Lamia
There are several different meanings of
Lamia.
* Lamia the Latin word for
vampire or
witch.
*
Lamia, a
city in
Greece*
Lamia, a Greek
mythological figure
*
Lamiak (sing.
lamia), a
Basque mythological nymph-like creature
*
Lamia, a mouse-like
animal in
New Guinea*
Lamia is a genus of
beetles
* A poem by
John Keats, available at
Wikisource* The name of the mother of the
Libyan Sibyl* "The Lamia," a song on the
Genesis album
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway*
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
* Lami is a character from Kyoryuu Sentai ZyuRanger, agent of Bandora and wife of Grifozor. The two have a human child at the end of the series.
* The Arabic word for "
fiend."
* Lamia is the name of a character from
Betterman.
A
Lamia (plural
lamiak) in
Basque legend is a water sprite that lives in caves. In the
Basque Country, there are many places named after these creatures. Sometimes they take the form of beautiful women and attract men. The only way to tell they are not women is to look at their feet which are the feet of a duck. In some other legends they are half human and half fish. Most of time, they are seen combing their hair with golden combs. The only way to anger them is to steal one of their combs. The rest of the time they are kind. Other Basque legends say they are just the goddess
Mari.On the other side of the Pyrenees the comparable dangerous water nymph, sharing many of the same details, is
Melusine.
Lamia (ламя) in
Bulgarian short stories and folk tales, is a mysterious creature with several heads, which can grow over and over again if cut, feeding on people's blood or (more often) killing young women. This monster often tortures villages and is to be found in caves or underground. In some tales, it has wings, in others, its breath is on fire. A Lamia has no gender but is usually perceived as a female.
Lamia in
Libya is a kind of female vampire, who is said be extraordinarly attractive and extremely dangerous, especially to males and children. In one legend she is said to have been a personification of, and Queen of
Libya who, on account of
Zeus' affection toward her, drew the wrath of the goddess
Hera, who killed all of Lamia's children save
Scylla. Either a curse of Hera's or the grief of losing her children caused Lamia to turn into a monster. Thereafter she sought revenge for her lost children, roaming the earth, killing any infant she came upon, much like the Spanish tales of
La Llorona. According to
Diodorus Siculus's version of the story, Lamia has the ability to take out and put in her eyes, and had a
Sibyl's second sight.
*A variety of Lamia are used in the role-playing game
Dungeons and Dragons (
artwork from
Wizards of the Coast website).
*"The Lamia" is also a piece of music from the
Genesis concept album,
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.
*The
black metal band Lord Belial has a song called "Lamia", from their album
Enter the Moonlight Gate.
*Lamia is the name of a minor snake-like monster in the
Final Fantasy series. A notable one would be Maggie Mochet from
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles*Lamia are a type of succubus like monster in the Enchanted lands of the
MMORPG Everquest II.
*
Lahmians are a group of female
Vampires with seductive powers in the battletop game
Warhammer Fantasy, developed by
Games Workshop.
*Lamia are a bloodline of
Vampires from the
Dark Ages setting of
Vampire: The Masquerade, a role-playing game from
White Wolf Studios.
*
Macula's illustration of (Lamia) 
