Lamia

A creature from ancient mythology. The upper part of the body in her human, and the lower snake. She feeds on the blood of their victims, but can eat the whole thing. Takes out eye and puts them in the bowl to go to sleep. Can turn into a beautiful girl and to deprive a man of semen.

In the various myths mentioned that Lamia can represent not a separate entity, and the cluster of movable dark will snakes or insects. In other myths it is mentioned that they still have the face of a beautiful woman, sometimes the upper part of the body, but the bottom can belong to a snake or spider.

The word "lamia" was used in "the Vulgate" (Biblia Vulgata "Common Bible", the Latin translation of the Holy Scriptures, based on the writings of Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus) as the equivalent of the Hebrew name Lilith. The word has many associations in folklore and legends.

The Lamia was also called beings such as mermaids, or Nereids, in the Basque mythology — lamina.

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