{"id":140812,"date":"2026-09-03T09:13:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T09:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/?page_id=140812"},"modified":"2026-09-03T09:31:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T09:31:57","slug":"empusa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/empusa\/","title":{"rendered":"Empusa"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"140812\" class=\"elementor elementor-140812 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, demon fra den greske tradisjonen<\/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>Forvandlingsdyktig nattdemon i Hekates f\u00f8lge.<\/strong> Den greske overleveringen beskriver Empusa som en formskiftende demon 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=\"Demon: Overnaturlig vesen med for det meste skadelig eller ambivalent virkning. St\u00e5r mellom guder og mennesker, for\u00e5rsaker sykdom, fristelse eller ulykke og avverges gjennom besvergelser, apotropaia og ritualer.\">Demon<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=140808\" class=\"iwg-kultur-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Religion og mytologi i det antikke Grekenland fra mykensk tid til senantikken.\">Grekenland<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f74855 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3f74855\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c30362 elementor-toc--minimized-on-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"1c30362\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;Det ble ikke funnet noen overskrifter p\\u00e5 denne siden.&quot;,&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h2&quot;,&quot;h3&quot;],&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;bullets&quot;,&quot;icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;fas fa-circle&quot;,&quot;library&quot;:&quot;fa-solid&quot;,&quot;rendered_tag&quot;:&quot;&lt;svg class=\\&quot;e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\\&quot; viewBox=\\&quot;0 0 512 512\\&quot; xmlns=\\&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.w3.org\\\/2000\\\/svg\\&quot;&gt;&lt;path d=\\&quot;M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/path&gt;&lt;\\\/svg&gt;&quot;},&quot;minimize_box&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;minimized_on&quot;:&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tInnholdsfortegnelse\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--expand\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__1c30362\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Open table of contents\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--collapse\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__1c30362\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close table of contents\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__1c30362\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M500 975V858C696 858 858 696 858 500S696 142 500 142 142 304 142 500H25C25 237 238 25 500 25S975 237 975 500 763 975 500 975Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\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-herorght0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"herorght0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-heroimg00 iwg-hero-image elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"heroimg00\" 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\/04\/daemonen_griechenland_empusa-683x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-143252\" alt=\"Empusa - demoner fra den greske tradisjonen, historisk-illustrativ\" 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 av de mest karakteristiske nattskikkelsene i den greske tradisjonen: et forvandlingsdyktig vesen som viser seg for reisende, antar skikkelsen til en vakker kvinne og forf\u00f8rer sine <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Gave til en guddom for \u00e5 uttrykke takk, b\u00f8nn eller \u00e6rb\u00f8dighet.\" tabindex=\"0\">offer<\/span>, suger dem tomme og dreper dem. Hun tilh\u00f8rer f\u00f8lget til Hekate og viser seg s\u00e6rlig ved veiskiller og avsidesliggende steder om natten.