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Encyclopedia > Lamia
Look up lamia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Lamia may refer to: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...


In mythology:

In gaming: The Lamia who moodily watches the serpent on her forearm (painting by Herbert James Draper, 1909), appears to represent the hetaira. ... Lamiak (sing. ... Michelangelos rendering of the Libyan Sibyl The Libyan Sibyl, was the prophetic priestess presiding over the Zeus Ammon Oracle (Zeus represented with the horns of Ammon) at Siwa Oasis in the Libyan Desert. ...

In other arts and entertainment: In the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the lamia is a magical beast. ... Lamia Loveless Lamia Loveless (ラミア・ラヴレス) is a fictional character from the Japanese game series Super Robot Wars. ... EverQuest II (EQ2), based upon the popular EverQuest, is a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) and shipped on November 8, 2004. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The 6th Edition vampire Counts army Book Vampire Counts are one of the forces playable in the tabletop wargame Warhammer Fantasy. ... Vampire: The Masquerade (Revised Edition) cover. ...

  • Lamia and Other Poems, by John Keats
  • "The Lamia," a song on the Genesis album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
  • A character from the television series Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger
  • A character from the television series Neverwhere
  • A character from the television series Betterman
  • A character from the Polish movie Sexmission
  • A character from Greg Bear's Songs of Earth and Power books
  • Lami is a character from Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger, agent of Bandora and wife of Grifozor
  • "Lamia," a song on the album Enter the Moonlight Gate by the Swedish blackmetal band Lord Belial
  • Brawne Lamia, one of the main characters in Dan Simmons' Hyperion Cantos
  • A race of vampire-like creatures in the Tim Powers novel The Stress of Her Regard
  • A race of vampires in L.J. Smith's young adult series (The Night World). The lamia can have children and choose when to stop aging, whereas "made" vampires cannot.

Lamia may also refer to: The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger ), translated into English as Dinosaur Squadron Zyuranger1 is a Japanese tokusatsu television series, the sixteenth entry in the long-running Super Sentai franchise of superhero programmes. ... Heavy Metal It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... A deadly virus known as Algernon starts to attack humans intent on death and at the fore front of the battle against it is Akamatsu Industries, an undercover organisation, disguised as a heavy machinary factory. ... Seksmisja (Sexmission) is a cult Polish comedy science fiction film. ... Gregory Dale Bear (born August 20, 1951) is a science fiction author. ... Gregory Dale Bear (born August 20, 1951) is a science fiction author and more recently an author of mainstream novels. ... Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger ), translated into English as Dinosaur Squadron Zyuranger1 is a Japanese tokusatsu television series, the sixteenth entry in the long-running Super Sentai franchise of superhero programmes. ... Enter the Moonlight Gate is the second album by Lord Belial. ... Hyperion The Hyperion Cantos form a tetralogy of science fiction novels by Dan Simmons. ... The Stress of Her Regard is a 1989 horror/fantasy novel by Tim Powers. ...

  • Lamia (city), a city in Greece
  • Lamia (name), used as a first name in Arabic that means girl with beautiful lips.
  • Lamia (animal), a mouse-like animal in New Guinea
  • wikispecies:Lamia, a genus of beetles

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Lamia (444 words)
Lamia is the capital of the prefecture of Fthiotida[?] and the region of "Eastern Sterea Ellada" (comprising 5 prefectures).
Lamia is a mythological person: the daughter of Poseidon and Lybie.
Lamia was cursed with the inability to close her eyes so that she would always obsess over the image of her dead children.
Lamia - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Lamia (141 words)
She was loved by Zeus whose jealous wife, Hera, robbed Lamia of her children.
In later Greek legend Lamia became a cannibalistic monster with the head and breasts of a woman and body of a snake.
In Roman mythology, the lamiae were vampires in the form of beautiful women who enticed young men into their arms and fed on their blood.
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