{"id":137926,"date":"2026-09-03T07:03:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T07:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/?page_id=137926"},"modified":"2026-09-03T07:44:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T07:44:55","slug":"empusa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/da\/empusa\/","title":{"rendered":"Empusa"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"137926\" class=\"elementor elementor-137926 elementor-840\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10fdade e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"10fdade\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-herohlft0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"herohlft0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3ceb64 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c3ceb64\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96ae5e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"96ae5e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Empusa, d\u00e6mon fra den gr\u00e6ske tradition<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e45238a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e45238a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Forvandlingsdygtig natted\u00e6mon i Hekates f\u00f8lge.<\/strong> Den gr\u00e6ske overlevering beskriver Empusa som en omskiftelig d\u00e6mon i Hekates f\u00f8lge.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-klsbdg01 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"klsbdg01\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-klshtm01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"klshtm01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iwg-pill-row\"><span class=\"iwg-klasse-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"D\u00e6mon\/d\u00e6moninde: Overnaturligt v\u00e6sen med for det meste skadelig eller ambivalent virkning. 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d\u00e6moner fra den gr\u00e6ske tradition, historisk illustrativt\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/daemonen_griechenland_empusa-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/daemonen_griechenland_empusa-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/daemonen_griechenland_empusa-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/daemonen_griechenland_empusa.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32917199 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"32917199\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26e916cb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26e916cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-253a40d4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"253a40d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1200c304 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1200c304\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Empusa<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11758e7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11758e7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Empusa er en af de mest karakteristiske natv\u00e6sener i den gr\u00e6ske tradition: et forvandlingsdygtigt v\u00e6sen, der viser sig for rejsende, tager form af en smuk kvinde og forf\u00f8rer, udsuger og dr\u00e6ber sine <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Gave til en gudom for at udtrykke tak, b\u00f8n eller tilbedelse.\" tabindex=\"0\">offer<\/span>. Hun h\u00f8rer til Hekates f\u00f8lge og viser sig is\u00e6r ved korsveje og \u00f8de steder om natten.<\/p><p>I den antikke litteratur optr\u00e6der hun f\u00f8rst hos Aristofanes, senere fremtr\u00e6dende i Filostratos&#8217; <em>Vita Apollonii<\/em>, hvor hun udgiver sig for en charmerende kvinde og f\u00f8rst afsl\u00f8res gennem Apollonios&#8217; visdom. Hendes mest kendte kendetegn: et bronzeben, det andet som et \u00e6sels.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-159dcf9a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"159dcf9a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48cee66f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"48cee66f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hurtigt overblik: Empusa<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f50d82c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f50d82c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Type:<\/strong> Forvandlings- og natted\u00e6mon<br>Oprindelse: Hekates f\u00f8lge<br>Tekster: Aristofanes, Filostratos, magiske papyri, byzantinsk <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Religi\u00f8se forestillinger og skikke, der er udbredt i hverdagen.\" tabindex=\"0\">folketro<\/span><br>Tidsrum: Klassisk tid til <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Overgangsperiode mellem antikken og middelalderen, ca. 3. til 7. \u00e5rhundrede.