Lamia (disambiguation)

Lamia is a daemon in Greek mythology.

Lamia may also refer to:

Animals

• Lamia (animal), a mouse-like animal in New Guinea
• Lamia (genus), 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)

Gaming

• Lamia (Dungeons & Dragons), a magical beast in Dungeons & Dragons

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 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

Mythology

• Lamiai, a Greek vampire legend, named after the mythological figure
• Lamia (daughter of Poseidon), who was the mother, by Zeus, of the Libyan Sibyl
• Lamia (Basque mythology), a Basque mythological female creature

People

• Lamia of Athens, courtesan
• 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 Laemia 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

Other uses

• Lamia (city), a city in Greece
• Lamia F.C., a football club based in Lamia, Greece
• Lamia Oy, a Finnish e-commerce solutions provider
• Lamia River, a river in Uganda

See also

• Greek mythology in popular culture#Lamia