What would be implied by a person or culture (possibly, but not necessarily, one of the Fair Folk) addressing people as "Daughter of Adam" and "Son of Eve"?
liv: In English: My fandom is text obsessed / In Hebrew: These are the words (words)

From: [personal profile] liv


Lilith is in the Talmud, yes (isn't everything?) but I don't think the legend originates there. I'm pretty certain she's in Apocrypha somewhere, (the Book of Ben Sirach if my memory's not completely letting me down here), and also I think in one of the major Targumim. I think those are earlier sources than the Talmud, though of course dating the latter is always a problem.

The second wife I don't know much about other than that she existed; when you do get to your books, if you felt like providing more detail I'd be most grateful.

From: [identity profile] xiphias.livejournal.com


My memory is that that is all the detail there is: there was this second wife who Hashem created in front of Adam which just grossed him out so much that he couldn't deal with her at all.

From: [identity profile] zsero.livejournal.com


Well, I can't categorically state that no such thing appears in the entire Talmud, let alone in any Jewish source, but I very much doubt it. If you ever find a reference, please let me know. As I said in my other comment, I have tried chasing down those references that I did find cited, and none of them turned out to even hint at this legend, which is why I'm skeptical of such claims.
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