\" tabindex=\"0\">senantikken<\/span> og byzantinsk tid<br>Udbredelse: Gr\u00e6sk-romersk kulturkreds<br>Afv\u00e6rgelse: Sk\u00e6lden ud (fordriver hende if\u00f8lge Aristofanes), besv\u00e6rgelser, korsvejsofre<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18613602 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"18613602\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-262b8a9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"262b8a9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Indplacering<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46dcb7d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"46dcb7d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61d3ab3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61d3ab3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-117c166 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"117c166\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Teksternes tidsperiode<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73997a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73997a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>De tidligste bel\u00e6g findes hos Aristofanes (5. \u00e5rh. f.Kr., <em>Fr\u00f6sche<\/em>). En fuldst\u00e6ndig fort\u00e6lleform findes hos Filostratos (2.\/3. \u00e5rh. e.Kr.). Magiske papyri n\u00e6vner hende i forbindelse med nattelige besv\u00e6rgelser. I byzantinsk folketro forbliver hun til stede indtil middelalderen.<\/p><p><strong>Mytologisk indplacering<\/strong><\/p><p>Empusa er i gr\u00e6sk <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den samlede overlevering af en kulturs guderfort\u00e6llinger.\" tabindex=\"0\">mytologi<\/span> et d\u00e6monisk v\u00e6sen, tjener for Hekate, som om natten forf\u00f8rer og fort\u00e6rer vandrende mennesker. Hun er en formskifter, ofte med unormale ben. Empusaer er besl\u00e6gtede med lamiaer, men mindre interesserede i blod end i k\u00f8d. De personificerer nattens fare.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d47b156 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d47b156\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff38c2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff38c2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Udbredelsesomr\u00e5de<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e49fcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e49fcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kerneomr\u00e5det er den gr\u00e6ske verden: fastland, \u00f8er, den lilleasiatiske kyst. Omtaler af Empusa findes is\u00e6r i attiske komedier (Aristofanes, <em>Fr\u00f6sche<\/em> 285, 293) og i senantikke skrifter om Hekate-kulter. I den romerske <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Overgangsperiode mellem antikken og middelalderen, ca. 3. til 7. \u00e5rhundrede.\" tabindex=\"0\">senantik<\/span> g\u00e5r Empusa-profilen delvist over i Lamia og Strix-komplekset.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db03c39 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"db03c39\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-229a87b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"229a87b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f471fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f471fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kildesituation<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36b1201 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36b1201\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Litter\u00e6re enkeltbel\u00e6g, magiske papyri, byzantinsk folkelitteratur. Ingen egen billedtradition; beskrivelsen lever af litter\u00e6re detaljer, is\u00e6r af Filostratos&#8217; fort\u00e6lling.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ae0637c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ae0637c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31d07739 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"31d07739\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Navn<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7642947 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b7642947\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a086266 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a086266\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Gr\u00e6sk:<\/strong> \u1f1c\u03bc\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1 (<em>Empousa<\/em>), etymologien er usikker. En mulig afledning er <em>en-pous<\/em> (&#8220;enbenet&#8221;) p\u00e5 grund af hendes karakteristiske \u00e6seleben. Andre forskere ser en f\u00f8rgr\u00e6sk baggrund. Pluralis: empuser, empusai. Besl\u00e6gtet med mormolykeiai (skr\u00e6mmefigurer), lamiai og med Hekate som nattens leder.