Images of biblical women have been used for centuries, but some are much more controversial than others. One of the most infamous women associated with the Bible is directly mentioned in the Bible only once. Lilith is a woman whose story comes from Babylonian myths and demonology and was the response to a conflict in the Jewish creation story. She first appears in folklore, and more importantly, in the story of Gilgamesh, her story became a femme fatale. The effect of social constructs on the interpretation of femme fatale archetypes such as Lilith is evident in the comparison between Lilith's mythological beginnings and the sexualized representation in Gabriel Rossetti's painting Lady Lilith (1886). This transformation can be understood by analyzing the mythology surrounding Lilith, applying Jungian style female archetypes, and examining the art associated with Lilith. Lilith is a character whose origin is rooted in Babylonian demonology. She has been used to represent multiple different themes ranging from a seductress, a heroine, and even a murderer. All of these stories derive from the epic poem Gilgamesh and the Huluppu Tree, found on a Sumerian tablet dated around 2000 BC. Gilgamesh is a vain hero who seeks eternal life. In one of his adventures he rushes to assist Inanna, the goddess of erotic love and war. Inanna's precious willow tree (Huluppu) had been possessed by spirits, one of them a dragon lying at the base, a Zu bird who had placed her young among the branches of the tree, and near the demon Lilith had built her house. Gilgamesh, adorned in heavy armor, slays the dragon who scares the bird Zu into flying into the mountains and terrorizes Lilith as she flees into the desert. Lilith is briefly...... in the center of the sheet ......builds .Works CitedCotterell, Arthur. The Encyclopedia of Mythology. London: Lorenz, 1996. Print."Epic of Gilgamesh." Epic of Gilgamesh. Np, nd Web. 03 November 2013. Dante Gabriel Rossetti, “The Beauty of the Body” in The House of Life: A Sonnet-Sequence (Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press, 1928), p. 183"Judaism 101." Judaism 101. Np, nd Web. 03 November 2013. “King James Bible Online.” KING JAMES BIBLE ONLINE. Np, nd Web. 03 November 2013Samuel N. Kramer, Gilgamesh and the Huluppu-Tree: A Reconstructed Sumerian Text, The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies 10 (Chicago Unic, of Chicago, 1938)Tzvi Abusch, “Gilgamesh: Hero, King, God and the busy man”, AO 03:04.Wehr, Demaris S. Jung & Feminism: Liberating Archetypes. Boston: Beacon, 1987. Print. Zohar, Sperling, Harry, 2nd ed. (London: Sconcino 1984)