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noun - (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living

A monster represented as a serpent with the head and breasts of a woman and reputed to prey on human beings and suck the blood of children.

A female vampire.

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a mythical monster supposed to have the body of a woman, and to prey on human beings and suck the blood of children.
(folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living
Greek Mythology A monster represented as a serpent with the head and breasts of a woman that ate children and sucked the blood from men.
A female vampire.
Geographic Matches
Lamia, Cantabria, SPAIN
Lamia, Adamawa, NIGERIA
Lamia, Calabria, ITALY
Lamia description
Lamia (; Greek: ), in ancient Greek mythology, was a woman who became a child-eating monster after her children were destroyed by Hera, who learned of her husband Zeus's trysts with her. Hera also afflicted Lamia with sleeplessness so she would anguish constantly, but Zeus gave her the ability to remove her own eyes.
* "Lamia" was also used as a bogey word to frighten and discipline children.
* In later traditions and storytelling, the lamiai became a type of phantom, synonymous with the empusai which seduced youths to satisfy their sexual appetite and fed on their flesh afterward. A fabulous biography of Apollonius of Tyana defeating a Lamia seductress has inspired the poem Lamia by Keats.
* The lamia has been ascribed serpent-like qualities, which some commentators believe can be firmly traced to mythology from antiquity, and they have found analogues in ancient texts that could be designated as lamiai (or lamiae) which are part-serpent beings. These include the half-woman, half-snake beas
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