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-709a44a8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"709a44a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f585873 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f585873\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Karakteristika<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70621c12 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"70621c12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4296eb49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4296eb49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Udseende<\/strong><\/p><p>Grundform: kvindeskikkelse, ofte smuk og forf\u00f8rende. Karakteristisk kendetegn: et bronzeben, det andet som et \u00e6sels. Forvandlinger mellem kvinde, hund, ko og andre dyr beskrives.<\/p><p><strong>Adf\u00e6rd<\/strong><\/p><p>Empusa tr\u00e6der rejsende, is\u00e6r dem der vandrer alene, i m\u00f8de om natten ved korsveje eller \u00f8de steder. Hun udgiver sig f\u00f8rst for rejsef\u00f8lge, derefter elskerinde, og afsl\u00f8rer sig til sidst som dyr. Hendes m\u00e5l er at udsuge og dr\u00e6be offeret.<\/p><p><strong>Virkningsomr\u00e5de<\/strong><\/p><p>Natten, korsveje, \u00f8de stier, m\u00e5ltider med fremmede. Hun opererer, hvor det sociale beskyttelsesrum mangler.<\/p><p><strong>Mytologisk oprindelse<\/strong><\/p><p>Hekates f\u00f8lge, uden egen familiehistorie. Empusa er ikke en tidligere gudinde som Lamia, men fra begyndelsen en d\u00e6monisk tjener for en nattegudinde.<\/p><p><strong>Udseende og symbolik<\/strong><\/p><p>Empusa afbildes med menneskelig overkrop og unormale ben, en fod af malm, den anden \u00e6selhov. Hun b\u00e6rer nogle gange dyrehoved eller maske. Ild str\u00e5ler fra hende. En fornemmelse af anomali og fare udg\u00e5r fra hende. Hekate-symbolik er forbundet med hende.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44e71476 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"44e71476\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c1fc3f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c1fc3f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Profil: Empusa<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84f33b8e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"84f33b8e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-hqkdc67p elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"hqkdc67p\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>De vigtigste aspekter af Empusa p\u00e5 et blik. Uddybningen om navn, beskrivelse, afv\u00e6rgelse og paralleller findes i de f\u00f8lgende afsnit.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-qh9oavvu iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"qh9oavvu\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-awzx8k2k elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"awzx8k2k\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kulturkontekst<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-x6rowhv0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"x6rowhv0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hekates f\u00f8lge. Ingen guddommelig genealogi, ingen egen oprindelseshistorie; Empusa er et rent nattev\u00e6sen.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e3o4kxs iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8e3o4kxs\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08rkdgov elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"08rkdgov\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bezogen p\u00e5<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-uwjelx8s elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"uwjelx8s\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Alene rejsende, is\u00e6r unge m\u00e6nd. Mennesker p\u00e5 fremmed grund, ved korsveje, ved nattelige m\u00e5ltider med fremmede.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-jm2n74ec iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"jm2n74ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8vufse4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8vufse4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fremstilling<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mwb9u015 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"mwb9u015\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kvinde, ofte smuk; et bronzeben, det andet som et \u00e6sels. Forvandler sig til hund, ko og til sidst til sin &#8220;sande&#8221; skr\u00e6kindjagende skikkelse.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37ss2yr6 iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"37ss2yr6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3v0wp3wx elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3v0wp3wx\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Virkningsomr\u00e5de<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-w3247g2m elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"w3247g2m\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Forf\u00f8relse, udsugning, d\u00f8d. Hendes virkning er langsom, ikke et pludseligt angreb, men en iscenes\u00e6ttelse af bedrag.