Pride cometh before the fall, my dear. Look at what pride has made you become. Will you boast a little more? Be quicker? More clever? More nimble of hand?
In legend, a banshee is a fairy woman who begins to wail if someone is about to die. There are Irish families who are believed to have banshees attached to them, and whose cries herald the death of a member of that family.
The banshee is a female spirit in Irish mythology, usually seen as an omen of death and a messenger from the underworld. In legend, a banshee is a fairy woman who begins to wail if someone is about to die. In Scottish mythology, she is known as the bean sìth or bean nighe and is seen washing the bloodstained clothes or armour of those who are about to die. In Welsh folklore, a similar creature is known as the Hag of the mist.
The banshee can appear in a variety of guises. Most often she appears as an ugly, frightening hag, but she can also appear as a stunningly beautiful woman of any age that suits her. In some tales, the figure who first appears to be a banshee or other cailleach is later revealed to be the Irish battle goddess, the Morrígan.
In the myth and folklore of the Near East and Europe, Abyzou is the name of a female demon. In the Jewish tradition she is identified with Lilith, in Coptic Egypt with Alabasandria, and in Byzantine culture with Gylou, but in various texts surviving from the syncretic magical practice of antiquity and the early medieval era she is said to have many or virtually innumerable names. Abyzou (also spelled Abizou, Obizu, Obizuth, Obyzouth, Byzou etc.) is pictured on amulets with fish- or serpent-like attributes.
In the late antique Testament of Solomon, Abyzou (as Obizuth) is described as having a “greenish gleaming face with dishevelled serpent-like hair”; the rest of her body is covered by darkness. The speaker (“King Solomon”) encounters a series of demons, binds and tortures each in turn, and inquires into their activities; then he metes out punishment or controls them as he sees fit. Put to the test, Abyzou says that she does not sleep, but rather wanders the world looking for women about to give birth; given the opportunity, she will strangle newborns. She claims also to be the source of many other afflictions, including deafness, eye trouble, obstructions of the throat, madness, and bodily pain. Solomon orders that she be chained by her own hair and hung up in front of the Temple in public view. The writer of the Testament appears to have been thinking of the gorgoneion, or the icon of the Medusa’s head, which often adorned Greek temples and occasionally Jewish synagogues in late antiquity. Envy is a theme in the Testament, and during his interrogation by the king, Beelzebub himself asserts that he inspires envy among humans. Among the succession of demons bound and questioned, the personification of Envy is described as headless, and motivated by the need to steal another’s head: “I grasp in an instant a man’s head … and put it on myself.” As with Envy’s Sisyphean efforts to replace his head, Abyzou (Obizuth) cannot rest until she steals a child each night.
If she had to describe her look, she supposes it would be “undercover assassin,” but she’s not very good at it-she’s garnered quite a fanbase from those who follow the fashion blogs. She doesn’t interact with them, but savors the cooing comments on her “dreadlocks” and smirks at the discussions of her sunglasses collection (one for every day of the week and then some). There are a lot of people who ask her to take off her shades for photos, but she saves that for special targets of her ire like catcallers or assholes at the club. Just whips off the shades and makes eye contact. They say “if looks could kill”…well, hers can. (ladymarionmacbeth)
“You read any Greek myths, puppy? The one about the gorgon Medusa, particularly? I used to wonder what could be so terrible that you couldn’t survive even looking at it.
Until I got a little older and I figured out the obvious answer.
you know what i really want? a modern dudebro vampire. just a typical obnoxious straight boy in a neon tank top and cargo shorts who also happens to be a creature of the night.
“okay, dude, i’m only feeding on you ‘cause i’m starving and there aren’t any hot girls around. no homo.” “wait, you’re gonna suck my blood?” “no, i’m gonna drink your blood. i don’t suck, that’s gay. don’t make this weird, bro”
“ah, i see you’re staring pensively out the window, chad. ruminating on the curse of your newfound immortality?” “nah man, it’s just… i got, like, some flecks of blood on my adidas while i was feeding and they haven’t come out…”
“we do not drink… wine.” “okay but is beer cool? and can we still smoke weed?”
he joins a 24-hour gym because being undead and allergic to sunlight is no excuse for skipping leg day. tragic music swells as he looks over his “sun’s out guns out” tanks (he has seven of them). his coven is a fraternity. someone make this happen
According to Greek mythology, Lamia was a queen from Libya who was transformed in to a snake demon who ate children as the inevitable result of having an affair with the god Zeus. Hera, wife of Zeus, killed all of Lamia’s childrens and transformed her. Losing her mind from grief and despair, she started stealing and devouring others’ children out of envy, the repeated monstrosity of which transforms her into a monster on its own. Zeus then gave her the ability to remove her eyes, the purpose of this ability is unclear, but other versions state Lamia’s ability to remove her eyes came with the gift of prophecy.
Over time the myth evolved and a single lamia became many; at this point they were simply snake women who sucked the blood of young men and performed succubus-like duties.
