Raised By Wolves: The Significance Of Mother’s Name
Ridley Scott's HBO series Raised by Wolves is one of the most gripping, talked-about science fiction shows on television right now. There are dozens of reasons for this, ranging from the overarching mysteries of the plot to the engaging characters that pose questions about the nature of humanity. Two of the show's main characters are androids, tasked with raising human children on a foreign planet. They are known mainly as Mother and Father, but within the atheist collective, Mother sometimes goes by a different first name.
It is unclear when and how Mother became associated with the name «Lamia;» whether it was given to her by Campion Sturges, or whether she simply chose it herself when the Mithraic visitors asked her name in the first episode. Regardless, Ridley Scott's choice of this name is no coincidence. The origins of the name draw several parallels with both Mother's character and the overarching narrative of Raised by Wolves; in fact, it's safe to say that myths and legends surrounding the name «Lamia» served as inspiration for Mother and her character arc.
There will be spoilers ahead for seasons 1 and 2 of Raised by Wolves, including the recent Season 2 finale.
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In Greek mythology, Lamia was a beautiful queen and a lover of Zeus, bearing many children as a result of their affair. Unfortunately, as she is wont to do in such tales, Hera turned her jealous wrath upon her husband's lover. She killed Lamia's children, kidnapped them, or tricked Lamia into killing them, tormenting her such that she became disfigured and mad. Lamia became a monster, hunting down and slaughtering children since she could not have her own. In some stories, Hera cursed Lamia with insomnia, preventing
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