Naga vs. Lamia — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Naga and Lamia
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Definitions
Naga
(Australia) A loincloth.
Lamia
Lamia (; Greek: Λάμια), in ancient Greek mythology, was a child-eating monster and, in later tradition, was regarded as a type of night-haunting spirit (daemon). In the earliest stories, Lamia was a beautiful queen of Libya who had an affair with Zeus.
Naga
(Indian mythology) A member of a class of semi-divine creatures, often taking the form of a very large snake and associated with water.
Lamia
Also Lamia Greek Mythology A monster represented as a serpent with the head and breasts of a woman that ate children and sucked the blood from men.
Naga
Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma
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Lamia
A female vampire.
Lamia
(Greek mythology) A monster preying upon human beings, who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent.
Lamia
A monster capable of assuming a woman's form, who was said to devour human beings or suck their blood; a vampire; a sorceress; a witch.
Lamia
(folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living