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"Pleasing" |
Naamah -
In the cabala, one of 4 angels of prostitution, all
mates of Sammael, the other 3 being Lilith, Eisheth Zenunim, and
Agat (Iggereth) bat Mahlat. According to Rabbi Issac, the sons
of God, specifically Uzza and
Azael, were corrupted by Naamah.
Rabbi Simeon called her mother of demons, and Rabbi Hiya believed
she was the "great seducer not only of men but of spirits and
demons," and that, with Lilith, she "brought epilepsy to children."
[Rf. The Zohar I, 55a.] In The Legends of the Jews I, 150, Naamah is the mother of the devil
Asmodeus by the angel-demon
Shamdan. In Genesis 4:22, Naamah is a mortal, the sister of
Tubal-cain.
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