13 Goddesses Challenge - Week #4: SEMITIC - LILITH

Hellooo!

I can't believe it's been one month already since we started 

13 GODDESSES IN 13 WEEKS CHALLENGE!

Most of your artwork has been shared in our FB group

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But you can always share it here on my blog, too, until December 31st! 

 The prompt for this week is: Semitic

I chose Goddess 

LILITH

Although her myth originated in Mesopotamian religion,  we mostly know her from Jewish Mythology.

Lilith is known as a Demon and as Adam's first wife, the one who refuses to submit to male supremacy and, thus, is banished and replaced by Eve. She then becomes a demon.

There are various myths linked to this "Wild Goddess", but they all agree on her being a dangerous woman.

Her name can be translated as "female night being" or "female night demon".

What I love of Lilith's myths is that She is a woman who frightens men, especially the patriarchal-style ones. She can be seen as the Mother of Feminism.

Here is my Lilith.

I glued some scrap paper on my page and gessoed it.

Started my sketch.

Being a creature of the night, I colored her hair purple.

I then added black to the bird on her head to represent a crow, a psychopomp (guide of souls to the Otherworld).

And here She is in all her beauty! :)

She is a Queen, so I gave her a crown.

Now, show me your Goddess! :)
You can join anytime until December 31st, 2016!

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Enjoy!