Gello
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Gello, in Greek mythology, is a female demon or revenant who threatens the reproductive cycle by causing infertility, miscarriage, and infant mortality. By the Byzantine era, the gelloudes were consid
(Side 1) Holy Rider piercing a recumbent female demon with fish or snake-like lower body
(Side 2) Evil Eye, labeled "Envy", attacked by three blades and beasts
Leo Allatius collected beliefs pertaining to Gello
Adam clutches a child in the presence of the child-snatcher Lilith
Lamia
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Lamia, in ancient Greek mythology, was a child-eating monster and, in later tradition, was regarded as a type of night-haunting spirit or "daimon".
The Kiss of the Enchantress (Isobel Lilian Gloag, c. 1890), inspired by Keats's "Lamia", depicts Lamia as half-serpent, half-woman
Lamia (first version) by John William Waterhouse (1905).
Lamia (second version), with snakeskin on her lap, John William Waterhouse (1909)
A lamia-like creature on the cover of Other Worlds, November 1949.