I don't own Jean Auel, nor her CoCB series. Sadly. Just thought you should know.
In this chapter: Greek goddesses, Egyptian goddess, Old old Testement, Sumerian, mother goddess Mut oh and Lilith.
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"What have you figured out about what's going on here?" Dean asked when all four of them were inside the small home Cait and Jilly had pulled them into.
Cait rolled her eyes. She couldn't understand how he could get captured, almost raffled off, get his ass saved, and still have his mind on business. She sat down on one of the couches in the room, and the others following suit; Jilly and Cait on one, and Sam and Dean on the other.
"Actually a lot." She answered, mentally making a note to chew him out later. "Have either of you read Jean Auel's books, the Clan of the Cave Bear series?"
Sam nodded. "Sure. The one about Ayla, right?"
Jilly snickered, making Dean look at her, not understanding her odd reaction.
"Sorry." She laughed. "Jean Auel's books are about a girl's journey through prehistoric Europe. Lots of romance and female angst."
"Hey!" Sam defended himself. "It had historical research behind it. Besides there's lots of sex and violence too."
Jilly nodded. "Okay, true, true."
Dean and Cait shook their heads and shared a glance. The entire time Dean was filing away the information in his brain to make fun of his brother about it later.
"Anyway." Cait interrupts. "Do you remember the original religion in that series?"
Sam nodded. "Yeah, they worshipped a Mother Goddess."
Jilly played with the pendent around her neck. "This town, it's inhabitants anyway, their religion is based on the worship of the Mother Goddess Mut. But they also worship Artemis, the Greek virgin goddess of the hunt, Athena, the Greek goddess of war, Isis, the Egyptian goddess of motherhood."
"No to mention several other goddesses, from all over the world and millennia." Cait added. "But their main goddess they worship is Lilith."
Sam's eyes widened when he heard the last name. "Oh, this is worse than I thought. Lilith? As in The Lilith?"
Dean was confused. "Lilith? Can someone translated for the ungeeky ones of the world?"
Cait turned to him, looking as if she'd forgotten he was there for a moment, they'd been sharing information so quickly.
"Sorry hon." She apologized. "Lilith was the wife of Adam, or rather his first wife."
Dean was even more confused. "Adam? As in Adam and Eve?"
The other three nodded in unison, kind of creeping Dean out."
"The legend goes that God created the first man and woman from the ground at the base of the Tree of Knowledge." Jilly told him. "That way they were equal."
Sam laughed silently, making Dean look at him. "Sorry, the next part's actually kind of funny."
Cait and Jilly nodded, amusement clear on their faces.
"Why haven't I heard of this before? I know I'm not exactly the churchy type, but still Adam's first wife?" Dean said with a shake of his head.
"The thing is, Lilith left Adam." Sam told his brother.
"Why?" Dean asked, answered with snickers. "What?"
"She wanted to be on top." Cait said with a smile. Dean stared at her blankly. "During sex." She added.
"Wait. They broke up because she wanted to be on top sexually?" Dean said in confusion. "That's the stupidest thing I ever heard. I don't see a problem with letting a woman be above, below or at my side." Cait smiled at Dean.
Sam nodded, earning him a smile from Jilly.
Cait continued with the legend. "She told Adam that she refused to be on bottom. He replied that he would never lie beneath her because he was superior."
"This of course pissed her off." Jilly said with a slight smile. "She told him where he could put his ideas, told God she was leaving, and flew from the Garden of Eden."
"Adam whined to his god, who sent three angels after her." Sam added next. "She'd already bred with Samael..."
"Another name for the Devil." Dean replied, interrupting Sam's part.
Sam nodded. "Between the two they spawned every demon that walked the Earth and resided in Hell. Anyway the angels appeared to Lilith and tried to make her go back to Adam and the Garden. She basically gave them the finger."
"So she's a demon?" Dean asked.
Cait shook her head. "No. She could use God's name without flinching, and was made human. Or rather super-human. Hence the whole 'flying from the Garden of Eden.' She literally took to the air and flew out."
"She's in many cultures, although she is called by many different names." Jilly said.
"Lilith in Christianity, Lilin in the Jewish faith, Lilitu in Sumerian, Rusalka in Slavic." Sam listed off a few of her names.
"Lilin?" Dean repeated. "As in the name of this town?"
Jilly nodded. "Exactly."
"Lilith is mainly considered the mother of all succubi." Cait added.