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0qpjal9w iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0qpjal9w\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ndoih0o elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ndoih0o\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Beskyttelse<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6684tyh9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6684tyh9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If\u00f8lge Aristofanes: hun fordrives ved sk\u00e6lden ud. Filostratos: hun viger for udtalt sandhed. Magiske papyri n\u00e6vner beskyttelsesformler med Hekate-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den bedende eller besv\u00e6rgende tiltale til en gudom eller magt.\" tabindex=\"0\">anr\u00e5belse<\/span>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3lfi7x32 iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3lfi7x32\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0kg99ga1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0kg99ga1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Empusas paralleller<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-n0fum6kp elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"n0fum6kp\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lil\u012btu, Lamia, Strix (romersk), Vrykolakas (byzantinsk), inkubus\/sukkubus (middelalderlig-kristen), mare.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7533bc7a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7533bc7a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2447d18d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2447d18d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Beskyttelsespraksis<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5d0260c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d5d0260c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-341be2ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"341be2ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Ritualer til afv\u00e6rgelse<\/strong><\/p><p>Ved korsveje blev der bragt <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Gave til en gud for at udtrykke tak, b\u00f8n eller tilbedelse.\" tabindex=\"0\">offergaver<\/span> til Hekate, kager, \u00e6g, sorte dyr. Disse <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Gave til en gud for at udtrykke tak, b\u00f8n eller tilbedelse.\" tabindex=\"0\">offergaver<\/span> skulle samtidig blidg\u00f8re Hekates tjenerinder, herunder Empusa, og holde dem p\u00e5 afstand.<\/p><p><strong>Besv\u00e6rgelser<\/strong><\/p><p>De gr\u00e6ske tryllepapyri indeholder formler mod natlige angribere, som kalder p\u00e5 Hekate og henviser hendes tjenerinder tilbage. Strukturen er: <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den bedende eller besv\u00e6rgende tiltale af en gud eller magt.\" tabindex=\"0\">tilkaldelse<\/span> af herskerinden, identifikation af angriberen, afv\u00e6rgekommando.<\/p><p><strong>Amuletter og beskyttelsessymboler<\/strong><\/p><p>Hekataia, sm\u00e5 statuer af Hekate ved husindgange, beskytter ogs\u00e5 mod Empusa. Gorgoneion som apotrop\u00e6isk billede. Navneamuletter i <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Overgangsperiode mellem antikken og middelalderen, cirka 3. til 7. \u00e5rhundrede.\" tabindex=\"0\">senantikken<\/span>.<\/p><p><strong><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den samlede religi\u00f8se dyrkelse af en gud eller hellig figur.\" tabindex=\"0\">Kult<\/span> og dyrkelse<\/strong><\/p><p>Empusa dyrkes ikke, men respekteres og frygtes som Hekates tjenerinde. Natlige rejsende bar beskyttelsesamuletter. Hekate-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Praksisser, der gennem s\u00e6rlige handlinger eller formler fors\u00f8ger at gribe ind i tingenes gang.\" tabindex=\"0\">magi<\/span> kan kalde hende frem eller binde hende. I mysterietraditioner opfattes Empusae som aspekter af Hekates magt. Ro under passagen gennem hendes omr\u00e5der.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a584676 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5a584676\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d0757bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d0757bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Empusa, paralleller i andre kulturer<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60563f68 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"60563f68\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a93fdd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a93fdd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Mesopotamien:<\/strong> Den akkadiske ardat-lil\u00ee deler profilen med den natlige, seksuelle kvindelige d\u00e6mon og udg\u00f8r en typologisk forl\u00f8ber; en direkte kulturel kontakt kan ikke p\u00e5vises.<\/p><p><strong>Rom<\/strong><\/p><p>Strix og Striga overtager funktionen med natlig gestaltskift; <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/da\/?page_id=137934\">Lamiae<\/a> udg\u00f8r den kollektiviserede form af Lamia-Empusa-komplekset. Lucianus fra Samosata bevidner i <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Overgangsperiode mellem antikken og middelalderen, cirka 3. til 7. \u00e5rhundrede.