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Lamia
ラミア
MT2SMT1 SFCGMTP3FP5XDCLD Artwork from Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II SFC artwork from Shin Megami Tensei Artwork from Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation Artwork from Persona 3 FES Artwork from Persona 5: The Phantom X Artwork from Devil Children Light Book and Dark Book
Other Name(s)	Slithering SnakewomanPersona 5 Persona 5 Royal
Origin	Greek culture
Race(s)	DragonDigital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner 2 FemmeShin Megami Tensei Shin Megami Tensei II Shin Megami Tensei if... Shin Megami Tensei V Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine Shin Megami Tensei if...: Hazama Hen Shin Megami Tensei: 20XX Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Colosseum 20XX Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2 Soul Hackers 2 GenmaDigital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II Kyūyaku Megami Tensei: Megami Tensei II RyuDevil Children Light Book and Dark Book Devil Children Fire Book and Ice Book TherianDigital Devil Story: Megami Tensei YomaKyūyaku Megami Tensei: Megami Tensei I Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis
Alignment(s)	Neutral-ChaosShin Megami Tensei Shin Megami Tensei II Shin Megami Tensei V Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Shin Megami Tensei: 20XX Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Colosseum 20XX
Arcana	EmpressPersona 5 Persona 5 Royal Persona 5 Strikers HermitPersona 3 Persona 3 FES Persona 3 Portable Persona 3 Reload Persona 4 Persona 4 Golden Persona Mobile Online
Order(s)	Fury

Lamia is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

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Origin

In Greek mythology and folklore, Lamia is either a specific figure or a type of monster. The specific figure and type of monster are listed separately in Hesychius's Alphabetical Collection of All Words.

As a specific figure, Lamia is a Libyan woman who killed children and became monstrous. The narrative is known in fullest detail from a scholiast commentating on Aristophanes' Peace. In this story, Lamia was a beautiful woman who had sexual intercourse with Zeus; in response, Hera killed Lamia's children. Grieving her own children and envious of others, Lamia abducted and killed other people's children. Hera cursed Lamia to be insomniac, but Zeus gave her the ability to remove her own eyes and put them back in, along with the ability to transform into whatever she liked. In Heraclitus's variant of this story, rather than sleeplessness, she was transformed into a beast by Hera, and she is said to eat human flesh. Diodorus Siculus records a rationalized version of this account without the gods' involvement or a literal transformation: Lamia was a beautiful queen of Libya whose children all died, and in envy she ordered the children of other women killed. On account of her savage nature, her appearance became bestial.

As a type of monster, the lamia is synonymous with the empusa, which seduces men and then feasts upon their flesh. According to Dio Chrysostom's Orations, a lamia has the upper body of a beautiful woman, but the lower part is a serpent and its hands are beastly. The snake half's head is said to bite men and kill them with venom. Statius's Thebaid describes a detailed encounter with a monster that is probably a lamia, though Statius does not give it a name.

Design

Lamia is portrayed in the Megami Tensei franchise with the upper half of a woman and the lower half of a snake.

Gameplay

For complete gameplay information, see Gameplay:Lamia.

Game Appearances

Jack Bros.

Lamia's boss fight

Lamia appears as the first boss of the game, on Floor 3 of Forest of Fairies. She attacks with three plasma balls that ricochet off the walls, but can be destroyed with the player character's attack.

Pixie says the following before dropping to her floor:

Lamia is just ahead. Use your weapon against Lamia's plasma attacks. The enemy's HP is displayed on the bottom right. This is the enemy's life meter.

