ra,
             but it is not solid, for it is a "wannish fire/Sprinkled with stars" (58).
             Bate asserts that Lamia symbolizes contradictions that are "so extreme as
             to be grotesque" (554). for instance, while moons of divinity shine and
             fade on her moving skin, the colors and pattern on her "rainbow sided" body
             also suggest those of other animals. We are also told that she has a
             complete set of teeth that "flash out from the serpent head. In fact, we
             are told that she was "some penanced lady e
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