• Lilith and Kali by Gauri Chakravarti.

Lilith and kali
Both women, though arising from different religious and contextual beliefs, stand as the earliest manifestations of feminism. They serve as pivotal standpoints for woman empowerment.
Perceiving them independently, Lilith from Mesopotamian mythology is a demonic figure of Jewish folklore, the first wife of Adam from the Biblical perspective. Commentators and interpreters often envision Lilith as a dangerous, sexually wanton demon who steals babies in the darkness. Insolently refusing to be subservient to her husband, Lilith left Adam and the perfection of the Garden of Eden; three angels tried in vain to force her return while she demanded to be considered a woman in her own right.
 Lilith has cast a spell on humankind-modernism, and its ideals bring a different point of view to this goddess. Modern feminists celebrate her bold struggle for independence from Adam. Only with the advent of the feminist movement in the 1960s did she acquire her present high status as the model for independent women. The feminist theologian Judith Plaskow’s midrash on the story of Lilith played a key role in transforming her from a demon to a role model. The contemporary feminist movement found an inspiration in this image of Lilith as the uncontrollable woman. 
Kali, on the other end of comparison, is the deity of the dacoits and tribes that believe in blood sacrifices and dark magic. She is the most powerful form of Shakti, and the goddess of one of the four subcategories of a category of Tantric Shaivism. She destroys the evil in order to protect the innocent. Over time, Kali has been worshipped by devotional movements and tantric sects variously as the Divine Mother of the Universe. 
In the battle of Devi Mahatmyam, she appears from the body of sleeping Vishnu, to wake him up in order to protect Brahma and the World from two demons, Madhu and Kaitabha. Kali continues to go rampant with rage and thirst for blood, which forces Lord Shiva to placate this version of his wife - by lying down on the ground as a corpse in front of Kali, forcing her to stop in her tracks. 
Lilith’s striving ideals to break free from male dominance deserve to be admired and emphasized upon; their representation is entirely based on the perception of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ - not providing enough rationalization to categorize them. Kali’s demands were met, and she stood righteously by the male gods, and was applauded for her choices by the public - the same public that failed to acknowledge the freedom Lilith desired. 
With these terms, we can conclude that although both women enunciate feminine power and individualize authority of a challenged goddess in this androcentric and patriarchal society, Kali is the goal of empowerment while Lilith, even as the harsh reality is a symbol for this movement.