Mormo
demonic earth Greek single tradition · 3
Mormo is a spirit or demon that threatens reproduction and child-nurturing, classed together with Alphito, Acco, and Gello in recent scholarship.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Ancient Greek spirit classed with child-threatening demons in recent scholarship.
Relationships
- sibling of
- Mombro
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“In recent scholarship, Alphito is classed with spirits or demons that threaten reproduction and child-nurturing such as Acco, Gello, and Mormo.”
#5665 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Since the Early Middle Ages, Gello has often been conflated with Lamia and Mormo, two similar mythological figures. Each originated as a single individual woman (with her own origin myth or aition) in Ancient Greece, but later developed into a type of frightening apparition or demon.”
#6413 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The name "Mormo" or the synonymous "Mormolyceion" was used by the Greeks as a bugbear or bogey word to frighten children.”
#6978 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001