Mormo
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The name Mormo is also used in a game used on the playstation portable.
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Mormo''' was a [[spirit]] who bit bad children, said to have been a companion of the goddess [[Hecate]]. The name was also used to signify a female [[vampire]]-like creature in stories told to Greek children by their nurses to keep them from misbehaving. This reference is primarily found in some of the Plays of Aristophanes.
Aristophanes, Archanians 582 ff :
"Your terrifying armor makes me dizzy. I beg you, take away that Mormo (bogy-monster)!"
Aristophanes, Peace 474 ff :
"This is terrible! You are in the way, sitting there. We have no use for your Mormo's (bogy-like) head, friend."
According to [[Anton LaVey]], in [[The Satanic Bible]], Mormo is the, "King of the [[Ghoul]]s, consort of Hecate."
==Modern references==
[[Joanna Scanlan]] plays a character called Mormo in the [[2007]] [[film|movie]] ''[[Stardust (2007 film)|Stardust]]'', which is based on a [[Stardust (novel)|novel by Neil Gaiman]]. In this movie, Mormo is an evil [[witch]] who lives with her sisters [[Lamia]] {[[Michelle Pfeiffer]]} and [[Empusa]] {[[Sarah Alexander]]}, all three of whom wish to devour the [[heart]] of an [[anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic]] [[star]] named [[Yvaine]] so as to regain their [[youth]]. When Mormo is dueling [[Tristran Thorn|Tristan]] {[[Charlie Cox]]} toward the end of the movie, he opens a [[cage]] of [[ferret]]s, used for sacrifice. These animals attack Mormo, distracting her while Tristran slashes open another cage, this time full of sacrificing wovles, who maul her to death out of revenge for killing their friends and relatives.
There is also a description of these beings in a website devoted to classical information on the Greek Gods http://www.theoi.com/
The name of Mormo has also been used by a relatively popular Role Playing Game called, "Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology" for the PSP. The character, Mormo, is as others describe, "flying cat," who hails from the world of Yaoon and moved to Terresia to defeat the Devourer, a monster who destroyed his world and countless others for the creation of a superior one and has Terresia as his next target. Mormo is the one who helps the main character (yourself) defeat the Devourer and other minor villains in the game, although he does no fighting himself.
[[Category:Greek legendary creatures]]
[[Category:Vampires]]
[[Category:Greek mythology]]
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