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	Lamia (mythology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On the fringes of Greek mythology Lamia was one of the monstrous bogeys that terrified children and the naive, like her daughter Scylla, or Empousa.
		Lamia had the gift to be able to take her eyes out and then put them back in, the mark of a Sibyl possessed with the second sight: compare the Graeae and the Norns.
		John Keats described the Lamia in Lamia and Other Poems, presenting a description of various colors of Lamia that was based on Burton's, in Anatomy of Melancholy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lamia_(mythology) (911 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 714 (v. 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In one instance, however, she is recorded to have made a better use of the treasures which were lavished upon her by her lover with almost incredible profusion, and built a splendid portico for the citizens of Sicyon, probably at the period when their city was in great measure rebuilt by Demetrius.
		Lamia, praetorius vir, who is said to have been placed upon the funeral pile as if dead, and then to have recovered his senses, and to have spoken after the fire was lighted, when it was too late to save him from death.
		Lamia was the founder of his family, to whom he appears to have bequeathed considerable wealth, which was acquired by his commercial speculations as a Roman eques.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/1822.html (1045 words)

	Lamia - GvE Encyclopedia
		Lamiae are a horrible creature: a woman-headed snake.
		Lamia was a figure in Greek mythology, a woman cursed by Hera when Zeus showed her favor.
		Lamia was driven nearly mad by the transformation and took out her fury on the children of other women...
	www.goodvevil.com /wiki/index.php/Lamia (250 words)

	John Keats' "Lamia"
		Lamia was a beautiful woman whose children were taken away in jealousy by Hera because Zeus had loved her.
		Lamiae, obviously related to the persona of Lamia, the fearful child-snatcher, were handsome ghostly women who by various sensuous means lured young men to their beds.
		So although Lamia's mythological origins are quite different from those of Lilith, at some unidentified point ("in later legend"), Lamia's identity was merged with that of the Lamiae and she was, therefore, endowed with characteristics strikingly similar to those of Lilith.
	www.geocities.com /Wellesley/Garden/4240/lamia.html (2073 words)

	Lamia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lamia the Latin word for vampire or witch.
		Lamia Loveless, a fictional character from the Super Robot Wars series
		Lamia was a recurring monster in the Final Fantasy series, often having a tiara in their possession to be dropped or stolen
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lamia (163 words)

	· Darkness Forums > Greek Monsters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In Greek Mythology, the Chimera or Chimaera was one of the offspring of Typhon and Echidna.
		In Greek mythology, the Nereids (NEER-ee-eds) are sea nymphs, the fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris.
		In Greek mythology this world-ocean was personified as a Titan, a son of Uranus and Gaia.
	forum.darkness.com /lofiversion/index.php/t13578.html (9489 words)

	The Ultimate Lamia (mythology) - American History Information Guide and Reference
		Lamia is a mythological person: the daughter of Poseidon and Lybie.
		Lamia was cursed with the inability to close her eyes so that she would always obsess over the image of her dead children.
		A Lamia in Basque legend is a water sprite that lives in caves.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/Lamia_(mythology) (450 words)

	LAMIA - LoveToKnow Article on LAMIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hence Lamia came to mean a female bogey or demon, whose name was used by Greek mothers to frighten their children; from the Greek she passed into Roman demonology.
		She was also known as a sort of fiend, the prototype of the modern vampire, who in the form of a beautiful woman enticed young men to her embraces, in order that she might feed on their life and hearts blood.
		The name Lamia is clearly the feminine form of Lamus, king of the Laestrygones (q.i~).
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LA/LAMIA.htm (231 words)

	Lamia
		I think the lamia somewhat enjoys her seductive power over men and like the naughty girl she is "likes to play with her food." Though a single hero might have trouble defeating her, or even escaping her sensual clutches; would makes a wonderful rescue scenario, where his friends would have to save him.
		If the victim has more success than the lamia enrapturing gaze then the illusion is broken, and he sees her for what she is. The lamia's difficult for enrapturing him increases to 10 for the rest of the scene.
		The lamia is very cunning and will use her charms to keep her prey from performing a decisive actin till she has a chance to try again.
	www.fortunecity.com /rivendell/chronos/254/Changeling/lamia.html (921 words)

	Lamia
		When Zeus saw what had be done to Lamia, he felt pity for her and gave his former lover a gift: she could remove her eyes, and then put them on again.
		Lamia envied the other mothers and took her vengeance by stealing their children and devouring them.
		Another version of this myth states that Hera killed Lamia's children and that it was her grief that turned her into a monster.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/l/lamia.html (247 words)

