EVEN COWGIRLS GET THE BLUES

Lilith - John Collier, 1892

"After God created Adam, who was alone, He said, 'It is not good for man to be alone'. He then created a woman for Adam, from the earth, as He had created Adam himself, and called her Lilith. Adam and Lilith immediately began to fight. She said, 'I will not lie below', and he said, 'I will not lie beneath you, but only on top. For you are fit only to be in the bottom position, while I am to be the superior one'. Lilith responded, 'We are equal to each other inasmuch as we were both created from the earth'. But they would not listen to one another. When Lilith saw this, she pronounced the Ineffable Name and flew away into the air". (The Alphabet of Ben-Sirach)

(2009)