Lilin
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The 'lilin' or 'lilim' (singular 'lili') are dangerous creatures of Jewish folklore. According to some stories, they are the daughters of Lilith, Adam's first wife, by the Angel of Death Samael, often identified with Satan. They are demons, with their function being similar to that of a succubus. While men feared them for this reason, mothers feared the attack of the lilin because they were also said to kidnap children, as Lilith herself did.
Upon deserting Adam and turning against God, Lilith was warned that one hundred of her demonic children would die daily if she did not return to God. She refused, and so it is said that one hundred lilin die daily.
The masculine of lili is lilu, a demon attested in Akkadian mythology. See Lilith for an etymological discussion.
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