Mae Sharifi on Instagram: "Stories about Lilith started gaining in popularity during the Middle Ages. Jewish mothers would wear magical amulets and recite lullabies to cast off Lilith during childbirth and to protect laboring women and newborns. The origin of Lilith likely traces back to Mesopotamia. She appears in Sumerian, Akkadian, and Babylonian texts as Lilītu, Ardat-Lilî, and Lamashtu. Likewise, she was associated with sexual immorality and infant death. From the 18th century, she started