\" tabindex=\"0\">senantikken<\/span> den popul\u00e6re sammenligning af de to begreber.<\/p><p><strong>Middelalder og <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Periode fra cirka det 15. til det 18. \u00e5rhundrede.\" tabindex=\"0\">tidlig moderne tid<\/span>:<\/strong> I den skolastisk-teologiske litteratur smelter Empusa sammen med sukkubus-begrebet. Under hekseforf\u00f8lgelserne bliver det enbenede element (\u00e6sele- eller bukkefod) et standardtegn p\u00e5 pagten med Dj\u00e6velen.<\/p><p><strong>Moderne modtagelse<\/strong><\/p><p>Charles Kingsley bruger Empusa som figur i <em>Hypatia<\/em> (1853). I moderne fantasy- og myte-modtagelse (f.eks. hos Rick Riordans Percy Jackson-serie) fremst\u00e5r hun som Hekates f\u00f8lgesvend og gestaltskiftende forf\u00f8rer. I den psykoanalytiske litteratur (Robert Graves) l\u00e6ses hun som arketypen p\u00e5 den natligt-truende kvindelighed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp6a5a612 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp6a5a612\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp00eb0b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp00eb0b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Optr\u00e6denen i Aristofanes' komedier<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp097f7c1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp097f7c1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp98c1db7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp98c1db7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Det tidligste udf\u00f8rlige litter\u00e6re spor efter Empusa findes i den attiske komedie fra det 5. \u00e5rhundrede f\u00f8r vores tidsregning.<\/p><p>I Aristofanes&#8217; stykke <em>Fr\u00f8erne<\/em> (opf\u00f8rt 405 f.v.t.) m\u00f8der guden Dionysos p\u00e5 sin vej til underverdenen en Empusa, der hurtigt forvandler sig: f\u00f8rst et rund, s\u00e5 et muldyr, s\u00e5 en smuk kvinde, s\u00e5 en hund.<\/p><p>Slaven Xanthias beskriver hende desuden med et ben af bronze og et andet af \u00e6selm\u00f8g. Scenen er anlagt som et skr\u00e6mmemoment, der samtidig brydes komisk, for Dionysos falder i panik, mens Xanthias kommenterer synet halvt spottende.<\/p><p>Dette sted er religionsvidenskabeligt vigtigt af flere grunde. Det viser f\u00f8rst, at Empusa allerede m\u00e5tte v\u00e6re det athenske publikum bekendt som en velkendt skr\u00e6mmefigur, ellers ville hentydningen ikke have fungeret.<\/p><p>Dern\u00e6st bekr\u00e6fter det kernen i Empusa-billedet: den hurtige gestaltskift og forbindelsen mellem forf\u00f8relse og bedr\u00f8velse. For det tredje henviser lokaliseringen ved underverdenens indgang til hendes tilh\u00f8rsforhold til Hekates kreds, gudinden for vejkryds og overgange.<\/p><p>En scholie, alts\u00e5 en <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Periode i den gr\u00e6ske og romerske kultur, cirka 800 f.Kr. til 600 e.Kr.\" tabindex=\"0\">antik<\/span> forklaring til dette sted hos Aristofanes, tilf\u00f8jer, at Empusa skr\u00e6mte rejsende p\u00e5 \u00f8de steder, og at man kunne fordrive hende med sk\u00e6ldsord, hvorefter hun flygtede skrigende.<\/p><p>Denne detalje er betegnende: Empusa fremst\u00e5r her ikke som en alm\u00e6gtig magt, men som et v\u00e6sen, der er afh\u00e6ngig af frygt, og som mister sin virkning ved spot. Komedien bruger alts\u00e5 en reelt udbredt folketro og g\u00f8r den samtidig til genstand for latter.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp3732fb6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp3732fb6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpe16d753 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cpe16d753\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Empusa, Lamia og fort\u00e6llingen hos Filostratos<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpe5a86fe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cpe5a86fe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp00e1d27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp00e1d27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I den senere <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Epoke i den gr\u00e6ske og romerske kultur, fra ca. 800 f.Kr. til 600 e.Kr.\" tabindex=\"0\">antikken<\/span> udviskes gr\u00e6nserne mellem Empusa, Lamia og de skr\u00e6mmeskikkelser, der kaldes <em>mormolykeia<\/em>. Flere forfattere behandler dem som besl\u00e6gtede eller udskiftelige v\u00e6sener, der alle tilh\u00f8rer Hekates sf\u00e6re og is\u00e6r udg\u00f8r en fare for unge m\u00e6nd.<\/p><p>Den mest udf\u00f8rlige fort\u00e6llende bearbejdning findes hos Filostratos i hans <em>Vita Apollonii<\/em>, forfattet omkring 220 e.v.t. (bog 4). Her forelsker den unge elev Menippos sig i en smuk, rig kvinde, som han vil giftes med.<\/p><p>Apollonios af Tyana ser igennem fremtoningen og afsl\u00f8rer hende ved brylluppet som en <em>empousa<\/em>, andre steder i teksten ogs\u00e5 kaldet <em>lamia<\/em>.