Re: World Day for International Justice

David Dalton wrote:
> July 16 is World Snake Day, which I associate with Lilith, who
> is said to have taken a serpent shape, though she may be
> more associated with the screech owl shape.

Same Lilith that was Adam's first wife, a nasty piece of work:

https://www.learnreligions.com/legend-of-lilith-origins-2076660

According to the Alphabet of Ben Sira, Lilith was Adam’s first wife but 
the couple fought all the time. They didn’t see eye-to-eye on matters of 
sex because Adam always wanted to be on top while Lilith also wanted a 
turn in the dominant sexual position. When they could not agree, Lilith 
decided to leave Adam. She uttered God’s name and flew into the air, 
leaving Adam alone in the Garden of Eden. God sent three angels after 
her and commanded them to bring her back to her husband by force if she 
did not come willingly. But when the angels found her by the Red Sea 
they were unable to convince her to return and could not force her to 
obey them. Eventually, a strange deal was struck, wherein Lilith 
promised not to harm newborn children if they were protected by an 
amulet with the names of the three angels written on it:

“The three angels caught up with her in the [Red] Sea…They seized her 
and told her: ‘If you agree to come with us, come, and if not, we shall 
drown you in the sea.’ She answered: ‘Darlings, I know myself that God 
created me only to afflict babies with fatal disease when they are eight 
days old; I shall have permission to harm them from their birth to the 
eighth day and no longer; when it is a male baby; but when it is a 
female baby, I shall have permission for twelve days.’ The angels would 
not leave her alone, until she swore by God’s name that wherever she 
would see them or their names in an amulet, she would not possess the 
baby [bearing it]. They then left her immediately. This is [the story 
of] Lilith who afflicts babies with disease.”