<\/p><p>I den antikke litteraturen opptrer hun f\u00f8rst hos Aristofanes, senere framtredende i Filostratos&#8217; <em>Vita Apollonii<\/em>, hvor hun utgir seg for \u00e5 v\u00e6re en sjarmerende kvinne og f\u00f8rst blir avsl\u00f8rt gjennom Apollonios&#8217; visdom. Hennes mest kjente kjennetegn: et ben av bronse, mens det andre er som et esels.<\/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\">Rask oversikt: 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 nattdemon<br>Opphav: Hekates f\u00f8lge<br>Tekster: Aristophanes, Philostratos, magiske papyrusruller, bysantinsk <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Religi\u00f8se forestillinger og skikker som er utbredt i dagliglivet.\" tabindex=\"0\">folketro<\/span><br>Tidsrom: Klassisk tid til <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Overgangsepoke mellom antikken og middelalderen, omtrent 3. til 7. \u00e5rhundre.\" tabindex=\"0\">senantikken<\/span> og bysantinsk tid<br>Utbredelse: Gresk-romersk kulturomr\u00e5de<br>Avvergelse: Utskjelling (driver henne bort if\u00f8lge Aristophanes), besvergelser, offer ved veiskiller<\/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\">Innplassering<\/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\">Tidsrom for tekstene<\/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 belegg finnes hos Aristophanes (5. \u00e5rh. f.Kr., <em>Fr\u00f6sche<\/em>). Fullstendig fortellergestalt hos Philostratos (2.\/3. \u00e5rh. e.Kr.). Magiske papyrusruller nevner henne i forbindelse med nattlige besvergelser. I den bysantinske folketroen forblir hun til stede fram til middelalderen.<\/p><p><strong>Mytologisk plassering<\/strong><\/p><p>Empusa er i gresk <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den samlede overleverte gudefortellingen til en kultur.\" tabindex=\"0\">mytologi<\/span> et demonisk vesen, en tjener av Hekate, som om natten forf\u00f8rer og fort\u00e6rer vandrere. Hun er en formskifter, ofte med unormale ben. Empusaer er beslektet med lamiaer, men mindre interessert i blod enn i kj\u00f8tt. De symboliserer 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\">Utbredelsesomr\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>Kjerneomr\u00e5det er den greske verden: fastlandet, \u00f8yene, den lilleasiatiske kysten. Omtaler av Empusa finnes s\u00e6rlig i attiske komedier (Aristophanes, <em>Fr\u00f6sche<\/em> 285, 293) og i senantikke skrifter om Hekate-kulter. I den romerske <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Overgangsepoke mellom antikken og middelalderen, omtrent 3. til 7. \u00e5rhundre.\" tabindex=\"0\">senantikken<\/span> g\u00e5r Empusa-profilen delvis over i Lamia og i 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\">Kildesituasjon<\/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>Enkeltst\u00e5ende litter\u00e6re belegg, magiske papyrusruller, bysantinsk folkelitteratur. Ingen egen billedtradisjon; beskrivelsen lever av litter\u00e6re detaljer, s\u00e6rlig av Philostratos&#8217; fortelling.<\/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>Gresk:<\/strong> \u1f1c\u03bc\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1 (<em>Empousa<\/em>), etymologien er usikker. Mulig avledning fra <em>en-pous<\/em> (\u00abenbeint\u00bb) p\u00e5 grunn av hennes karakteristiske eselben. Andre forskere ser en f\u00f8r-gresk bakgrunn. Flertall: Empuser, Empusai. Beslektet med mormolykeiene (skremmeskikkelser), lamiaene og med Hekate som nattlig anf\u00f8rer.<\/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\">Kjennetegn<\/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>Utseende<\/strong><\/p><p>Grunnform: kvinneskikkelse, ofte vakker og forf\u00f8rende. Karakteristisk kjennetegn: et bronseben, det andre som et eselben. Forvandlinger mellom kvinne, hunnhund, ku og andre dyr blir beskrevet.<\/p><p><strong>Oppf\u00f8rsel<\/strong><\/p><p>Empusa trer fram for reisende, s\u00e6rlig for de som vandrer alene, om natten ved veiskiller eller p\u00e5 avsidesliggende steder. Hun gir seg til kjenne som reisef\u00f8lge, elskerinne og deretter som dyr. M\u00e5let hennes er \u00e5 suge ut og drepe offeret.