"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

#Spooktober 9: Lamia

Curiously enough, when one thinks about spookiness rarely the mind goes to Ancient Greece. And this, I think, is one of the worst disservices we can do to our ancestors (beside Percy Jackson, I mean): Greek mythology is riddled with monsters, dark creatures lurking in the night, curses and malevolent deities ready to bite you in the ass. Literally, sometimes.
So, today I thought we might take a look on my Patreon at a creature that’s well-known for her featuring in a British Romantic poem but is rarely depicted in her original features: the cursed, child-eating, hybrid Lamia. Originally a Queen, sources talk of an insomniac, eye-removing creature, with male genitals.
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