Editing Lilith (section)

== In Arabic mythology ==
The [[Occultism (Islam)|occult]] writer [[Ahmad al-Buni]] (d. 1225), in his ''Sun of the Great Knowledge'' ({{langx|ar|شمس المعارف الكبرى}}), mentions a demon called "the mother of children" ([[:ar:أم الصبيان|ام الصبيان]]), a term also used "in one place".{{sfnp|Hurwitz|1980|p=160}}
Folkloric traditions recorded around 1953 tell about a jinn called ''Qarinah'', who was rejected by [[Adam in Islam|Adam]] and mated with [[Iblis]] instead. She gave birth to a host of demons and became known as their mother. To take revenge on Adam, she pursues human children. As such, she would kill a pregnant mother's baby in the womb, causes impotence to men or attacks little children with illnesses. According to occult practises, she would be subject to the demon-king ''Murrah al-Abyad'', which appears to be another name for Iblis used in magical writings. Stories about Qarinah and Lilith merged in early Islam.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lebling |first1=Robert |title=Legends of the Fire Spirits: Jinn and Genies from Arabia to Zanzibar |date=2010 |publisher=I. B. Tauris |location=New York City, New York and London, England |isbn=978-0-85773-063-3 |pages= 37|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qKL3AgAAQBAJ&q=ancient+Mesopotamian+genii+and+Islamic+jinn }}</ref>