Category:Lamia (mythology)

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For the longhorn beetle genus see category:Lamia (Coleoptera).

For the city in Greece see category:Lamia (Greece).

English: In Greek mythology, Lamia was a beautiful queen of Libya who was later cursed, transforming her into a child-eating daemon. Zeus gave her the ability to remove her eyes and have the gift of prophecy. She is usually described as having the upper body of a woman and lower half of a serpent.

See also: Lilith and Medusa.

Media in category "Lamia (mythology)"

The following 14 files are in this category, out of 14 total.

A Lamia Wellcome L0005336.jpg 959 KB
Draper-Lamia.jpg 164 KB
Frammenti di mosaico pavimentale del 1213, 24.JPG 2.77 MB
Herbert James Draper, Study for Lamia.jpg 254 KB
John Waterhouse - Lamia - Google Art Project.jpg 4.75 MB
Lamia and the Soldier.jpg 2.02 MB
Lamia Waterhouse.jpg 409 KB
Redgirl and knight01.jpg 74 KB
John William Waterhouse - Vain Lamorna, A Study for Lamia.jpg 1.68 MB
Lamia by Herbert James Draper (1909).jpg 167 KB
Lamia Garagartzan Arrasate 2007-01-01.JPG 659 KB
Lamiamyth.jpg 55 KB
San Giovanni Evangelista in Ravenna, sphinx.jpg 508 KB
Topsell-91.jpg 54 KB

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