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Lamia

Lamia (/ˈleɪmiə/ ⓘ; Ancient Greek: Λάμια, romanized: Lámia), in ancient Greek mythology, was a child-eating monster and, in later tradition, was regarded as a type of night-haunting spirit or "daimon".

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Etymology

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Middle Ages

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related to Adaptations · 16
Lamia → An Episode, Apollonius's, August Enna, Burton's The Anatomy, Cathedral History, For, In Keats's, James, John Keats's, Keats, Lycian, Lycius, Melancholy, Menippus, Other Poems, Philostratus
related to Interpretations · 16
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related to Identification as a serpent-woman · 13
Lamia → Apollonius, BC, Daniel Ogden, Diodorus, Diodorus Siculus, Duris, In, Keats, Libya, Life, Philostratus's, Samos, Tyana
related to Middle Ages · 13
Lamia → Alexandria's, Book, By, Early Middle Ages, Hebrew Bible, Hesychius, Isaiah, Isidore, Job, Lilith, Pope Gregory, Seville, The Vulgate
related to Poine of Argos · 12
Lamia → Apollo, Argos, Coroebus, First Vatican Mythographer, It, Ker, King Crotopus, Medieval, One, Poine, Psamathe, The
related to De-mythologized · 11
Lamia → BC, Diodorus, Diodorus Siculus, Diodorus's, Hera, Heraclitus Paradoxographus, Heraclitus's, Libya, Libyan, The, Zeus
related to Classical mythology · 10
Lamia → According, An, Aristotle's, Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Black Sea, He, Hera, Pontus, Scythian, Zeus
related to Genealogy · 8
Lamia → According, Egypt, Italy, King Belus, Laestrygonians, Lamos, Lybie, Zeus
related to Modern age · 8
Lamia → Angelo Poliziano, De, From, Greek, It, Plutarch's, Renaissance, Worded
related to As children's bogey · 7
Lamia → Ars Poetica, Diodorus, Horace, Lamia's, Numerous, Such, The

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Lamiais acommon vulgar term and empousa the proper term0.90text
Lamiais aavenging monster sent by Apollo against the city of Argos and killed by Coroebus0.90text
Lamiais amain antagonist in the 2009 horror film Drag Me to Hell0.90text
the Medusainstance ofSnake-like traits also appear in other ancient mythological figures0.80text
the Chimera.In previous centuriesinstance ofSnake-like traits also appear in other ancient mythological figures0.80text
Lamia was used in Greece as a bogeyman to frighten children into obedienceinstance ofSnake-like traits also appear in other ancient mythological figures0.80text
similar to the way parents in Spaininstance ofSnake-like traits also appear in other ancient mythological figures0.80text
Portugalinstance ofSnake-like traits also appear in other ancient mythological figures0.80text
Latin America used the Cocoinstance ofSnake-like traits also appear in other ancient mythological figures0.80text
Lamiarelated to AdaptationsJohn Keats's0.60section
Lamiarelated to AdaptationsOther Poems0.60section
Lamiarelated to AdaptationsApollonius's0.60section

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