Lamia was a beautiful queen of Libya who became a child-eating daemon. Aristophanes claimed her name derived from the Greek word for gullet, referring to her habit of devouring children. The Lamia Instinct includes the darkest of natures in women's instincts, more so than even the destructive Medusa, who developed her evil out of having been assaulted and robbed of dignity, herself. That Lamia kills children speaks to the self-destructive impulse [Read more...] about Lamia Instinct