	Lamia - Demons, Demonology, and Evil in Europe
		In anger and frustration, Lamia retreated to a cave where she unleashed her wrath by killing the offspring of human mothers, usually by sucking the blood of the children.
		These actions transformed Lamia's beauty into ugliness, but she was able to briefly regain her beauty to seduce men, & is said to have drunk their blood.
		Her name is derived from lamias, the evil female demons with dragon heads at the end of their feet found in deserts.
	www.deliriumsrealm.com /delirium/mythology/lamia.asp (455 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 713 (v. 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		She was beloved by Zeus, and Hera in her jealousy robbed her of her children.
		Lamia, from revenge and despair, robbed others of their children, and murdered them; and the savage cruelty in which she now indulged rendered her ugly, and her face became fearfully distorted.
		5.) In later times Lamiae were conceived as handsome ghostly women, who by voluptuous artifices attracted young men, in order to enjoy their fresh, youthful, and pure flesh and blood.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/1821.html (965 words)

	:::► Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net ◄:::
		The legitimate offspring of her union with Zeus is Ares, Hebe (the goddess of youth), Eris (the goddess of discord) and Eileithyia (goddess of childbirth).
		Lamia (mythology) Lamia was a queen of Libya, whom Zeus loved.
		While most mythology regarding Hera seems to be conveniently omitted by most modern Neopagans, her roles remain much the same as they were in classical Hellenistic Paganism.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Hera.html (2597 words)

	Lamia
		Though sometimes Lamia is called the sister of Lilith and sometimes called the daughter of Lilith.
		Lamia in Myth In Greek mythology, Lamia was the daughter of Libya and Belus.
		As a result of Hera's wrath, Lamia retired to a cave from which, unable to strike at Hera, she took her anger out by killing the offspring of human mothers.
	www.angelfire.com /md/DarkEden/Lamia.html (298 words)

	FictionPress.Com Story : Tainted Angel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		She is a teenager, an average teenager, with a passion for mythology.
		The house of Lamia had always been in power as their family received the right to royalty when they formed the strategy that allowed vampires to become temporarily victorious over the Faerie realm, with whom the Vampires had been warring with for centuries.
		Vampires were close to becoming extinct when the house of Lamia: The Vampire house of magic, found a spell and sent the Faerie back to their dimension in which they were sealed.
	www.fictionpress.com /read.php?storyid=1261652 (1215 words)

	Greek Mythology: LAMIA Shark Daimon
		LAMIA was a child-devouring Sea-DAIMON representing large, aggressive sharks.
		Both Lamia (Lone-Shark) and Keto (Sea-Monster) were said to have spawned the monster Skylla (the Rending One).
		Another child of Lamia was the boy-daimon Akheilos (the Lipless One) who was said to have been transformed into a shark by Aphrodite.
	www.theoi.com /Ther/Lamia.html (763 words)

	Metropolis Records: Lamia
		Hailing from Greek mythology, Lamia was once a Libyan queen who fell in love with Zeus and eventually bore his children.
		Years of sleeplessness and the sickening image of her dead children bred a jealousy inside of Lamia that drove her to insanity.
		Using the myth behind the name Lamia as a means of new experimentation, the band began sampling antique and sacred music on top of electronic beats.
	www.metropolis-records.com /artists?artist=lamia (295 words)

	Pagan News - Pagan News & Information
		In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, HÃªra the Great Goddess of pre-Hellene Minoan culture transmitted to the Greeks through Mycene and other city-states of the Mycenean culture, had been made into the wife and sister of Zeus.
		For a time, a nymph named Echo (mythology) had the job of distracting Hera from Zeus affairs by incessantly talking.
		Lamia (mythology)Lamia was a queen of Libya, whom Zeus loved.
	www.pagannews.com /cgi-bin/gods3.pl?Hera/Juno (1699 words)

	AllRefer.com - Lamia (Folklore And Mythology) - Encyclopedia
		Lamia[lA´mEu] Pronunciation Key, in Greek mythology, grief-crazed woman whose name was used to frighten children.
		Her own children were killed by Hera, who was jealous of Zeus' love for her; thereafter Lamia, out of envy for happy mothers, stole and killed the children of others.
		In later legend, the name Lamia was also used for a woman who lured a youth to his destruction.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/Lamia-myth.html (169 words)

	Mythography \| The Greek Creature Lamia in Myth and Art
		In Greek mythology, Lamia was the daughter of Libya and Belus.
		According to the legend, Zeus engaged in an affair with Lamia.
		As a result of Hera's wrath, Lamia was compelled to eat her own children.
	www.loggia.com /myth/lamia.html (360 words)

	Werewolf.com Discussion Boards - A Little Vampire History
		Shrouded in the shadows of time, the exact date of the vampire legends are unknown, but there has been eveidence of stories and writings of the vampire with the Chaldeans in Mesopotamia, near the Euphrates River, Assyrian writings on clay and stone tablets and near the Tigris river.
		Lamia as mythology tells us, was a lover of Zeus, but his wife Hera became jealous and fought against Lamia.
		Lamia was driven insane, and she killed her own offspring.
	www.werewolf.com /vb/showthread.php?mode=hybrid&t=485 (966 words)

