Lamia

Origin and tradition

Greek mythology detailing a beautiful Libyan queen whose children were slaughtered by Hera, transforming her into a child-eating monster of night.

Illustration in this atlas

A woman with a coiled snake's lower body. This plate follows the later snake-woman image associated with Lamia; ancient Greek accounts do not all give her this anatomy.

References and further reading

1. britannica.com — Lamia-Greek-mythology

These references offer further reading. Accounts and depictions vary; the atlas illustration is interpretive artwork, rather than historical or scientific evidence.