Keywords: Lilitu.jpg This is an image of a terracotta relief from the Old Babylonian period now in the British museum called the Burney relief or Queen of the Night relief The depicted figure of a winged goddess-figure with eagle's feet flanked by owls and perched upon supine lions could be an aspect of the goddess Ishtar Mesopotamian goddess of sexual love and war However her bird-feet and accompanying owls have suggested to some a connection with Lilitu called Lilith in the Bible and identified as the first wife of Adam in extra-Biblical Jewish folklore though seemingly not the usual demonic Lilitu The British Museum does not believe this is Lilitu or Lilith nor do any modern scholars en Image Lilitu jpg en User Wetman/ en User Yeago PD-art Burney relief Queen of the Night Lilith Front views of nude women Uploads by Mattes from external sources Nude or partially nude women with birds in art |