Compendium

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Compendium Entries
Shin Megami Tensei (A-Mode DDS)	Origin: Libya Has a woman's body and a snake's tail. The queen of Libya in Greek lore. Hera grew jealous of Zeus' love for her and cursed her. The curse made her devour her children, one after another, as they were born. When she came to her senses, she cursed herself, changing her lower half to a snake. Afterwards, she retreated to a cave, kidnapping children to devour them.
Shin Megami Tensei II (A-Mode DDS)	出身地：リビア 上半身は女性、下半身は蛇、という怪物。ギリシア神話のリビアの女王。ゼウスが彼女に恋をして、ゼウスの妻ヘラの怒りを買い呪いをかけられてしまう。呪いにより生まれてきた我が子を次々と食い殺してしまい、我に返って己を呪い、下半身を蛇の姿に変えてしまう。以来洞窟に篭もり、子供達をさらってきては喰い殺したといわれる。 Translation:
Shin Megami Tensei V	Half-woman, half-snake creatures that appear in Greek mythology and are said to reside in Libya. They supposedly favor the blood of children and young men.
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance	Half-woman, half-snake creatures that appear in Greek mythology and are said to reside in Libya. They supposedly favor the blood of children and young men. Originally a beautiful Libyan queen loved by Zeus, she was killed by the goddess Hera, who was jealous of her children. In her madness, she is said to have turned into a monster that attacks and eats people.
Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine	A monster of Greek mythology. She is usually depicted as a woman from the waist up and a snake from the waist down. She is the child of Belos, son of the sea god Poseidon, and Libye. Lamia was originally a queen of Libya. Zeus was enraptured by her beauty, and his jealous wife Hera, in a rage, slew all the children of Zeus and Lamia and cursed Lamia herself so that her lower half became that of a monstrous snake. Lamia is sometimes identified with Lilith, the first wife of the Old Testament figure Adam.
Soul Hackers 2	Half-woman, half-snake creatures that appear in Greek mythology, and are said to reside in Libya. They supposedly favor the blood of children and young men.
Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army	A serpentine woman from Greek mythology, she was the queen of Libya. It has a beautiful woman's torso, and a snake's tail. It feeds on the blood of young men.
Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon	A serpentine woman from Greek mythology, she was the queen of Libya. It has a beautiful woman's torso, and a snake's tail. It feeds on the blood of young men.
Persona 3	A serpentine woman of Greek myth, she was the queen of Libya. It has a beautiful woman's torso, and the tail of a snake. It feeds on the blood of young men.
Persona 3 FES
Persona 3 Portable
Persona 3 Reload	A serpentine woman of Greek myth, she was once the queen of Libya. Zeus's jealous wife, Hera, killed her children, causing her to go mad and transform into a monster.
Persona 4	A serpentine woman of Greek myth, she was the queen of Libya. It has a beautiful woman's torso, and the tail of a snake. It feeds on the blood of young men.
Persona 4 Golden
Persona 5	A serpentine woman of Greek myth, she was once the queen of Libya. Zeus's jealous wife, Hera, killed her children, causing her to go mad and transform into a monster.
Persona 5 Royal
Persona 5 Strikers	A serpentine woman of Greek myth, she was once the queen of Libya. Zeus's jealous wife, Hera, killed her children, causing her to go mad and transform into a monster.
Persona 5 Tactica	A serpentine woman of Greek myth, she was once the queen of Libya. Zeus's jealous wife, Hera, killed her children, causing her to go mad and transform into a monster.
Persona 5: The Phantom X	A half-human, half-snake female monster of Greek myth, she was once the queen of Libya. Zeus's jealous wife, Hera, killed her children, causing her to go mad and transform into a monster.
Devil Children Light Book and Dark Book	人間の　子供を　さらって食べてしまう　悪い　デビル　口ぶえが上手で　その音で　旅人を　ユウワクする Translation:
DemiKids Light Version and Dark Version	This is one demon that you definitely do not want to meet in a dark alley.
Devil Children Fire Book and Ice Book	人間の　子供を　さらって食べてしまう　悪い　デビル　口ぶえが上手で　その音で　旅人を　ユウワクする Translation:

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Lamia
	Slithering SnakewomanPersona 5 Royal (Shadow)
Japanese	ラミア Ramia	Lamia
	ラミアーDigital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II Ramiā	Lamia
	回廊にうねるヘビ女Persona 5 Royal (Shadow) Kairō ni Uneru Hebi Onna	Serpent Woman Who Snakes down the Corridors
Simplified Chinese	拉弥亚 Lāmíyà	Lamia
	盘据回廊的蛇女Persona 5 Royal (Shadow) Pánjù Huíláng de Shénǚ	Serpent Woman Occupying the Corridors
Traditional Chinese	拉彌亞 Lāmíyà	Lamia
	盤據迴廊的蛇女Persona 5 Royal (Shadow) Pánjù Huíláng de Shénǚ	Serpent Woman Occupying the Corridors
French	Lamia	Lamia
	Femme-serpent rampantePersona 5 Royal (Shadow)	Slithering Snake Woman
German	Lamia	Lamia
	Mäandernde SchlangenfrauPersona 5 Royal (Shadow)	Meandering Snake Woman
Italian	Lamia	Lamia
	Donna serpente sibilantePersona 5 Royal (Shadow)	Hissing Snake Woman
Korean	라미아 Ramia	Lamia
	회랑回廊을 기는 뱀 여인女人Persona 5 Royal (Shadow) Hoerang-eul Gineun Baem Yeoin	Serpent Woman Who Crawls in the Corridors
Polish	Lamia
Brazilian Portuguese	Lâmia	Lamia
Russian	Ламия Lamiya	Lamia
Peninsular Spanish	Lamia	Lamia
	Mujer sierpe reptadoraPersona 5 Royal (Shadow)	Slithering Snake Woman
Turkish	Lamia

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References

General

• Dragons, Serpents, and Slayers in the Classical and Early Christian Worlds (2013), Daniel Ogden. Published by Oxford University Press. ISBN-13: 978-0-19-992511-7.

Specific