<\/p><p><strong>Virkeomr\u00e5de<\/strong><\/p><p>Natt, veiskiller, avsidesliggende veier, m\u00e5ltider med fremmede. Hun opererer der det sosiale beskyttelsesrommet mangler.<\/p><p><strong>Mytologisk opphav<\/strong><\/p><p>Hekates f\u00f8lge, uten egen familiehistorie. Empusa er ingen tidligere gudinne som Lamia, men fra begynnelsen av en demonisk tjenerinne for en nattgudinne.<\/p><p><strong>Utseende og symbolikk<\/strong><\/p><p>Empusa framstilles med menneskelig overkropp og unormale ben, en fot av bronse, den andre en eselhov. Hun b\u00e6rer noen ganger dyrehode eller maske. Ild str\u00e5ler fra henne. En f\u00f8lelse av avvik og fare utstr\u00e5les. Hekate-symbolikk er knyttet til henne.<\/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\">Faktaboks: 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 viktigste aspektene ved Empusa i korte trekk. Utdypende informasjon om navn, beskrivelse, avvergelse og paralleller finner du i de f\u00f8lgende avsnittene.<\/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 opprinnelseshistorie, Empusa er et rent nattvesen.<\/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\">Rettet mot<\/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>Enslige reisende, s\u00e6rlig unge menn. Mennesker p\u00e5 fremmede steder, ved veiskiller, under nattlige m\u00e5ltider med ukjente.<\/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>Kvinne, ofte vakker; et bronseben, det andre som et eselben. Forvandler seg til hunnhund, ku, og til slutt til sin \u00abvirkelige\u00bb fryktinnjagende 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\">Wirkningsomr\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, utsuging, d\u00f8d. Virkningen hennes er langsom, ikke et plutselig angrep, men en regissert bedragshandling.<\/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 Aristophanes: utskjelling driver henne bort. Philostratos: hun viker for uttalt sannhet. Magiske papyrusruller nevner beskyttelsesformler med Hekate-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den b\u00f8nnfallende eller besvergende tiltalen av en gudom eller makt.\" tabindex=\"0\">tilkallelse<\/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 (bysantinsk), inkubus\/sukkubus (middelaldersk-kristen), nattmare.<\/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 for avvergelse<\/strong><\/p><p>Ved veiskiller ble det gitt <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Gave til en gudom for \u00e5 uttrykke takk, b\u00f8nn eller tilbedelse.\" tabindex=\"0\">offergaver<\/span> til Hekate, som kaker, egg og svarte dyr. Disse <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Gave til en gudom for \u00e5 uttrykke takk, b\u00f8nn eller tilbedelse.\" tabindex=\"0\">offergavene<\/span> skulle samtidig blidgj\u00f8re Hekates tjenerinner, blant dem Empusa, og holde dem p\u00e5 avstand.<\/p><p><strong>Besvergelser<\/strong><\/p><p>De greske magiske papyrusene inneholder formler mot nattlige angripere, som kaller p\u00e5 Hekate og avviser hennes tjenerinner. Strukturen er som f\u00f8lger: <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den b\u00f8nnfallende eller besvergende tiltalen til en gudom eller makt.\" tabindex=\"0\">anrop<\/span> til herskerinnen, identifikasjon av angriperen, avvergende befaling.<\/p><p><strong>Amuletter og beskyttende symboler<\/strong><\/p><p>Hekataia, sm\u00e5 statuer av Hekate ved husinnganger, beskytter ogs\u00e5 mot Empusa. Gorgoneion fungerer som et apotropeisk bilde. Navneamuletter forekom i <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Overgangsperiode mellom antikken og middelalderen, omtrent 3. til 7. \u00e5rhundre.\" tabindex=\"0\">senantikken<\/span>.<\/p><p><strong><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Summen av religi\u00f8se tilbedelseshandlinger for en gudom eller hellig gestalt.\" tabindex=\"0\">Kult<\/span> og tilbedelse<\/strong><\/p><p>Empusa ble ikke tilbedt, men fryktet med respekt som Hekates tjenerinne. Nattlige reisende bar beskyttelsesamuletter. Hekate-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Praksiser som gjennom spesielle handlinger eller formler fors\u00f8ker \u00e5 gripe inn i tingenes gang.