Naamah

Meaning of Name: "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.  (a)

 


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(a) "The Dictionary of Angels" by Gustav Davidson, © 1967

 


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