Lamia (disambiguation)

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
• Lamia F.C., a football club based in Lamia, Greece