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The traditional image of a lamia is of a serpent with a woman's head and breasts, although representations vary. The original Lamia was the serpent goddess of Libya, probably related to the Greek Medusa and Egyptian Neith.
We begin by considering the anguipede drakontes, those basically made up of a humanoid upper body and a serpent-shaped lower body, Typhon, Echidna, the Giants, Campe, and Lamia. The myths of Lamia (or the lamiai) have much in common with those of snake-locked Medusa, ... and she in turn has much in common with the snake-tailed Chimaera, ... the latter two seemingly merging into the Gorgon-Aegis creature.
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