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| The Lamia is a vampiric demon appearing in half-human, half-animal forms. Lamias drink blood of their victims, mostly children.
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| ==Description==
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| Lamias are exclusively female vampires or childbirth vampiric demons.
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| Lamia was a demon with the upper body of a woman, but lower deformed limbs, often depicted as snakes.
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| Night creature, Lamias prey on innocent children, drinking their blood and supposedly eating their flesh.
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| ===Etymology===
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| 1382, from Greek, Lamia stands for "female vampire," or. "swallower, lecher," from laimos "throat, gullet".
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| The word was used in early translations of the Bible for screech owls and sea monsters.
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| ===History===
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| The Lamia is a multi-cultural mythological creature.
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| :In Ancient she was the mortal lover of Greek God [[Zeus]], when his wife [[Hera]].found out she made her so insane that she ate all her offspring. When Lamia understood what she did, she became a furious monster and swore to kill children of others.
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| :Roman Mythology had its own version of Lamia, also known as the [[Stryx]]
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| :[[Lamme]] was a destroyer deity in Assyrian and Babylonian lore. After her [[Lamiae]], monstrous childbirth demons, were named.
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| ===Weaknesses===
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| Lamias can be attacked and killed with normal weapons.
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| ==See also==
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| *[http://vampires.monstrous.com/universal_vampire.htm Monstrous Vampires]
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| ==References==
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| *Guiley, Rosemary E. ''The Encyclopedia of Vampires, Werewolves, and Other Monsters'' (2004,Checkmark Books) ISBN 0-816-04684-0
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| [[Category:Vampires]] [[Category: Mythological Creatures]] [[Category: Angels & Demons]]
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