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This paper is a sequel to my previous arIticle, “Why femme fatale in the end of the 19th century Europe & America?” in which the reason for femme fatale’s preponderance in the fin-de-siècle Europe and America has been investigated. In this article, I argued that the rampant existence of prostituting femme fatales in the end of the 19th century left a very negative impact upon the image of women, while emphasizing that the namesake of femme fatale is sibyl prophetess or soothsayer (託宣女司祭, 託宣巫女), “a figure who transmits heaven’s will and order,” and even can be understood a manifestation of female subjectivity in modern sense. It is time now therefore to recover the initiatory meaning of femme fatale, “the one who gives life,” as evidenced by original femme fatale, Eve whose literal meaning, as contrary to popular belief, is life (Hawah), not death.