"Lilith was Adam's first wife, but she refused to be submissive because she and Adam were made separate but equally of clay....so God made Eve from Adams rib."
"...she is a figure of terror, feared as a demon or vampire, and a night monster... also known as Lamia; Keats describes her as a serpent which assumed the shape of a beautiful woman 'palpitating snake... of dazzling hue, vermillion spotted, golden, green and blue'..." http://www.artmagick.com/pictures/picture.aspx?id=5847&name=lilith