Researching Lilith

I've been doing a lot of research lately on the mythology of Lilith, and there are many different mythologies to go through. Mainly I'm doing this for the novel, because the idea of using a succubus-like creature of the underworld really appeals to me. One thing I want to avoid, though, is getting too close to modern vampire lore, especially the cuddly and cute kind, which is where a lot of modern tales of Lilith eventually lead. Also, I don't want my demon-creature to be revered as some sort of benevolent goddess as Lilith sometimes seems to be portrayed because of her supposed refusal to lay down and stick her legs in the air when Adam told her to, as a number of witchcraft mythologies of today suggest.

I think in the end I'm going to create a new type of demon, loosely based on Lilith, the succubae, the vampire, and the Valkyrie in a mashup of folklore and mythology from a number of different cultures and periods of history. She will definitely be a creator of demons, a queen of the underworld type of figure whose view of humans/civilization is a complex mixture of revulsion, envy, pity (but not love). She's definitely not going to play a key role in the book, but not as a main character, at least not until near the end. More, she'll be a sort of guide for the main character, acting as an unseen, unknown muse. The main character will be her plaything, being tested to see what choices and decisions she'll make along the way.

Before I sit down and actually write out her biography, though, I'd like to know more about Ailo, said to be the daughter of Lilith who slept with men. That could be useful in creating my new she-demon, but I haven't found much on her in a few quick Google searches. Namely all I've found is just that Ailo is the daughter of Lilith who slept with men, and that's it, but I'm also pretty much done researching for the day, too, so I haven't looked very hard. Maybe tomorrow when I'm a little more awake I'll look into it a little further.