Lamia mythology

Lamia is a devastatingly beautiful monster, part woman and part serpent. Before she was cursed with her terrible new form, she was a powerful but relatively innocent woman.

In ancient times a hideous monster roamed the deserts of Libya. Part woman, part beast, Lamia was as swift as the wind and could pluck her own eyeballs out of her head then pop them back in. Though she often preyed upon shipwrecked sailors, Lamia's favorite victims were children-whom she hunted down and ate! Four-Legged Lady: Lamia was sometimes described as a four-legged creature with the head and upper body of a female. Her lower body was scaly, and she had a horse's tail. Her front feet…

Lamia, in ancient Greek mythology, was a woman who became a child-eating monster. The lamia has been ascribed serpentine 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 beasts of the "Libyan myth" told by Dio Chrysostom, and the monster sent to Argos by Apollo to avenge Psamathe…

The demon lamai eatter of children and souls

Description Nagas have roots in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, but a Native American inspired Naga just seemed like a fun idea. She’s referenced more from southwestern tribes, along with her snake half being like a diamondback rattlesnake. I couldn't quite find a palette for her, so I kinda cheated and picked two from Chromaa. Sorry this one took a while, I've been busy moving back to school. Up next is the Mermaid! BUY A PRINT HERE

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Lamia is a figure in Greek mythology who began as a beautiful mortal queen who angered the Olympian gods when she had an affair with the chief god Zeus - in a fit of jealous rage, his wife Hera (a goddess known for her cruelty) cast a curse upon the queen and killed her children. Driven insane by the deaths of her children Lamia became a child-eating demon that devoured many children. In the original myth, her face was said to become horribly deformed as a result, but in later tellings of…

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