<\/p><p>V\u00e6senet indr\u00f8mmer, at det har villet fede den unge mand op for at leve af hans blod og k\u00f8d, fordi det n\u00e6rer sig af smukke, unge kroppe. Ved Apollonios&#8217; ord opl\u00f8ses de tilsyneladende pr\u00e6gtige bygninger og tjenere til intet.<\/p><p><span data-nosnippet>Denne episode har senere f\u00e5et en enorm virkningshistorie. John Keats bearbejdede den i 1820 i digtet <em>Lamia<\/em>, og p\u00e5 den vis satte den sit pr\u00e6g p\u00e5 den romantiske og moderne forestilling om den smukke, farlige forf\u00f8rerske, som til tider l\u00e6ses som en tidlig vampyrfigur.<\/span><\/p><p>Religionsvidenskabeligt b\u00f8r det fremh\u00e6ves, at Filostratos her ikke leverer et folkeligt trosvidnesbyrd, men en litter\u00e6rt udformet l\u00e6refort\u00e6lling: Den skal demonstrere den vise Apollonios&#8217; overmenneskelige indsigtsevne. Empusa er i denne tekst et middel, ikke et m\u00e5l i sig selv.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp9303adf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp9303adf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp4ea35c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp4ea35c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Etymologi og striden om navnets betydning<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp4b86d37 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp4b86d37\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp8c435d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp8c435d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Oprindelsen til navnet <em>Empousa<\/em> har v\u00e6ret omstridt siden <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Epoke i den gr\u00e6ske og romerske kultur, fra ca. 800 f.Kr. til 600 e.Kr.\" tabindex=\"0\">antikken<\/span> og er den dag i dag ikke endeligt afklaret. Allerede <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Epoke i den gr\u00e6ske og romerske kultur, fra ca. 800 f.Kr. til 600 e.Kr.\" tabindex=\"0\">antikke<\/span> grammatikere fremsatte tolkninger, som dog snarere fulgte ordets klang end den faktiske sproghistorie.<\/p><p>En udbredt <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Epoke i den gr\u00e6ske og romerske kultur, fra ca. 800 f.Kr. til 600 e.Kr.\" tabindex=\"0\">antik<\/span> forklaring forbandt navnet med det at halte p\u00e5 \u00e9t ben, alts\u00e5 det p\u00e5faldende kendetegn med det ene bronzeben eller dyreben. Denne tolkning er stadig usikker.<\/p><p>Moderne sproglige forslag g\u00e5r til dels ud fra en forbindelse til ord for fod eller bev\u00e6gelse, til dels ser man en dannelse, der udtrykker det at tr\u00e6nge sig ind eller indtr\u00e6ngning. Ingen af disse forklaringer har vundet almindelig anerkendelse.<\/p><p>Yderligere kompliceres sagen af, at navnet muligvis ikke oprindeligt er gr\u00e6sk, men kan stamme fra et f\u00f8rgr\u00e6sk eller fremmed substrat, som det formodes for talrige navne p\u00e5 lavere skr\u00e6mmeskikkelser.<\/p><p>Mere oplysende end den usikre rod er ordets brug. <em>Empousa<\/em> kunne p\u00e5 gr\u00e6sk v\u00e6re b\u00e5de et egennavn og en artsbetegnelse; <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Epoke i den gr\u00e6ske og romerske kultur, fra ca. 800 f.Kr. til 600 e.Kr.\" tabindex=\"0\">antikke<\/span> tekster taler om Empusa som en enkelt skikkelse, men kender ogs\u00e5 et flertal.<\/p><p>Samme dobbeltnatur ses hos de besl\u00e6gtede ord <em>lamia<\/em> og <em>mormo<\/em>. Heraf kan man udlede, at det snarere er en kategori af skr\u00e6mmev\u00e6sener, der levede i den huslige opdragelse og folkelige forestillingsverden, end et klart afgr\u00e6nset mytologisk individ.<\/p><p>Forskningen henf\u00f8rer derfor Empusa til de s\u00e5kaldte <em>bogey-figures<\/em>, skr\u00e6mmeskikkelser, som man skr\u00e6mte b\u00f8rn med, og som gjorde ensomme veje ubehagelige.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp6b0f885 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp6b0f885\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp7861cd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp7861cd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Empusa som b\u00f8rneskr\u00e6mme og folkelig forestilling<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp4e7304b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp4e7304b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp9847e8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp9847e8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I mods\u00e6tning til de store guder i den gr\u00e6ske pantheon var Empusa ikke genstand for en organiseret kult med templer, pr\u00e6ster eller fester. Hun tilh\u00f8rte den huslige og daglige tro, som kun har efterladt sig spor i tilf\u00e6ldige omtaler i litter\u00e6re kilder.<\/p><p>Denne kildesituation forklarer, hvorfor vores viden forbliver mangelfuld: Det, m\u00f8dre og ammer fortalte deres b\u00f8rn om Empusa, blev ikke systematisk optegnet.