Lilith (Hebrew: night hag)

The origin of Lilith lies in Babylonian mythology (Lilitu: wind spirit)
According to an old hebrew version of the genesis, Lilith was created as Adam´s first wife before Eve. Alike Adam, she was made of the dust of the earth, she was as big as he was, and was on a par with him on anything else. Adam was displeased with this equality for he understood himself as the image of God and demanded Lilith to be subservient to him and to lie beneath him during sexual intercourse for he wanted to be the giving sky and she should be the receiving earth. But Lilith refused to subserve. As Adam tried compel her obedience by force, Lilith shouted out the unpronounceable name of God, rose in the air and flew away. She settled down by the Red Sea where she coupled with the demon Djinn and gave birth to hundreds of demon children daily. God sent three of his angels who menaced Lilith to 100 of her children would die daily if she didn´t return to paradise. But Lilith wanted to keep her liberty and self-determination and did not come back.
So God dismissed the original creation concept. He gave a more amenable woman to Adam: Eve, who was "made" "as an assistance to him", unlike Lilith, who was "created". Lilith whereas dealt with studying the Ur-Tora, the Holy Scripture, to gain more knowledge. Lilith is also said to having been the serpent who seduced Eve to eat the forbidden fruit of the Tree of Knowledge.
In later myths, Lilith becomes an evil night demon who pursues young men, kills children and mates with Samael, the Ruler of the Underworld. In the bible genesis, Lilith does not get mention, it must be because due to her beeing a too free spirit and due to God´s infallibility, this affair does not fit in with the concept of the christian religion. Her name was found in some passages of the Jerusalem bible, but it likewise disappeared from there after the Refomation. Thereby she became a symbol of woman´s strength and femininity.