Abstract
Why has the ancient Sumerian myth of the demon goddess Lilith become part of Jewish lore? Rabbinic sages (100 C.E. to 600 C.E.) applied midrash, a method of Jewish textual analysis, to the original biblical creation story to validate the position that Eve was Adam’s equal partner. Why did the rabbinic sages of the Talmud feel the compulsion to augment the biblical story of Adam and Eve with the Near Eastern myth of the dark feminine of Lilith? These questions are addressed using object relations theory and the Jungian archetypes of the Great Mother and the anima. The lens of psychological theory shows that this mythic goddess has the potential to re-emerge from the depths of the unconscious.
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