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As promised, here is today's #ClassicsHalloween thread on the 'vampiric' creatures of Greek mythology. The first of these will be Lamia, whose name means 'Devourer'.
It's amusing to me to remember that I first encountered Lamia as a kid, in my D&D 'Monstrous Manual'
It's amusing to me to remember that I first encountered Lamia as a kid, in my D&D 'Monstrous Manual'
Lamia was a beautiful Libyan woman who was loved by Zeus. But every time she gave birth to a child he had fathered, the infant was murdered by Zeus' jealous wife, Hera, until Lamia was made mad with grief.
In her despair and frenzy, she envied the happiness of every mother more fortunate than herself; she began snatching and eating their children. The savage cruelty in which she now indulged rendered her ugly, and her face became fearfully distorted.
