Naamah begins in Genesis as a fleeting name, the sister of Tubal-cain, but rabbinic and Kabbalistic tradition transform her into a demoness of surpassing beauty. The Zohar names her among the succubi who seduced the angels and who couple with sleeping men to breed demons, and reckons her one of the four queens of the demonic hierarchy alongside Lilith, Agrat bat Mahlat and Mahalath. She is called mother of demons and, in the aggadic tradition, mother of Ashmedai the demon-king. Sources differ over whether the human Naamah of Genesis and the demonic Naamah are one figure or two who share a name.