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contents, an aid to its use," New York, 1910, "Mysticism" 

 (p. 72-75) . The articles " Childbirth " and " Amulets " in a way 

 supplement the article " Lilith," as it is at childbirth that she dis- 

 plays her most pernicious activity, and many of the amulets are 

 worn as a protection against her evil machinations at all times, 

 but at childbirth especially. Women in that condition are ex- 

 posed to attacks from many quarters. According to the Rabbis 

 of the Talmud women die in childbirth to atone for' their neglect 

 of certain religious duties, the heavenly authorities taking advan- 

 tage of that dangerous period and using it against the delinquents 

 as a day of reckoning (Sabbath 32a). In all these articles the 

 principal passages of the Talmud and the Midrashim, and some- 

 times also those from the Kabbalah, relevant to the respective 

 subjects, are referred to, if not cited in full; whilst the references 

 appended at the end indicate the studies of modern Hebraists and 

 folklorists relating to the same topics. These references may 

 serve as a nucleus for the desired bibhography of the subject. 



The following few additional titles are offered as a contribu- 

 tion to the same : 



Baring-Gould, Sabine. Legends of Old Testament Characters. London, 



1871, p. 20. 

 Ben Jehuda, Eliezer. Millon ha-Lashon ha-Ibrit, v. 5, p. 2671-72 [proof 



sheets, 1915, in possession of the author.] 

 Briick, Moses. Vom Amulette bei einer Woechnerin. (In his Rabinische 



Ceremonialgebraeuche. Breslau, 1837, p. 50-55) 

 Cheyne, Thomas Kelly. The Prophecies of Isaiah. 5th ed. N. Y., 1892, 



V. I, p. 197-198. 

 Conway, Moncure Daniel. Lilith. (In his Demonology and Devil-lore. 



New York, 1879, v. 2, chapter IX.) 

 Ginzberg, Louis. The Legends of the Jews, v. i, p. 65-66. Philadelphia, 



1909. 

 Griinbaum, Max. Gesammelte Aufsatze zur Sprach- und Sagenkunde. 



Berlin, 1901, p. 94-95. 

 Hundt von Radowsky, Hartwig. Die Judenschule. London, 1823, Buch 



I, p. 121-123. 

 Krauss, Samuel. Victor Hugo. (Deborah, hrsg. von G. Deutsch, v. 2, p. 



81-83. Cincinnati, 1902.) 

 Levi, Israel. Lilit et Lilin. (Revue des Etudes juives, v. 6&, p. 5-21. 



Paris, 1914.) 

 M'Clintock & Strong. Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesi- 

 astical Literature, v. 9. N. Y., 1880, s. v. Screech-owl.) 



