Lilith's Cave: Jewish Tales of the Supernatural

by Uri Shulevitz and Howard Schwartz

Book Overview

Once upon a time in the city of Tunis, a flirtatious young girl was drawn into Lilith's dangerous web by glancing repeatedly at herself in the mirror. It seems that a demon daughter of the legendary Lilith had made her home in the mirror and would soon completely possess the unsuspecting girl. Such tales of terror and the supernatural occupy an honored position in the Jewish folkloric tradition.
Howard Schwartz has superbly translated and retold...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195067266
• ISBN13: 9780195067262
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Not Worth $35!!!

total ripoff for $35 I want my money back

so good!

scary stories! creative and archetypical. mostly about demons and stuff. AWESOME! this is the best folklore ever!

Top-notch! Entertaining but also with educational value

This an absolute delight of a book, with stories that will entertain adults and children alike. A number of the tales focus on Lilith, but there are also a good collection of other supernatural beasties here. Howard Schwartz is a first-rate scholar and even provides footnotes and background on the stories he presents. The information on the history of Lilith here sticks to proven facts instead of farfetched speculation and outright errors and fantasies most other books on the subject are filled with. I highly recommend this collection and Schwartz's other books of fairy tales as well.

Wonderful folktales

This is an excellent book of supernatural Jewish folktales. It's very well written. I would recommend it highly to anyone interested in Judaism, mythology, storytelling or the occult.

Good read for both specialists and the "average reader."

Try this : buy this book and read a tale before you go to bed at night. You probably won't be able to stop at just one! Schwartz has put together a great collection of supernatural tales, both long and short, that throw a fascinating light on Jewish folk culture. The general reader will appreciate the writing style, while folklore specialists will be glad he has included notes and references (in the back, thank you!) Fascinating elements to this goyisch reader : the magical power of simply studying the Torah and the frequent resort to a rabbinic court as a form of protection against and release from demons and spells.