Talk:Lamia/@comment-27950421-20170201001347/@comment-32042142-20170605191635

I have to disagree with this, every monster have a complex evolution through time, and even if the appearance of the commonly named lamia matches more the original appearance of the naga than the one of the lamia, I don't think it's a big mistake to say snake women are lamia instead of naga.

An other example of the evolution of myths is the mermaid, originally mermaid where siren, I am not an expert but... let's say things happen and create the mermaid based on the siren, heriting of her magical bird singing.(A bird who sing seem logical, but a fish who sing?)

An interessing things about this is while in english a new term "mermaid" have been create in french, (my native language), the term "Sirène" describe both siren and mermaid, so this "evolution" has  probably   been confuse.

Mythological creature evolve through time, so unless you are a purist extremist, it's not a big deal to call snake-women lamia.