Lamashtu is a hideous she-demonic-vampire in the Akkadian-Babylonian, Mesopotamian folklore...
Unlike other demonic entities of Mesopotamian lore, Lamashtu is indicated to have acted of her own volition, not ordered by other beings, signifying that she was probably a demigoddess of her own right...
Lamashtu is daughter of Anu...
Lamashtu is depicted as a mythological hybrid, with a hairy body, a lioness' head with donkey's teeth and ears, long fingers and fingernails, and the feet of a bird with sharp talons...
She is well known for her bottomless hunger for the little noobs, and often shown standing or kneeling on a donkey, nursing a pig and a dog, and holding snakes.
Her herald is the Yethazamari, a winged jackal with a snake’s tail and empty eye sockets that emit smoke...
She thus bears some functions and resemblance to the Mesopotamian demon Lilith.
Lamashtu herself, while not rehabilitated, has been repackaged in the form of a Dungeons and Dragons character. She’s still evil and chaotic, though...
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