mistymacallister: I have this book of mythological creatures, it’s a children’s book actually - Myth
mistymacallister: I have this book of mythological creatures, it’s a children’s book actually - Mythical Monsters by James Cornell, 1973 - it’s falling apart but I’ve been keeping it because it was my partner’s when he was young and he loved it, and I love to see what people used to read. ••• Here’s what this book is saying about LAMIAS: “From the waist up the lamias were beautiful women (in other words, in mythological times people liked boobs); from the waist down, they were horrible serpents (See what I mean? People didn’t care about butts or legs.) The lamias were deceivers and cheats. (Now hold on a minute, what kind of person calls a woman who’s beautiful from the waist up a deceiver and a cheat? I take personal offense. And be warned: don’t play cards with lamias; they cheat!) They lured men to their death in lonely places. (Let me ask you this: who in his right mind goes looking for “romance” in lonely places?) The Greeks and the Romans who traveled to desolate places were warned to avoid these monster-witches and not pay attention to their seductive ways. (Is this trying to offend witches or monsters?) The lamias lacked the ability to speak. (That only tells me that the ancient men didn’t expect women to speak and that speaking wasn’t required in order to have a successful mating.) However, they made a sweet, soft, whistling sound, like music. (This makes me wonder: 1. did the ancient Greeks and Romans think that the perfect woman was one who made music when she spoke? Or 2. they knew women so little they had no idea what women sounded like when they spoke?) and their faces had the beauty of the fairest princess. (I have to tell you, I’ve waiting to see how the lamias are cheats and deceivers and I don’t see it. Having a beautiful face and a snake body, how is that cheating?) No wonder that men were fooled by their wiles. (Yeah, no wonder. What kind of man is fooled by a woman who’s so obviously hiding her bottom half behind a fence or bush etc., and not speaking a word, just whistling away? Perhaps you shouldn’t talk to women who are not talking to you.) ••• All this definition does is give women a bad rep and excuse men for showing some serious lack of judgment.https://www.instagram.com/p/CMcx1IenO8B/?igshid=1fyvvylq1i5sk -- source link