Editing Lullaby (section)

==Etymology==
[[File:Suo Gan - Susan Bullock (Darlun Fy Mam).oga|thumb|Traditional Welsh lullaby [[Suo Gan]] Sung by [[Susan Bullock]]]]
[[File:Nana - Macastre (8-A).ogg|thumb|Traditional lullaby from Macastre, Spain, recorded in 1975]]
The term 'lullaby' derives from the [[Middle English]] ''lullen'' ("to lull") and ''by''[''e''] (in the sense of "near"); it was first recorded circa 1560.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yDdfDwAAQBAJ&q=lullen+bye+lullaby&pg=PT4303|title=The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 3rd Edition, Anne H. Soukhanov: English Language|first=Anne H.|last=Soukhanov|date=15 June 2015|publisher=Bukupedia|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/tellingtalesstor00devo|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/tellingtalesstor00devo/page/102 102]|quote=lullen bye lullaby.|title=Telling Tales: Storytelling in the Family|first1=Gail De|last1=Vos|first2=Merle|last2=Harris|first3=Celia Barker|last3=Lottridge|date=15 July 2003|publisher=University of Alberta|via=Internet Archive|isbn=9780888644022}}</ref>

A [[folk etymology]] derives ''lullaby'' from "Lilith-Abi" ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] for "[[Lilith]], begone").<ref>Hines, Kathleen. "The Art of the Musical Zz: Cultural Implications of Lullabies around the World." Miwah Li, John Moeller, and Charles Smith Wofford College (2013): 74.{{clarify|date=July 2020|reason=Is this a journal article? A paper? a book?}}</ref><ref>Pathak, Vrushali, and Shefali Mishra. "Psychological effect of lullabies in child development." ''Indian Journal of Positive Psychology'' 8.4 (2017): 677–680.</ref><ref>Levin, S. "The evil eye and the afflictions of children." ''[[South African Medical Journal]]'' 32.6 (1958).</ref> In the [[Jewish]] tradition, Lilith was a demon who was believed to steal children's souls in the night. To guard against Lilith, Jewish mothers would hang four amulets on nursery walls with the inscription "Lilith – abei" ["Lilith – begone"].<ref>''The Human Interest Library: Wonder world'', Midland Press, 1921, p. 87</ref><ref>Hoy, Emme. "How do shifting depictions of Lilith, 'The First Eve', trace the contexts and hegemonic values of their times?." ''[[Teaching History]]'' 46.3 (2012): 54.</ref>