They found her beside the Red Sea, a region abounding in lascivious demons. I thought, 'If, despite this lie, he strips She also agreed to have one hundred of her children die every day. The eyes are very large, as well as the hands (if depicted). The "first light", which is the light of Mercy (one of the Sefirot), appeared on the first day of creation when God said "Let there be light". The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, which developed around 1848,[89] were greatly influenced by Goethe's work on the theme of Lilith. All rights reserved The National Library of Israel 2017 , The story of the three angels charged with safeguarding newborn babies and their mothers. He also created a woman from the earth, as He had created Adam In every place where a man sleeps alone in a house, she visits him and grabs him and attaches herself to him and has her desire from him, and bears from him. For other uses, see, The spirit in the tree in the Gilgamesh cycle, The bird-footed woman in the Burney Relief, Alsatian Krasmesser (16th to 20th century), In Western esotericism and modern occultism, , -, - ; - , . For instance, Isaiah, describing the condition to which Babylon was to be reduced after her ruin, says that she shall become the abode of satyrs, lamiae, and strigae (in Hebrew, lilith). Two organisations that use initiations and magic associated with Lilith are the Ordo Antichristianus Illuminati and the Order of Phosphorus. The demon(ess) is depicted in a frontal position with the whole face showing. Enter your e-mail below to receive the most interesting, quality content about the treasures preserved in the National Library! A number of the poems feature Lilith directly, including the piece Unwritten which deals with the spiritual problem of the feminine being removed by the scribes from The Bible. Angelic FoeOppressed By the Heavens PrikosnovenieReleased on: 2013-04-30Author: Angelic FoeCom. (Babylonian Talmud, tractate Bava Bathra 73a-b). [27], A connection between the Gilgamesh ki-sikil-lil-la-ke and the Jewish Lilith was rejected on textual grounds by Sergio Ribichini (1978). Leland further notes that Herodias is a name that comes from west Asia, where it denoted an early form of Lilith. In Hebrew-language texts, the term lilith or lilit (translated as "night creatures", "night monster", "night hag", or "screech owl") first occurs in a list of animals in Isaiah 34. The sound warns Lilith and gives her pause, making clear that she should not approach the mother and her newborn children. [56], Key features of the depiction of Lilith or Lilit include the following. The midrash develops the story of Moses's plea after God expresses anger at the bad report of the spies. Etymologically, we can trace the changes in the names of the angels/saints which have evolved over the years and which have been modified to suit any culture that embraced them. [63] Asmodeus was already well known by this time because of the legends about him in the Talmud. The figure is often depicted with arms and legs chained, indicating the control of the family over the demon(ess). XIV, 16)! Judging by the style of script, as well as the name of the youth to whom the manuscript was dedicated Yosef Tzemach Gabriel Donati which appears on the last page, it is likely that the manuscript was inscribed in Italy during the 18th or 19th century.
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