	· Darkness Forums > The first Vampire
		It was said that the lamia couldnt make others of her kind, just vampires and those vampires could make more.
		I never said she was the first vampire i said "that it is rumored that the first vampire came FROM the lamia" also " The ancient Greeks believed that the Lamia was a vampire who stole little children to drink their blood." not that she was, that to the ancient greeks she was.
		What I've heard of a Lamia she has the lower body of a snake and the upper body of a woman.She can change to a full human shape effortlessly.
	forum.darkness.com /lofiversion/index.php/t17456.html (1220 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Lamia was a Lybian queen who fell in love with the God Zeus.
		When learning of her husband’s adultery, the Goddess Hera killed Lamia’s children and deformed her into a monster, cursed to walk the earth forever unable to close her eyes.
		Featuring female vocals, throbbing electronics, and classical instruments (such as harpsichords and organs), Lamia is pushing the envelope and trudging into under developed realms.
	www.stormingthebase.com /details.asp?ProdID=209&artists=Lamia (172 words)

	Splendid Magazine reviews Lamia: Dark Angel
		Borrowing their name from a tragic figure from Greek mythology, this Argentine act serves up standard EBM with a novel twist: they get medieval on your ass, harnessing what they call "antique" music (mainly harpsichord riffs and baroque organ leads) and grafting those cobwebbed sounds onto the usual electro-danse programming.
		Additionally, in what almost seems to be an afterthought, Lamia throw some soprano and spoken word (courtesy of Claudia Rolando) into the mix, accentuating the music with a spike of sexuality.
		Responsibility for Lamia's stunted appeal appears to fall on the shoulders of Juan Andres Celasco, who's responsible for all the beats, keyboards and programming.
	www.splendidezine.com /review.html?reviewid=10929975361007059 (319 words)

	Lamia? - Dragon's Den Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		According to Islamic mythology, the Bahamut is a giant fish that swims in a vast sea.
		With the development of the fantasy genre throughout the 20th century, re-examination and modernization of ancient mythologies became commonplace, creating a "modern mythology" in the process.
		in fact in 7th grade we had a mythology unit and in ss i was a captin[highest ranking person,only three preople wear captins]beause that was the roman mythology, and in english i was a priest[second highest] and not to brag i got a's in both those classes
	www.woodus.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=5085 (2197 words)

	"A Blood Moon Arisen" - Female Vampires in Mythology
		Greek demons from mythology who could assume the guise of flesh and blood, disguised as human women, to prey upon the mortals, for their blood.
		Known also as "Ghoul" in oriental mythology, the "Ghole" from the rabbinic tradition is either a specter, a witch or a vampire who sucks the blood of any man, woman or child or digs up the dead by night to eat the heart of the corpse.
		A hideous female vampire found in Greek mythology, said to be part of the goddess Hecate entourage and not quite as repulsive as the empusa.
	members.fortunecity.com /marissa21/bloodmoon/page01/mythlist.htm (3094 words)

	Lamia (mythology) - TheBestLinks.com - Hera, John Keats, Libya, Poseidon, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Lamia (mythology) - TheBestLinks.com - Hera, John Keats, Libya, Poseidon,...
		Lamia (mythology), Hera, John Keats, Libya, Poseidon, Vampire, Zeus, Lybie...
		A variety of Lamia are also used in the role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons (artwork (http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/MM35_gallery/MM35_PG164b.jpg) from Wizards of the Coast website).
	www.thebestlinks.com /Lamia___28__mythology__29__.html (349 words)

	Keats and Hellenism - Cambridge University Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Dr Aske argues that classical antiquity appears to Keats as a supreme fiction, authoritative yet disconcerting, and his poems represent hard endeavours to come to terms with the influence of that fiction.
		The major poems (most notably Endymion, Hyperion, the Ode on a Grecian Urn and Lamia) form a stage, as it were, upon which is played out a psychic drama between the modern poet and his classical muse.
		The study is especially bold in its assimilation of historical scholarship and literary theory to a close reading of the texts.
	www.cup.cam.ac.uk /uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521305616 (223 words)

	Lamia
		There are different versions of the Lamia: one is a female demon who, in the form of a beautiful women, entices and eats children.
		Another version is that have the face and breast of a woman, and the rest of the body like a serpent; although they could not speak, their hissing was pleasing.
		Greek mythology- Jupiter loved Lamia, but a jealous Juno deformed her and took her children.
	www.eaudrey.com /myth/lamia.htm (284 words)

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