Lilu (mythology)

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A lilu or lilû (Sumerian: líl-lá(-en-na), lú-líl-lá) is the masculine Akkadian word for a spirit or demon. A female lilû was called a lilītu (munus-líl-lá, ki-sikil-líl-lá(en-na), ᵈdim(-me)-gi₆) (and her adolescent counterpart ardat-lilî). Together, these were a class of demon that the ancient Mesopotamians believed emerged from the unfulfilled spirits of adults/adolescents who died before marriage or conceiving children. "Lilû" and its root word lil- also show wider meanings linked to spirits, desolation, and wild creatures.

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