August 30, 2021

In Episode 3 of More Queer Nymphs, Clare M Coombe explores the myth of Lamia, looking at motherhood and monstrosity, women’s identity, female sexuality, and vampirism. Lamia, whose children, born to Zeus, are stolen by Hera, suffers terrible grief, and, in her powerlessness, becomes a child-killer herself. Later she will be identified with women who…