"In ancient Greek mythology, Lamia (/\u02C8le\u026Ami\u0259/; Greek: \u039B\u03AC\u03BC\u03B9\u03B1) was a beautiful queen of Libya who became a child-eating daemon. Aristophanes claimed her name derived from the Greek word for gullet (\u03BB\u03B1\u03B9\u03BC\u03CC\u03C2; laimos), referring to her habit of devouring children."@en . . .