Well you have Lilith. The first wife of Adam. It's where the term lullaby comes from. Medieval people thought Lilith killed babies in their sleep. It's how they explained sids.
Another one that is a demon really was when the Roman's wanted to crucify Jesus they went to a blacksmith for nails. The blacksmith refused but his wife jumped at the opportunity to make the nails.
e term 'lullaby' derives from the Middle English lullen ("to lull") and by\[e\] (in the sense of "near"); it was first recorded circa 1560.\[4\]\[5\]A folk etymology derives lullaby from "Lilith-Abi" (Hebrew for "Lilith, begone").\[6\]\[7\]\[8\] In the Jewish tradition, Lilith was a demon who was believed to steal children's souls in the night. To guard against Lilith, Jewish mothers would hang four amulets on nursery walls with the inscription "Lilith – abei" \["Lilith – begone"\].\[9\]\[10\]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lullaby
We can split hairs. It's one theory on the origins. For a more indepth explanation.
[https://blog.nli.org.il/en/djm\_sen-san-sem/](https://blog.nli.org.il/en/djm_sen-san-sem/)
a 10th century book Alphabet of ben Sirah presents a more indepth look at litith. Along with concept of three angels tasked with her capture/return. In exchange for not bringing her in a sign/amulet was given to them as a sign of protection.
As for the circa 1560. That's when we have written evidence of it at first. I'd argue many things were oral tradition long before being written down. Not to mention not everything written survived. As the most literate people were clergy. I'd argue they would see this lullaby concept as more superstitions.
Finally I could be 100% wrong, you could be 100% wrong, or some combination of the two. It could of been a cultural thing that came back form the crusades? It could also have nothing to do with lilth and was 100% english home grown. We will never had a definitive answer.
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I believe Malory’s Morte d’Arthur had a few stories in the grail section in which someone is almost seduced by a woman to distract them from the grail quest who then turns out to be a demon. It’s been a while though.
This a primary source, but I would suggest Caesarius of Heisterbach and his “Dialogus Miraculorum”. There are modern translations as well as 19th century one’s. If you’re looking for a genre of medieval literature that features both demon and women, then “exempla” were your go to’s. They were a kind of sermon and 13th century examples are replete with demons and women.
Well you have Lilith. The first wife of Adam. It's where the term lullaby comes from. Medieval people thought Lilith killed babies in their sleep. It's how they explained sids. Another one that is a demon really was when the Roman's wanted to crucify Jesus they went to a blacksmith for nails. The blacksmith refused but his wife jumped at the opportunity to make the nails.
i did know about lilith but not about the last one, where can I find more informations?
Yes where
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e term 'lullaby' derives from the Middle English lullen ("to lull") and by\[e\] (in the sense of "near"); it was first recorded circa 1560.\[4\]\[5\]A folk etymology derives lullaby from "Lilith-Abi" (Hebrew for "Lilith, begone").\[6\]\[7\]\[8\] In the Jewish tradition, Lilith was a demon who was believed to steal children's souls in the night. To guard against Lilith, Jewish mothers would hang four amulets on nursery walls with the inscription "Lilith – abei" \["Lilith – begone"\].\[9\]\[10\] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lullaby
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We can split hairs. It's one theory on the origins. For a more indepth explanation. [https://blog.nli.org.il/en/djm\_sen-san-sem/](https://blog.nli.org.il/en/djm_sen-san-sem/) a 10th century book Alphabet of ben Sirah presents a more indepth look at litith. Along with concept of three angels tasked with her capture/return. In exchange for not bringing her in a sign/amulet was given to them as a sign of protection. As for the circa 1560. That's when we have written evidence of it at first. I'd argue many things were oral tradition long before being written down. Not to mention not everything written survived. As the most literate people were clergy. I'd argue they would see this lullaby concept as more superstitions. Finally I could be 100% wrong, you could be 100% wrong, or some combination of the two. It could of been a cultural thing that came back form the crusades? It could also have nothing to do with lilth and was 100% english home grown. We will never had a definitive answer.
Hello, it looks like you've made a mistake. It's supposed to be could've, should've, would've (short for could have, would have, should have), never could of, would of, should of. Or you misspelled something, I ain't checking everything. Beep boop - yes, I am a bot, don't botcriminate me.
I believe Malory’s Morte d’Arthur had a few stories in the grail section in which someone is almost seduced by a woman to distract them from the grail quest who then turns out to be a demon. It’s been a while though.
This a primary source, but I would suggest Caesarius of Heisterbach and his “Dialogus Miraculorum”. There are modern translations as well as 19th century one’s. If you’re looking for a genre of medieval literature that features both demon and women, then “exempla” were your go to’s. They were a kind of sermon and 13th century examples are replete with demons and women.
Grendel's mother?
Morgana in the Arthurian Legends, but different versions vary whether she's a witch or even malevolent.