{"id":4476,"date":"2026-04-27T10:32:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/child-demons\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T09:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T09:42:11","slug":"child-demons","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/child-demons\/","title":{"rendered":"Child Demons"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4476\" class=\"elementor elementor-4476 elementor-1954\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-am-kinder-hero e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"am-kinder-hero\" 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-am-kinder-herohl e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"am-kinder-herohl\" 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-am-kinder-c3ceb6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"am-kinder-c3ceb6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-am-kinder-96ae5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"am-kinder-96ae5e\" 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\">Child Demons, Threats to Infants and Children<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-am-kinder-e45238 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"am-kinder-e45238\" 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>This overview treats <strong>childbed<\/strong> and <strong>infant <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A spiritual being to which harmful or ambivalent effect is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">demons<\/span><\/strong> from <strong>cultures worldwide<\/strong>, from <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Mesopotamian demoness regarded as a threat to pregnant women and newborns.\" tabindex=\"0\">Lamashtu<\/span> to midwife <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The passing on of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">lore<\/span>.<\/p><p>Child demons are cross-cultural demonic beings that specifically threaten newborns, infants and women in childbed. They personify the biological risks of birth and early childhood and are documented from Mesopotamia through the Mediterranean region to the Far East.<\/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-am-kinder-klsbdg e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"am-kinder-klsbdg\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-am-kinder-klshtm elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"am-kinder-klshtm\" 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=\"Class overview: hub page on a class of beings (infernal beings, night beings etc.), organised by function, across cultures.\">Class Overview<\/span><span class=\"iwg-kultur-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Cross-cultural phenomenon, attested in several cultures with 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elementor-element-am-kinder-herorg e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"am-kinder-herorg\" 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-am-kinder-heroim iwg-hero-image elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"am-kinder-heroim\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/geister_kinderdaemonen-683x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4477\" alt=\"Child Demons: Childbed and Infant Demons\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/geister_kinderdaemonen-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/geister_kinderdaemonen-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/geister_kinderdaemonen-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/geister_kinderdaemonen.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\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-sec-iwgcomp2-kinderdaemonen elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"sec-iwgcomp2-kinderdaemonen\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-col-iwgcomp2-kinderdaemonen\" data-id=\"col-iwgcomp2-kinderdaemonen\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcomp2-kinderdaemonen elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgcomp2-kinderdaemonen\" 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>Child demons are <strong>threats<\/strong> to newborns and small children in various religious traditions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-s1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"wmd-s1\" 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-wmd-h1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"wmd-h1\" 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\">Definition and Distinction<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-am-wmdt1-bw e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"am-wmdt1-bw\" 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\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-t1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"wmd-t1\" 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>Child demons differ from general demons through their <strong>functional specialisation<\/strong>: they target a vulnerable population (pregnancy, childbed, early infancy) and often operate in patterns of haemorrhage, sudden infant death, descent into madness or physical harm.<\/p><p>The phenomenon is grounded in history: maternal and infant mortality was extraordinarily high in pre-modern societies. Demonology projects this fear onto supernatural agents; it externalises the inexplicable and the unavoidable. A child that died had not simply died; it had been taken by the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Spiritual being to which harmful or ambivalent effect is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">demon<\/span>.<\/p><p>Related terms: female vampires (which drain children), night elves, witches who focus on infants, yet these are roles, whereas child demons have an essential identity: they <em>are<\/em> attackers of newborns, not incidentally turned into them.<\/p><h3>Mesopotamian Specificity<\/h3><p>The Mesopotamian complex is particularly rich for the history of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The academic discipline that studies religions comparatively and without confessional commitment.\" tabindex=\"0\">religion<\/span> because it is comparatively well documented in the sources. The Akkadian and Old Babylonian <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A linguistic ritual intended to summon or bind a power.\" tabindex=\"0\">incantation<\/span> tablets (especially the Lamashtu incantations, edited by Walter Farber, 2014) offer texts in which Lamashtu&#8217;s conduct, her appearance and the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An ordered sequence of symbolic actions with religious or cultural meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">ritual<\/span> protective practices are described in detail.