<\/p><p>Alligevel kan man ud fra spredte henvisninger danne sig et billede. Empusa h\u00f8rte til en gruppe skikkelser, der blev samlet under betegnelsen <em>mormolykeia<\/em>, og som man skr\u00e6mte uartige eller uregerlige b\u00f8rn med.<\/p><p>Hun blev regnet til Hekates f\u00f8lge og ans\u00e5s for at v\u00e6re aktiv ved vejkryds, t\u00e6rskler og ensomme steder, alts\u00e5 netop de steder, som i den gr\u00e6ske forestillingsverden ans\u00e5s for farlige og som porte til d\u00f8dens rige. Hendes fremtoning foretr\u00e6kker middagstiden eller natten.<\/p><p>Bem\u00e6rkelsesv\u00e6rdig er den svaghed, man tilskrev hende. Flere kilder betoner, at Empusa flygter, hvis man udsk\u00e6lder eller h\u00e5ner hende.<\/p><p>Denne forestilling peger p\u00e5 en vigtig funktion hos den slags skikkelser: De gjorde frygten h\u00e5ndterbar ved samtidig at levere et modmiddel. Barnet eller den rejsende var ikke hj\u00e6lpel\u00f8st udsat for Empusa, men kunne gennem en bestemt handling bryde hendes magt.<\/p><p>Videnskabeligt h\u00f8rer Empusa dermed til de lavere skikkelser i den gr\u00e6ske forestillingsverden, som tjente behovet for at give diffuse angster for m\u00f8rke, ensomhed og seksuel trussel en gribelig, bek\u00e6mpelig form. Lignende funktioner blev opfyldt i andre kulturer af skikkelser som <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/da\/?page_id=137925\">Lamia<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36dd7469 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"36dd7469\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13760ab4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13760ab4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Yderligere links<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28c87796 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"28c87796\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d6538df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d6538df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Anbefalede interne links:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/da\/?page_id=137922\">Gr\u00e6kenland<\/a> (overordnet kultursider)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/da\/?page_id=137929\">Hekate<\/a> (Empusas herskerinde)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/da\/?page_id=137925\">Lamia<\/a> (strukturelt besl\u00e6gtet)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/da\/?page_id=137913\">Lil\u00fb og Lil\u012btu<\/a> (mesopotamisk parallel)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/da\/?page_id=138075\">Natv\u00e6sener<\/a> og <a class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/da\/?page_id=138216\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Bevidsthedstilstand, hvor bevidstheden er v\u00e5gen, men kroppen stadig er lammet p\u00e5 grund af REM-atoni; ofte forbundet med hallucinationer.\" style=\"color:inherit;text-decoration:none\">s\u00f8vnparalyse<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-grl4kl40 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"grl4kl40\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bzsbfrmh elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bzsbfrmh\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kilder og litteratur<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c13224a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2c13224a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eymh9ub elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0eymh9ub\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<footer class=\"iwg-literatur\" data-nosnippet=\"true\"><p>Et udvalg af centrale v\u00e6rker om Empusa og natlige gestalter i den gr\u00e6ske tradition:<\/p><ul><li><span data-nosnippet>Graf, Fritz: <em>Magic in the Ancient World<\/em>. Cambridge, MA 1997.<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Greenfield, Richard P. H.: <em>Traditions of Belief in Late Byzantine Demonology<\/em>. Amsterdam 1988.<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Luck, Georg: <em>Arcana Mundi. Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds<\/em>. Baltimore 1985.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/footer>\n<p class=\"iwg-bib-more\"><span data-nosnippet>Flere standardv\u00e6rker i <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/da\/?page_id=138058\">litteraturlisten<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgca-empusa-sec e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgca-empusa-sec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"iwg-ca-empusa\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgca-empusa-te iwg-ca-textwrap elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgca-empusa-te\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-nosnippet=\"true\"><p class=\"iwg-ca-bridge\">Den her beskrevne beskyttelsespraksis er en videnskabelig indordning af historiske traditioner. iWell Guard knytter 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