Lamia

born from a rock.

The menace of the newborn by the snake, Mithra Hercules, is made clear through the legend of Lilith and Lamia.

python the dragon of leto and poyne who devastates the land of crotopus are sent by the father of the new-born this idea indicates the localization well known in psychoanalysis of the incest anxiety in the father the father represents the active repulse of the incest wish of the son the crime unconsciously wished for by the son is imputed to the father under the guise of a pretended murderous purpose as being the cause of the mortal fear of the sun for the father a frequent neurotic symptom in conformity with this idea the monster to be overcome by the young hero is frequently a giant the guardian of the treasure or the woman a striking example is the giant chumbaba in the gilgames epic who protected the garden of ishtar he is overcome by gilgames whereby ishtar is won thereupon she makes neurotic advances towards Gilgamesh.

This data should be sufficient to render intelligible the role of Horus in Plutarch, especially the violent usage of Isis.

because Mithra is one born from a rock.

The menace of the newborn by the snake, Mithra Hercules, is made clear through the legend of Lilith and Lamia.

Python, the dragon of Leto, and Pony, who devastates the land of Crotopus, are sent by the father of the newborn.

This idea indicates the localization, well known in psychoanalysis, of the incest anxiety in the father.

A kind of ghost called a Gelo, which may be derived from the same Near Eastern being that gives us the word ghoul, was thought to be the spirit of a woman, often a young virgin, who died without having children.

Just like the demon the Lamia, this Gelo hungered for the flesh of babies, apparently envious of other women who successfully became mothers.

Thus we see that although the dead are no longer in this world, they aren't free of biological strictures.

We saw in the Egyptian letters to the dead, as well as Gilgamesh and Enkidu's story, that the dead relied upon the living to provide them with sustenance, for otherwise they would die again without it.

And finally, the late 4th to early 5th century Latin translation, the Vulgate, translates the demon as Lemia.

Screech Owl, Nightbird, and Lamia will all be relevant to Lilith's connection to, influence on, or eventual conflation with, various female Greek vampiric creatures that we will later discuss, as these terms illustrate how these mythological creatures most probably evolved from, or at least became conflated with, Lilith.

There are two other separate demons that I think influence Lilith's mythology, with Lilith becoming conflated with, or at least adapting, some of the following two demons as characteristics.

The first demon that would come to affect Lilith's mythology is the dragon or serpent Mushushu, which originated in Sumerian mythology.

It's interesting that Lama is described as serpent-headed here because Lamashtu's description as a composite lion-human-bird creature matches nothing reptilian.

Fortunately for the woman in childbirth, two priests protect her at her head and curse the demon, providing her with food and send her away on an ass to the netherworld, which, let's face it, doesn't seem like that bad of a send-off.

We will continue to discuss Lama when we move on to its continuation in Greek form, the Lamia.

And, if you remember, I stated earlier that the late 4th to early 5th century Latin translation of the Bible, the Vulgate, translated Lilith, or Screechel, in the description of the destruction of Edom, into Lamia.