<\/p><p>Pazuzu, originally a harmful <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Spiritual being to which harmful or ambivalent effect is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">demon<\/span> himself, becomes in the later half of the second millennium BCE the specific counter-being against Lamashtu, a remarkable example in the history of religion of how a harmful being can become a protective being within a changed cultural constellation.<\/p><h3>Related Articles in the Lexicon<\/h3><p>If you wish to pursue the complex further, the individual entries on <a href=\"\/en\/lamashtu\/\">Lamashtu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/lilith\/\">Lilith<\/a> and <a href=\"\/en\/lamia\/\">Lamia<\/a> treat the central beings in detail.<\/p><p>The protective <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The passing on of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span> is documented in the articles on <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/pazuzu\/\">Pazuzu<\/a> and in the chapter introductions of the respective culture landing pages. A comparative treatment would exceed the scope of this article; it is a subject of modern comparative religious anthropology.<\/p><h3>Notes on Sources<\/h3><p>The most important specialised edition on the Lamashtu tradition is Walter Farber&#8217;s &#8220;Lama\u0161tu&#8221; (Eisenbrauns 2014); on the Lilith tradition Raphael Patai&#8217;s &#8220;The Hebrew Goddess&#8221; and Joseph Dan&#8217;s collection on the Jewish <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Religious current centred on direct experience of God.\" tabindex=\"0\">mysticism<\/span> traditions. On Lamia and the related Greek beings see Sarah Iles Johnston, &#8220;Restless Dead&#8221;, University of California Press 1999.<\/p><p>Child demons are a specific threat to pregnant women and newborns: Lamashtu in Mesopotamia, Lilith in the Jewish tradition, Mahr in the Germanic sphere.<\/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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-s2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"wmd-s2\" 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-wmd-h2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"wmd-h2\" 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\">Cultural-Historical Examples<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-am-wmdt2-bw e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"am-wmdt2-bw\" 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\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-t2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"wmd-t2\" 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>The archetypal demoness is Lamashtu (Mesopotamia): depicted with a human head, a lion&#8217;s body and a bull&#8217;s feet. She is described attacking women in childbed, triggering haemorrhages and abducting infants or making them fatally ill. Akkadian incantation formulas and <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A worn object to which a protective, misfortune-averting effect is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">amulets<\/span> show the widespread fear of this figure.<\/p><div><h3>Classification and Religious-Historical Background<\/h3><p>Child demons are a subclass of demons specialised in threatening infants, small children and pregnant women. The class appears in practically all developed Mediterranean and Near Eastern cultures under its own designations.<\/p><p>In the history of religion this class is particularly old; the earliest attestations are found in the Mesopotamian incantation literature (Lamashtu tablets, 2nd millennium BCE), where Lamashtu as the infant threat is the paradigmatic figure and Pazuzu amulets count as the foremost means of protection.<\/p><\/div>\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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-s3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"wmd-s3\" 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-wmd-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"wmd-h3\" 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\">State of the Sources<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-am-wmdt3-bw e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"am-wmdt3-bw\" 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\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-t3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"wmd-t3\" 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>Modern folkloristic analysis: Margaret Murray (contested) connected child demons with fertility crises in pre-industrial societies. More recent research (Paola Tartakoff, Rachel Trubowitz) sees in child demons projections of maternal anxiety, biological trauma and powerlessness in the face of uncontrollable natural processes. They are a cognitive tool for coping with infant mortality.<\/p><div><h3>Comparative Overview<\/h3><p>The Jewish tradition knows Lilith (see <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/lilith\/\">Lilith<\/a>) as Adam&#8217;s former first wife, who after her separation acts as a threat to infants; the rabbinic tradition knows extensive protective amulets (<em>Lilith amulets<\/em>) with the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"In the Abrahamic religions, a heavenly messenger being of God.\" tabindex=\"0\">angel<\/span> names Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof.<\/p><p>The Greek-Byzantine tradition knows Lamia and Gello (see <a href=\"\/en\/gello\/\">Gello<\/a>) as analogous figures; the Roman tradition knows Strigae and Lemures as threats to infants.<\/p><p>The Arabic tradition knows the <em>Qarina<\/em> as a female <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Spiritual being to which harmful or ambivalent effect is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">demon<\/span> that attacks the infant; the Persian tradition knows <em>Al<\/em>. The Slavic tradition knows the <em>Kikimora<\/em> and <em>Polunocnica<\/em> (midnight demoness), the Thai tradition <em>Krasue<\/em>.