Dean groaned. "Succubi? Well that makes sense then."
"Those girls at the diner, were they each a succubus?" Sam asked, leaned forward.
Jilly shrugged and Cait tipped her head. "We have no idea." Jilly told them.
"And Crisis?" Dean asked.
Cait and Jilly shared a look. "It's Chryseis, Greek for golden one, and we have no idea." Cait repeated.
Dean and Sam looked at the girls with confusion clear on their faces.
"You don't know?" Sam asked in surprise.
"Hey." Cait said, raising an eyebrow. "We've only been here six hours. And we've already gotten the basic summary of their goddesses and that they worship Lilith. Plus, we know the basic make-up of their hierarchy and that they base their laws on those of the Ancient Amazons."
"Yeah." Jilly added, backing up her cousin. "And what did you two do? Disobey your Dad's orders and our requests and get kidnapped by Legs, Jugs and the Porcelain Doll? Cut us some slack."
The Winchesters shifted uncomfortably in their seats.
"And now we have a deadline." Cait said with a faint grimace.
"Deadline? What deadline?" Dean asked as he looked from the faces of Cait to Jill and back again.
"Do you remember what Chryseis told us when we claimed you two as belonging to us?" Jilly replied, leaning forward to look Sam and Dean clear in the eye.
"Yeah, she said 'You know the laws.'" Sam remembered. "What was that about?"
"When the full moon is high in the sky, the time for pleasurable activities is nigh. Artemis our goddess blesses the women then, and urges them to share their beds with men. When the three days of moonlight fade to light, so too shall the lives of those of masculine might." Cait recited.
"Nice poem, what does it mean exactly?" Dean asked.
"We're supposed to sleep with you. But on the morning after the end of the full moon, we will be ordered to kill you two. If we refuse, we'll be executed ourselves along with you." Jilly clarified.
"So..." Sam started, but stopped, unsure of what to say.
"So, let's finish this before our three nights are up." Cait told him. "Otherwise we're all screwed. Completely screwed."
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btw Lilith's talking to Adam? look it up I'm not even kidding it's kind of funny. You know, for the Bible.
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1998. Dean's 19, Sammy's 15.
Dean fell asleep after watching Dogma one too many times.
(cue dreamy heavenly music)
Dean looks around and finds himself sitting on a giant fluffy cloud. Stuck in the surprisingly sturdy cloud matter next to him is a sign that leans drunkenly to the side. It clearly says Cloud 8.
Dean: Huh?
It's so bright that he can barely see anything. Sunlight bouncing off the clouds is pretty much like sunlight bouncing off the snow. You need freaking sunglasses to see what's going on around you.
He looks down at his body and starts to get really weirded out. He's wearing some crazy-ass white dress thing.
Dean: What the...
Thunder booms and the scene goes temporarily dark, cutting off the last word of his exclamation. He rolls his eyes as he realizes that saying that particular word may not be the best plan right now. Who knows what might happen.
He feels a sudden breeze at his back and looks over his shoulder. He nearly falls over in shock when he sees giant white eagle-ish wings on his back.
Dean: Jesus!
A man who looked like he was trying out to be an Denzel Washington look-a-like appears out of thin air.
UM (unidentified man): What?
Dean: Nothing.
He violently shakes his head and when he looks back the man is nowhere in sight. He looks over the edge of the cloud curiously and sees the Earth far below.
Dean: I wonder...
Before he can finish his sentence however he hears the sound of giggling behind him. He looks up and sees another cloud going by, full of half-naked beautiful women. He wishes instantly that he was over there with them. When he blinks he finds himself in the middle of their group.
Dean: Hello ladies.
He promptly hits on ever girl in sight and finally convinces two of them to head to the hot tub with him. The girls are laughing and smiling, ready and willing for a little fun.
He strips to get into the hot water, and discovers much to his horror that from the base of his stomach to his legs there's... nothing. He's no longer anatomically correct. He screams.
(cue horror music)
Dean: Ahhh!
Sammy: Dean.
Dean: Ahhhh!
Sammy punches his brother in the shoulder, making him sit up instantly.
Sammy: Dean, man, it's okay. It was just a nightmare.
Dean (trying to play it off): I'm fine. I just...need a shower.
He jumps out of bed and pushes past his brother toward the motel shower. He closes his eyes and strips.
Dean (opening his eyes and looking down): Oh thank you Jimi Hendrix!
He heaves a happy sigh and steps into the shower.