Lamia

spirit creature or possible monster (berber and greek)

Pronounced: “LAW-me-ah”

Lamia started out as a Libyan Berber spirit who may or may not have evolved into the Greek sea god Poseidon’s daughter, a shark goddess, and/or a Libyan queen who had an affair with Zeus (of course) and was cursed by Hera. There is also a possibility she evolved from the Sumerian goddess Lamashtu. Lamashtu could pop her eyes out a…