Lamia (Noun)
Meaning
(folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The villagers barricaded themselves indoors at night, fearing the lamia that was said to roam the village streets.
- A lamia was spotted by a startled traveler, its eyes glowing like lanterns in the dark forest.
- According to legend, a lamia could be repelled by the sacred symbols etched into the walls of the village church.
- As the night wore on, the group around the campfire grew quiet, each lost in their own fears of the lamia.
- Locals claimed that the abandoned mansion on the hill was the lair of a malevolent lamia that stalked the living by night.