Lamia is a daemon in Greek mythology.

Lamia may also refer to:

Mythology

  • Lamia (daughter of Poseidon), who was the mother, by Zeus, of the Libyan Sibyl
  • Lamia, another name for Sybaris, a legendary man-eating female beast near Delphi
  • Lamia (Basque mythology), a Basque mythological female creature
  • Lamia, a snakelike demon that feeds on children in Albanian mythology, closely related to the one from Greek mythology
  • Lamia, type of Slavic dragon in Bulgarian folklore closely related to the one from Greek mythology

Animals

  • Chiruromys lamia, a mouse from New Guinea
  • Lamia (beetle), a genus of longhorn beetles

Film and television

  • Lamia (Stardust), the main antagonist in the 2007 fantasy film Stardust played by Michelle Pfeiffer
  • A character from the television series Neverwhere
  • A character from the television series Betterman
  • A character from the 1984 Polish movie Sexmission
  • The demon haunting the main character in the 2009 movie Drag Me To Hell
  • A character from the puppet series X-Bomber (renamed to Star Fleet when dubbed for the UK)

Literature

  • "Lamia" (poem), a poem by John Keats
  • Lamia, play by Euripides
  • Lamia, dramatic romance by Thomas Hood
  • Characters who are born as vampires in L. J. Smith's Night World books
  • Lamia a work by the Italian humanist Angelo Poliziano, consisting of an opening oration, in which he offers a fable-tinted history of philosophy
  • A race of vampire-like creatures in the Tim Powers novel The Stress of Her Regard
  • Lamia, a family of characters in the Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons
  • The spirit of an ancient sword in the Korean manhwa Id
  • The mother of the main female vampire in Whitley Strieber's novel The Hunger

Music

  • "The Lamia", a song on the Genesis album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
  • "Lamia", a song by on the Yamantaka // Sonic Titan album UZU
  • "Lamia", a song by Lord Belial from Enter the Moonlight Gate
  • "Lamia", a song by Nana Kitade from her 13th single "Punk&Baby's"
  • Lamia, work for soprano voice and orchestra by American composer Jacob Druckman
  • Lamia, orchestral work by American composer Edward MacDowell
  • Lamia, symphonic poem by English composer Dorothy Howell

People

  • Lamia (given name), a feminine name of Greek, Roman, Arabic, Bulgarian, Basque origin
  • Lamia of Athens (fl. 300 BC), courtesan
  • Lucius Aelius Lamia (died 43 BC), activist during the civic strife at the end of the Roman Republic.
  • Lucius Aelius Lamia (consul 3) (before 43 BCE – 33 CE), Roman consul
  • Lucius Aelius Lamia Plautius Aelianus (c. 45 - 81/96), Roman consul in the year 80
  • Lucius Fundanius Lamia Aelianus (ca 83 - 132/136), Roman consul in 116 and proconsul in 131-132
  • Lucius Plautius Lamia Silvanus (fl. 110–145), Roman consul in 145
  • Lamia al-Hariri, Syrian diplomat
  • Ercole Lamia (died 1591), Italian Roman Catholic bishop of Alessano
  • Georges Lamia (1933–2014), French former football goalkeeper
  • Jenna Lamia, American actress, writer, and award-winning audio book narrator

Places

  • Lamia (city), a city in Greece
  • Lamia River, a river in Uganda

Other uses

  • LaMia, a Venezuelan-Bolivian airline
  • PAS Lamia 1964, a football club based in Lamia, Greece

See also

  • Lamiales, an order of flowering plants