Woman's Lore: 4,000 Years of Sirens, Serpents and Succubi Icy Sedgwick Written on the brink of

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Woman's Lore: 4,000 Years of Sirens, Serpents and Succubi Icy Sedgwick Written on the brink ofThe history of a demonic tradition that was stolen from women and then won back again. Demonic temptresses from siren mermaids to Lilith are well known today, and their mythology focuses around the seductive danger they pose to men. But the root of these figures can be traced back 4,000 years and in their earliest incarnations they were in fact demons worshipped and feared by women: like Lamashtu, the horrific talon footed, serpentine monster, who