Lamia (mythology)

The Lamia (Greek λάμιες ) to have been named after a monster in Greek mythology named Lamia. You are in Greek popular belief (to date) itself also demonic, vampire -like beasts. Other names for them are Empusen, Mormolycien or Striges. In the modern vampire literature, the ghouls topic is also discussed.

They should be constantly hungry for young human blood. Preference is given here are mostly pretty young men who dazzle them with its bewitching beauty. So it can also be handsome young men belonging to the immortal Lamia.

To what extent the figure of the ghouls to the emergence of the modern vampire belief in Greece has contributed, is controversial, since it was in them to demons, not human beings, while the Wrukolakas, the vampire was a man and in his grave in an intermediate existence between life and death remains.

Etymologically, the word Lamie from the Greek word λαιμός ( lämós ) for throat, descended throat. However, it is also suspected an origin from the Arab lahama for lacerate, rend.