Lilitu and Lamashtu: Mesopotamia’s Child-Stealing Demons and the Oldest Layer of All
Elias Blackwood · October 10, 2026
Every popular history of vampires eventually reaches back to Mesopotamia and announces that the vampire begins with Lilith. I have read a fair number of those books, and I want to do something slightly different here: set out what the cuneiform material actually contains, and be honest about where the chain of descent is solid … Read more