Mythological creatures often hide under cover of night. Lamia in mythology is a monster that feeds on human children. Their existence is confirmed by some evidence. Creatures or people, relying on fear of the dark time of the day, specially invented terrible stories to frighten children or is there a very different version?
Who is Lamia?
She is the daughter of Poseidon, who reigned over Libya. Lamia is a monster, once a beautiful woman, who was in relationship with Zeus and paid for it. When the wife of Zeus, Hera, learned of the betrayal of her husband, she was enraged. She killed the children of Lamia and Zeus, and punished the seductress herself, turning it into a monster that had no sleep and at night devoured other people's children.
Lamia - Greek mythology
The image of this monster has spawned many initial variations on the subject of vampirism. Lamia, a female vampire, was first mentioned in Greek mythology . Brief description of the creature:
- he knows how to hide his mask carefully;
- prefers to live among people;
- his victim always lures away from prying eyes;
- feeds on human strength, emptying the body completely, drying it.
Compared to vampires, Lamia does not leave traces of bites on the bodies of her victims. Corpses are stored only if the next meal is scheduled for a short time, then, in time, the body is devoured. They multiply by picking up the sacrificial vessel - the person. Lamia does not fully eat it, but inwardly they colonize a particle of themselves. By a certain transformation, a new Lamia appears, having memories of the person who was before.
Lamia is the daughter of Poseidon
Lord of the Seas in Greek mythology Poseidon is a powerful deity. His wife is an unearthly beauty of the nymph Livia, who gave him several sons and a daughter. Lamia was just that daughter.
- It was an indescribable beauty girl. So she was pretty, that Zeus himself could not resist the feminine charms.
- Having told about the adventures of the faithful, his jealous wife, Hera, brought down all her righteous anger at the seducer.
- According to some legends, she killed Lamia's children herself, on the other - her mother made them do it.
Lamia - Gypsy mythology
In the artistic descriptions of vampires, gypsy tales are not the last place. Lamia is a gypsy demon luring young men, using the attractiveness of a woman's body and a captivating voice. This is a separate kind of creatures that settle between people, or at some distance base entire settlements (wild Lamia) and lure their victims, arranging ambushes near the roads.
Lamia and Lilith
In Christian religious writings, there is also a bloodsucking woman. Lamia demon: half serpent, half human. This image gave rise to Lilith in Christianity . Initially, God created a man who looked like himself. He created a man and a woman. That is, in the beginning, the woman stood on a par with the man, she was unruly, self-willed. Annually she gave birth to many children. But, because of some dissatisfaction, she decided to leave her faithful and, pronouncing God's name in her ears, found wings and flew away.
Lilith began to live with demons and produce offspring from them. God gave Adam another wife, Eve - humble and kind, but, the man really missed Lilith. Then the angels followed her. Celestials tried to reason with her, return to paradise. When they received a firm refusal, they threatened that Lilit would kill children every year. The demoness was mad with rage, and began to destroy the tribe of Adam and Eve - she flies at night and devours their children, seduces men and drinks their blood.
Lamia (mythology describes the prototype so) is a reflection in many demonic descriptions of different races. Until the end of this topic is still unexplored. Most likely, the human line of behavior was identified with the bloodsuckers, which can not always be explained on the basis of certain factors. All unknown scares.