\" tabindex=\"0\">magi<\/span> kan b\u00e5de kalle henne fram og fordrive henne. I mysterietradisjoner ble Empusa-vesenene forst\u00e5tt som aspekter av Hekates makt. Ro var p\u00e5krevd ved passering av hennes 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>Mesopotamia:<\/strong> Den akkadiske ardat-lil\u00ee deler profilen som nattlig-seksuell kvinnedemon og utgj\u00f8r en typologisk forl\u00f8per; en direkte kulturell kontakt kan ikke p\u00e5vises.<\/p><p><strong>Roma<\/strong><\/p><p>Strix og Striga tar over funksjonen som nattlig gestaltskifter; <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=140820\">Lamiae<\/a> utgj\u00f8r den kollektiviserte formen av Lamia-Empusa-komplekset. Lukian av Samosata bevitner i <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Overgangsperiode mellom antikken og middelalderen, omtrent 3. til 7. \u00e5rhundre.\" tabindex=\"0\">senantikken<\/span> den popul\u00e6re likestillingen av de to begrepene.<\/p><p><strong>Middelalderen og <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Epoke omtrent fra 15. til 18. \u00e5rhundre.\" tabindex=\"0\">tidlig nytid<\/span>:<\/strong> I skolastisk-teologisk litteratur smelter Empusa sammen med sukkubus-begrepet. Under hekseforf\u00f8lgelsene ble det enbeinte elementet (esel- eller bukkefot) et standardmerke for djevlepakten.<\/p><p><strong>Moderne mottakelse<\/strong><\/p><p>Charles Kingsley bruker Empusa som karakter i <em>Hypatia<\/em> (1853). I moderne fantasy- og mytemottakelse (for eksempel hos Rick Riordans Percy Jackson-serie) fremst\u00e5r hun som Hekates f\u00f8lgesvenn og gestaltskiftende forf\u00f8rer. I den psykoanalytiske litteraturen (Robert Graves) tolkes hun som arketype for den nattlig-truende kvinneligheten.<\/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\">Opptredenen 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 utfyllende litter\u00e6re sporet av Empusa finnes i den attiske komedien fra det 5. \u00e5rhundre f\u00f8r v\u00e5r tidsregning.<\/p><p>I Aristofanes&#8217; skuespill <em>Fr\u00f8ene<\/em> (oppf\u00f8rt 405 f.v.t.) m\u00f8ter guden Dionysos p\u00e5 sin vei til underverdenen en Empusa som raskt skifter skikkelse: f\u00f8rst en okse, deretter et muldyr, s\u00e5 en vakker kvinne, og til slutt en hund.<\/p><p>Slaven Xanthias beskriver henne dessuten med ett ben av bronse og et annet av eselm\u00f8kk. Scenen er lagt opp som et skremmemoment som samtidig brytes komisk, ettersom Dionysos f\u00e5r panikk, mens Xanthias halvspottende kommenterer synet.<\/p><p>Dette stedet er religionsvitenskapelig viktig av flere grunner. Det viser for det f\u00f8rste at Empusa allerede m\u00e5tte v\u00e6re kjent som en fryktet skikkelse for det atenske publikummet, ellers ville hentydningen ikke ha fungert.<\/p><p>For det andre bekrefter det kjernen i Empusa-bildet: den raske gestaltskiftingen og sammenhengen mellom forf\u00f8relse og trussel. For det tredje peker plasseringen ved inngangen til underverdenen p\u00e5 hennes tilh\u00f8righet til Hekates krets, gudinnen for veiskiller og overganger.<\/p><p>Et scholion, alts\u00e5 en <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Epoke i den greske og romerske kulturen, omtrent 800 f.Kr. til 600 e.Kr.\" tabindex=\"0\">antikk<\/span> forklaring til dette stedet hos Aristofanes, legger til at Empusa skremte reisende p\u00e5 \u00f8de steder, og at man kunne drive henne bort ved \u00e5 skjelle henne ut, hvorp\u00e5 hun flyktet skrikende.<\/p><p>Denne detaljen er betegnende: Empusa fremst\u00e5r her ikke som en allmektig makt, men som et vesen som er avhengig av frykt og som mister sin virkning ved spott. Komedien benytter alts\u00e5 en reell folkelig forestilling og gj\u00f8r den samtidig til gjenstand 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 fortellingen 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 gresk og romersk kultur, fra ca. 800 f.Kr. til 600 e.Kr.\" tabindex=\"0\">antikken<\/span> glir grensene mellom Empusa, Lamia og skrekkskikkelsene som kalles <em>mormolykeia<\/em>, over i hverandre. Flere forfattere behandler dem som beslektede eller utskiftbare vesener, som alle knyttes til Hekates sf\u00e6re og f\u00f8rst og fremst blir farlige for unge menn.