Lamia Yokai

**Lamia Yokai** are a variation of the Snake Yokai who has the upper body of a human and the tail of a snake.

## Physical Appearance

Lamias have the upper body of a human. They can have either human skin tones to other colors like red, green and orange. The lower half of their bodies are that of a snake. It can have various colors and patterns like normal snakes.

## Description

Lamia Yokai are part of the hybrid family. They may look human from waist up but they're part-snake. When they go up to the Surface World, they would cover their snake bodies with very long skirts. Lamia Yokai could have pointy ears like Elves and Fairies have. These Yokai prefer to live with their own kind in small villages but some do live with other Yokai subspecies.

## Abilities

Here are the abilities that the Lamia Yokai can have in their arsenal:

* Blood Empowerment
* Demigod Physiology
* Enhanced Bite
* Enhanced Strength
* Feral Mind
* Snake Physiology

## Pop Culture

Lamia comes from Greek Mythology. There was once a beautiful queen of Libya who became a child-eating daemon. In the myth, Lamia is a mistress of the god Zeus, causing Zeus' jealous wife, Hera, to kill all of Lamia's children and transform her into a monster that hunts and devours the children of others. Another version has Hera stealing all of Lamia's children and Lamia, who loses her mind from grief and despair, starts stealing and devouring others' children out of envy, the repeated monstrosity of which transforms her into a monster. Lamia has appeared in anime like Rosario + Vampire and Monster Musume as there is a race of Lamia and its variation. Saphentite Neikes is a lamia from Monster Girl Doctor who works as a doctor along with Dr. Glenn.

## Variations

### Snake Yokai

Since Lamia are part-snake, they have the same abilities as them. They can wrap their enemies in their coil. Suffocating them to death. They can also squeeze through tight spaces by manipulating their bodies as well as swallowing anything whole.

### Echidna Yokai

In Greek mythology, Echidna was a monster, half-woman and half-snake, who lived alone in a cave. She was the mate of the fearsome monster Typhon and was the mother of many of the most famous monsters of Greek myth. Lamia Yokai who are echidnas have more scales in their bodies then regular Lamias. Because of that, they're more closely related to Lizardfolk. Their name means "viper women", and true to their name, they possess venomous fangs inside their mouths. Their venom is a type of hemorrhagin (meaning that it breaks down blood vessels) and must be treated with caution. Their snake-like lower bodies are covered in a unique pattern reminiscent of vipers. They're the strongest variation of the Lamia Family.

### Gorgon Yokai

Gorgons are a subspecies of Lamia with snakes for hair. Their gaze is said to turn creatures into stone which is true. Some gorgons don't possess a snake tail as their lower half. Their abilities are so dangerous that they're required to wear mystic glasses that prevents them from accidentally or purposefully turn Humans and Yokai to stone.

### Melusine Yokai

The Melusine are a lamia subspecies with dragon wings on their backs. Due to this, they share characteristics with Dragonewts. Excellent swimmers, in contrast to other lamia subspecies, who share traits with terrestrial snakes, Melusines are more similar to sea snakes and prefer to live by the shore near oceans, lakes or rivers, as the sole aquatic serpentine species. Their wings aren't used for flight as it isn't strong enough to carry their bodies. Instead, they use it to make them go faster in the water. They have the highest libido out of the Lamia Family.

### Sea Serpent Yokai

The Sea Serpent is a reptilian liminal race with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a sea snake. A subspecies of the Lamia, Sea Serpents were a type of "Sea Monster" that first appeared in ancient Norse mythology, but have since appeared in one form or another in the myths of virtually every existing culture that has had interactions with the sea. Unlike merfolk, they do not possess gills. They're exclusively air breathers. As a result they must surface regularly to breathe which has resulted them being sighted by numerous seafaring vessels throughout the centuries.

## Life in the Hidden World

Lamia Yokai prefer living with their own kind in small villages around the Hidden World. But some do live with other Yokai subspecies. They lurk alongside highways, mountain passes and similar areas as they're waiting for a mate. Lamias are mostly female though there are a few male lamias as well. Once a month, Lamia Yokai would shed their snake skin that makes their skin look shiny.

## Symbolism

**Lamia** herself symbolises any person or thing that seems to be attractive but is actually destructive. She is half-snake, half-woman – beautiful but deadly. Disguised by her 'full-born' beauty, **Lamia** entices Lycius into a relationship which is notable for its blissful obliviousness to the outside world.