<\/p><\/div>\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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-s4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"wmd-s4\" 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-wmd-h4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"wmd-h4\" 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\">Present-Day Significance \/ Related Beings<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-am-wmdt4-bw e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"am-wmdt4-bw\" 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\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wmd-t4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"wmd-t4\" 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>In the psychoanalytic interpretation (Jung, Neumann) child demons are regarded as a projection of the unconscious fear of femininity and reproduction. Modern <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Collective term for teachings that claim a hidden knowledge accessible only to initiates.\" tabindex=\"0\">esoteric<\/span> traditions often reinterpret them as proto-shamanic archetypes of the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A fixed, recurring religious act.\" tabindex=\"0\">rite<\/span> of passage. Regardless of interpretation, their cultural persistence is a sign of deep-seated human concern for offspring and continuity.<\/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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-sub-mem-kinderdaemonen e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"sub-mem-kinderdaemonen\" 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-sub-mem-h-kinderdaemonen elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"sub-mem-h-kinderdaemonen\" 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\">Beings in This Category<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-am-inner-0001 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"am-inner-0001\" 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class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_keltisch_cailleach-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Cailleach \u2013 Celtic\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Cailleach<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/empusa\/\" aria-label=\"Empusa \u2013 Greece\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/daemonen_griechenland_empusa-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Empusa \u2013 Greece\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Empusa<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/gello\/\" aria-label=\"Gello \u2013 Greece\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/daemonen_griechenland_gello-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Gello \u2013 Greece\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Gello<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/lamashtu\/\" aria-label=\"Lamashtu \u2013 Mesopotamia\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/daemonen_mesopotamien_lamashtu-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Lamashtu \u2013 Mesopotamia\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Lamashtu<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/lamia\/\" aria-label=\"Lamia \u2013 Greece\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/daemonen_griechenland_lamia-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Lamia \u2013 Greece\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Lamia<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/lamiae\/\" aria-label=\"Lamiae \u2013 Rome\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/daemonen_rom_lamiae-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Lamiae \u2013 Rome\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Lamiae<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/lilith\/\" aria-label=\"Lilith \u2013 Judaism\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/daemonen_judentum_lilith-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Lilith \u2013 Judaism\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Lilith<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/mahr\/\" aria-label=\"Mahr \u2013 Germanic\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/geister_germanisch_mahr-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Mahr \u2013 Germanic\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Mahr<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/pishacha\/\" aria-label=\"Pishacha \u2013 Hinduism\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/daemonen_hinduismus_pishacha-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Pishacha \u2013 Hinduism\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Pishacha<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/rabisu\/\" aria-label=\"Rabisu \u2013 Mesopotamia\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/daemonen_mesopotamien_rabisu-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Rabisu \u2013 Mesopotamia\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Rabisu<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/striga\/\" aria-label=\"Striga \u2013 Rome\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/geister_rom_striga-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Striga \u2013 Rome\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Striga<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div>\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-iwgkw2-add-kinderdaemonen e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgkw2-add-kinderdaemonen\" 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-iwgkw2-add-kinderdaemonen-t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgkw2-add-kinderdaemonen-t\" 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>Already in <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Epoch of Greek and Roman culture, roughly 800 BC to 600 AD.\" tabindex=\"0\">ancient<\/span> Near Eastern incantation texts, protective formulas were directed specifically at <strong>pregnant women<\/strong>, whose unborn and newborn children were regarded as especially endangered by demonic powers.<\/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-iwgce-kind-sec e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgce-kind-sec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"iwg-ce-kinderdaemonen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgce-kind-inner e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgce-kind-inner\" 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\t\t<div 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No promise of healing. Personal perceptions may vary.<\/p><\/div>\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<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Child Demons, Threats to Infants and Children This overview treats childbed and infant demons from cultures worldwide, from Lamashtu to midwife lore. Child demons are cross-cultural demonic beings that specifically threaten newborns, infants and women in childbed. 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