Are Lamia and Ananta related?

[Eyvind]

In FFXI, lamia and merrows were artificial creatures made by alchemists in Aht Urghan. The Lamia looked like the Lamia in the third picture there, the Merrows like the fourth picture there. They were in a place called Arrapago, the reefs of which closely resemble Sashtasha Hard in places, so were likely intended as references.

In FFXIV lore, they were created by Leviathan, by aspecting "drowned" humans he'd claimed with water aether.

The Ananta do closely resemble the Lamia, minus the cobra hood though. While it might just be a matter of re-used model, the fact that the Lamia in FFXI and FFXIV were both artificial creations, and so were the Ixal, means the theory has merit.

(More and more I wonder where the traditional beast tribes are in Shadowbringers. They have the fae, and lalafell-dwarves, but no sign of the others. Since the shards split 12,000 years ago, it seems to suggest strongly that most or all the beast tribes showed up later than that, even if the Empire did not make all of them,)