<\/p><p>Den mest utf\u00f8rlige fortellende utformingen finner vi hos Filostratos i hans <em>Vita Apollonii<\/em> (bok 4), forfattet rundt 220 e.Kr. Der forelsker den unge eleven Menippos seg i en vakker, rik kvinne han vil gifte seg med.<\/p><p>Apollonios fra Tyana ser gjennom illusjonen og avsl\u00f8rer henne under bryllupsm\u00e5ltidet som en <em>empousa<\/em>, ellers i teksten ogs\u00e5 kalt <em>lamia<\/em>.<\/p><p>Vesenet innr\u00f8mmer at det ville fete opp den unge mannen for \u00e5 n\u00e6re seg av hans blod og kj\u00f8tt, ettersom det livn\u00e6rer seg av vakre, unge kropper. Ved Apollonios&#8217; ord l\u00f8ses de tilsynelatende praktfulle byggverkene og tjenerne opp i ingenting.<\/p><p><span data-nosnippet>Denne episoden har senere f\u00e5tt enorm betydning. John Keats bearbeidet den i 1820 i diktet sitt <em>Lamia<\/em>, og gjennom denne omveien formet den den romantiske og moderne forestillingen om den vakre, farlige forf\u00f8reren, som noen ganger leses som en tidlig vampyrfigur.<\/span><\/p><p>Religionsvitenskapelig er det viktig \u00e5 p\u00e5peke at Filostratos her ikke gir noe folkelig trosvitnesbyrd, men en litter\u00e6rt utformet l\u00e6refortelling: Den tjener til \u00e5 vise den vise Apollonios&#8217; overmenneskelige oppfatningsgave. Empusa er i denne teksten et middel, ikke et m\u00e5l i seg 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>Opprinnelsen til navnet <em>Empousa<\/em> har v\u00e6rt omdiskutert siden <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Epoke i gresk og romersk kultur, fra ca. 800 f.Kr. til 600 e.Kr.\" tabindex=\"0\">antikken<\/span> og er ikke endelig klarlagt den dag i dag. Allerede <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Epoke i gresk og romersk kultur, fra ca. 800 f.Kr. til 600 e.Kr.\" tabindex=\"0\">antikkens<\/span> grammatikere ga forklaringer, men disse fulgte snarere ordklangen enn den faktiske spr\u00e5khistorien.<\/p><p>En vanlig <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Epoke i gresk og romersk kultur, fra ca. 800 f.Kr. til 600 e.Kr.\" tabindex=\"0\">antikk<\/span> forklaring knyttet navnet til det \u00e5 halte p\u00e5 ett ben, alts\u00e5 det p\u00e5fallende kjennetegnet med det ene bronse- eller dyrebeinet. Denne tolkningen er fortsatt usikker.<\/p><p>Moderne spr\u00e5kvitenskapelige forslag g\u00e5r delvis ut fra en forbindelse til ord for fot eller bevegelse, delvis ser man en form som uttrykker det \u00e5 trenge seg inn eller det \u00e5 innta noe. Ingen av disse forklaringene har f\u00e5tt generell tilslutning.<\/p><p>Det gj\u00f8r det ytterligere vanskelig at navnet muligens ikke opprinnelig er gresk, men kan stamme fra et forgresk eller fremmed substrat, slik man antar for mange navn p\u00e5 lavere skrekkskikkelser.<\/p><p>Mer opplysende enn den usikre roten er selve bruken av ordet. <em>Empousa<\/em> kunne p\u00e5 gresk v\u00e6re b\u00e5de et egennavn og en artsbetegnelse; <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Epoke i gresk og romersk kultur, fra ca. 800 f.Kr. til 600 e.Kr.\" tabindex=\"0\">antikke<\/span> tekster taler om Empusa som om en enkelt skikkelse, men kjenner ogs\u00e5 en flertallsform.<\/p><p>Samme dobbelthet ses hos de beslektede ordene <em>lamia<\/em> og <em>mormo<\/em>. Av dette kan man slutte at det er mindre snakk om et klart avgrenset mytologisk individ enn om en kategori av skrekkvesener som levde i den hjemlige oppdragelsen og i den folkelige forestillingsverdenen.<\/p><p>Forskningen plasserer derfor Empusa blant de s\u00e5kalte <em>bogey-figures<\/em>, skrekkskikkelser man brukte til \u00e5 skremme barn og gj\u00f8re ensomme veier utrygge.<\/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 barneskremsel 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 motsetning til de store gudene i det greske pantheon var Empusa ikke gjenstand for en regulert kult med templer, prester eller festdager. Hun tilh\u00f8rte den hjemlige og hverdagslige trossf\u00e6ren, som bare har satt spor i tilfeldige omtaler i litter\u00e6re kilder.<\/p><p>Denne kildesituasjonen forklarer hvorfor v\u00e5r kunnskap forblir mangelfull: Det m\u00f8dre og barnepiker fortalte barna sine om Empusa, ble ikke systematisk nedtegnet.