LAMIA  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen of See also:

• LIBYA

Libya . She was beloved by See also:

• ZEUS

Zeus, and when See also:

• HERA

Hera robbed her of her See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children out of See also:

• JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

jealousy, she killed every See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child she could get into her See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power (Diod . Sic. xx . 41; Schol . See also:

• ARISTOPHANES
• ARISTOPHANES (c. 448–385 B.e.1)

Aristophanes, See also:

• PAX (Lat. for " peace ")

Pax, 757) . Hence Lamia came to mean a See also:

• FEMALE

female bogey or demon, whose name was used by Greek mothers to frighten their children; from the Greek she passed into See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• DEMONOLOGY (L1alµwv, demon, genius, spirit)

demonology . She was represented with a woman's See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face and a See also:

• SERPENT (Lat. serpens, creeping, from serpere; cf. "reptile " from repere, Gr.4 ml-eta)

serpent's tail . She was also known as a sort of fiend, the prototype of the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• VAMPIRE

vampire, who in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a beautiful woman enticed See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young men to her embraces, in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order that she might feed on their See also:

• LIFE

life and See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart's See also:

• BLOOD

blood . In this form she appears in See also:

• GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON (1749-1832)

Goethe's See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Braut von See also:

• CORINTH
• CORINTH, ISTHMUS OF

Corinth, and See also:

• KEATS, JOHN (1795-1821)

Keats's Lamia . The name Lamia is clearly the feminine form of Lamus, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of the See also:

• LAESTRYGONES

Laestrygones (q.v.) . At some See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, or in some districts, Lamus and Lamia (both, according to some accounts, children of See also:

• POSEIDON

Poseidon) were worshipped as gods; but the names did not attain See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general currency . Their See also:

• HISTORY

history is remarkably like that of the See also:

• MALIGNANT (Lat. malignus, evil-disposed, from maligenus)

malignant class of demons in Germanic and See also:

• CELTIC

Celtic folk-See also:

• LORE
• LORE, AMBROISE DE (1396-1446)

lore .

Both names occur in the See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical nomenclature of See also:

• GREECE

Greece and See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor; and it is probable that the deities belong to that See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion which spread from Asia Minor over See also:

• THRACE

Thrace into Greece .