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Help[Opinions] Re: Lilith...
in reply to a message by ninjato
It's a pretty sound but too self consciously edgy for me to really like. Lilith is what the goth kid in high school names their cat. I think Lilit has less of the association and it also looks and sounds more beautiful and timeless. I love Lilit. It is occasionally used in Armenia, which is interesting. I wonder if there is a different mythology surrounding Lilith there?
This message was edited 7/8/2011, 7:27 AM
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I also really would rather it were Lilit, for the sound of that ... it'd be neat if the Armenian name you mention had a different origin.
But the myths ... seem rather misinterpreted by people who like the name Lilith, to me. Everyone wants to interpret it as if she were some kind of rebel or grrl power figure, which assumes a default subjugated status of women. All I've read is the Wikipedia entry on Lilith, which refers to many different accounts of what Lilith supposedly meant before modern times, so I could be corrected - but approximately none of it is empowering to women. Lilith seems to exist to create or, at best, passively affirm an association between femaleness / female sexuality and demons, night, danger to men, and evil. Bleagh. Goth cat, totally.
I'm voting Lilith down, Leila and Liana up, for sexy name of the month.
I also really would rather it were Lilit, for the sound of that ... it'd be neat if the Armenian name you mention had a different origin.
But the myths ... seem rather misinterpreted by people who like the name Lilith, to me. Everyone wants to interpret it as if she were some kind of rebel or grrl power figure, which assumes a default subjugated status of women. All I've read is the Wikipedia entry on Lilith, which refers to many different accounts of what Lilith supposedly meant before modern times, so I could be corrected - but approximately none of it is empowering to women. Lilith seems to exist to create or, at best, passively affirm an association between femaleness / female sexuality and demons, night, danger to men, and evil. Bleagh. Goth cat, totally.
I'm voting Lilith down, Leila and Liana up, for sexy name of the month.
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Never seen Lilit before -how pretty! Also, have to agree about the goth cat.;)
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