id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-3662 Mormo - Wikipedia .html text/html 1231 180 76 Mormo or Moromolyce has been described as a female specter, phantom, or ghost by modern commentators.[7][8][9] A mormolyce is one of several names given to the female phasma (phantom) in Philostratus's Life of Apollonius of Tyana.[10][11] The name of "Mormo" or the synonymous "Mormolyceion" was used by the Greeks as a bugbear or bogey word to frighten children.[7][8] Mormo is an evil witch in the 2007 film adaptation of the Neil Gaiman novel Stardust.[a] In the story, she is one of a triune of magically powerful sisters, the others being named Lamia and Empusa. ^ Mormo lives with two sisters, Lamia and Empusa in the film. (1870), Smith, William (ed.), "Mormo", A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, London: John Murray ISBN 0199323747* Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). This Greece-related article is a stub. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3662.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3662.txt