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Adam'sfirstwifeLilithismentionedinancientOrientallegends,inTalmudandinthemedievalbooksofCabala.Accordingtothesesources,shewasnotcreatedfromAdam'sriblikeEvebutfromclaylikehehimself.NeverthelessLilithwasnotrecognizedbyAdamashisequalandlefthimafteraquarrelheadingforBabylonwherepre-Adamianslived.Shehasnosoul,andsheisimmortal.Lilithassumesdifferentnames,canchangeherappearance,andtakespossessionofmenagainsttheirwill.Onceit'saccomplished,sheleaveshervictimsforever,markingthemforeitherspiritual,orphysicaldeath.WhatevershedoesitisneitherGoodnorEvil.Sheismadeofanaltogetherdifferentmatter.Thestoryconsistsofthreeinterrelatedstories:"Escape"(1664,HanseaticLeague);"Loss"(1883,RussianEmpire/France);"AberrationFeelings"(1990,Latvia).