<\/p><p>Likevel kan man ut fra spredte antydninger danne seg et bilde. Empusa h\u00f8rte til en gruppe skikkelser som ble samlet under navnet <em>mormolykeia<\/em>, og som man brukte til \u00e5 skremme uskikkelige eller urolige barn.<\/p><p>Hun ble regnet til Hekates f\u00f8lge og ble ansett for \u00e5 v\u00e6re aktiv ved veikryss, d\u00f8rterskler og ensomme steder, alts\u00e5 nettopp de stedene som i den greske forestillingsverdenen ble regnet som farlige og gjennomtrengelige mot de d\u00f8des sf\u00e6re. Hun viste seg foretrukket i middagsstunden eller om natten.<\/p><p>Det er verdt \u00e5 merke seg svakheten som ble tilskrevet henne. Flere kilder betoner at Empusa flykter hvis man skjeller ut eller h\u00e5ner henne.<\/p><p>Denne forestillingen viser til en viktig funksjon hos slike skikkelser: De gjorde frykten h\u00e5ndterlig ved samtidig \u00e5 tilby et motmiddel. Barnet eller den reisende var ikke hjelpel\u00f8st utlevert til Empusa, men kunne bryte hennes makt gjennom en bestemt oppf\u00f8rsel.<\/p><p>Vitenskapelig h\u00f8rer Empusa dermed til de lavere skikkelsene i den greske forestillingsverdenen, som dekket behovet for \u00e5 gi diffuse angster for m\u00f8rke, ensomhet og seksuell fare en konkret, bekjempbar form. Beslektede funksjoner ble i andre kulturer fylt av skikkelser som <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=140811\">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\">Videre lenker<\/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>Anbefalte interne lenker:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=140808\">Grekenland<\/a> (overordnet kultursside)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=140815\">Hekate<\/a> (Empusas herskerinne)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=140811\">Lamia<\/a> (strukturelt beslektet)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=140799\">Lil\u00fb og Lil\u012btu<\/a> (mesopotamisk parallell)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=140960\">Nattvesener<\/a> og <a class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=141102\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Oppfatningstilstand der bevisstheten er v\u00e5ken, men kroppen fortsatt er lammet p\u00e5 grunn av REM-atoni; ofte forbundet med hallusinasjoner.\" 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 utvalg av sentrale arbeider om Empusa og nattlige skikkelser i den greske tradisjonen:<\/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 standardverk i <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=140944\">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\">Skadevernpraksisen som beskrives her, er en vitenskapelig innordning av historiske tradisjoner. iWell Guard knytter seg til denne kulturhistoriske linjen av b\u00e6rbare skadevernobjekter og representerer en samtidig form av dette. <a href=\"\/ueber-iwell-guard\/?utm_source=iwell-guard.com&#038;utm_medium=text-link&#038;utm_campaign=schadwesen-tradition\">Mer om iWell Guard \u2192<\/a><\/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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgkw2-add-empusa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgkw2-add-empusa\" 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-empusa-t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgkw2-add-empusa-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>I de antikke kildene fremst\u00e5r Empusa som en formskiftende <em><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"\u00c5ndelig vesen som tilskrives skadelig eller tvetydig virkning.\" tabindex=\"0\">demon<\/span><\/em> tilknyttet Hekate, som forf\u00f8lger ensomme vandrere og s\u00e6rlig unge menn, og som i Aristofanes&#8217; komedier s\u00e5 vel som hos Filostrat beskrives som en forml\u00f8s skremmeskapning.<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1662,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"Empusa","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Empusa - nattdemon i Hekates f\u00f8lge","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Empusa er en av de mest karakteristiske nattskikkelsene i den greske tradisjonen: et forvandlingsdyktig vesen som viser seg for reisende, 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