{"id":136501,"date":"2026-09-03T00:07:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T00:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/?page_id=136501"},"modified":"2026-09-03T01:04:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T01:04:26","slug":"empusa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/empusa\/","title":{"rendered":"Empusa"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"136501\" class=\"elementor elementor-136501 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 i den grekiska traditionen<\/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>Formvandlingsbar nattdemon i Hekates f\u00f6lje.<\/strong> Den grekiska \u00f6verlevnaden beskriver Empusa som en f\u00f6r\u00e4nderlig demon i Hekates f\u00f6lje.<\/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: \u00d6vernaturligt v\u00e4sen med oftast skadlig eller ambivalent verkan. 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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 \u00e4r en av de mest karakteristiska nattgestalterna i den grekiska traditionen: en formvandlingsbar varelse som visar sig f\u00f6r resen\u00e4rer, antar en vacker kvinnas skepnad och f\u00f6rf\u00f6r, suger ut och d\u00f6dar sina <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"G\u00e5va till en gudom f\u00f6r att uttrycka tacksamhet, b\u00f6n eller v\u00f6rdnad.\" tabindex=\"0\">offer<\/span>. Hon tillh\u00f6r Hekates f\u00f6lje och visar sig s\u00e4rskilt vid v\u00e4gsk\u00e4l och avl\u00e4gsna platser om natten.<\/p><p>I den antika litteraturen f\u00f6rekommer hon f\u00f6rst hos Aristofanes, senare mer framtr\u00e4dande i Filostratos&#8217; <em>Vita Apollonii<\/em>, d\u00e4r hon utger sig f\u00f6r att vara en f\u00f6rtjusande kvinna och f\u00f6rst avsl\u00f6jas genom Apollonios vishet. Hennes mest k\u00e4nda k\u00e4nnetecken \u00e4r ett ben av brons, medan det andra liknar en \u00e5snas.<\/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\">Snabb\u00f6versikt: 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>Typ:<\/strong> Formvandlings- och nattdemon<br>Ursprung: Hekates f\u00f6lje<br>Texter: Aristofanes, Filostratos, magiska papyrusrullar, bysantinsk <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Religi\u00f6sa f\u00f6rest\u00e4llningar och sedv\u00e4njor som \u00e4r spridda i vardagen.\" tabindex=\"0\">folktro<\/span><br>Tidsperiod: Klassisk tid till <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"\u00d6verg\u00e5ngsepok mellan antiken och medeltiden, ungef\u00e4r 3:e till 7:e \u00e5rhundradet.\" tabindex=\"0\">senantiken<\/span> och bysantinsk tid<br>Utbredning: Grekisk-romerskt kulturomr\u00e5de<br>Avv\u00e4rjning: Sk\u00e4llsord (driver bort henne enligt Aristofanes), besv\u00e4rjelser, offer vid v\u00e4gsk\u00e4l<\/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\">Inordning<\/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\">Texternas tidsperiod<\/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>Tidigaste bel\u00e4gg hos Aristofanes (5:e \u00e5rhundradet f.Kr., <em>Grodorna<\/em>). Fullst\u00e4ndig ber\u00e4ttargestalt hos Filostratos (2:a\/3:e \u00e5rhundradet e.Kr.). Magiska papyrusrullar n\u00e4mner henne i samband med nattliga besv\u00e4rjelser. I den bysantinska folktron f\u00f6rblir hon n\u00e4rvarande \u00e4nda in i medeltiden.<\/p><p><strong>Mytologisk placering<\/strong><\/p><p>Empusa \u00e4r i grekisk <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den samlade m\u00e4ngden av en kulturs traderade gudaber\u00e4ttelser.\" tabindex=\"0\">mytologi<\/span> en demonisk varelse, Hekates tj\u00e4nare, som om natten f\u00f6rf\u00f6r och f\u00f6rt\u00e4r vandrare. Hon \u00e4r en formvandlare, ofta med onormala ben. Empusor \u00e4r besl\u00e4ktade med lamior, men mindre intresserade av blod \u00e4n av k\u00f6tt. De f\u00f6rkroppsligar nattens fara.<\/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\">Utbredningsomr\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>K\u00e4rnomr\u00e5det \u00e4r den grekiska v\u00e4rlden, fastlandet, \u00f6arna, den mindre-asiatiska kusten. Omn\u00e4mnanden av Empusa finns s\u00e4rskilt i attiska komedier (Aristofanes, <em>Grodorna<\/em> 285, 293) och i senantika skrifter om Hekate-kulter. Under den romerska <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"\u00d6verg\u00e5ngsepok mellan antiken och medeltiden, ungef\u00e4r 3:e till 7:e \u00e5rhundradet.\" tabindex=\"0\">senantiken<\/span> sm\u00e4lter Empusa-profilen delvis samman med lamian och strix-komplexet.<\/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\">K\u00e4ll\u00e4ge<\/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>Enskilda litter\u00e4ra bel\u00e4gg, magiska papyrusrullar, bysantinsk folklitteratur. Ingen egen bildtradition finns; beskrivningen lever av litter\u00e4ra detaljer, s\u00e4rskilt Filostratos&#8217; ber\u00e4ttelse.<\/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\">Namn<\/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>Grekiska:<\/strong> \u1f1c\u03bc\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1 (<em>Empousa<\/em>), etymologin \u00e4r os\u00e4ker. En m\u00f6jlig h\u00e4rledning \u00e4r fr\u00e5n <em>en-pous<\/em> (&#8221;enbent&#8221;) p\u00e5 grund av hennes karakteristiska ena \u00e5snefot. Andra forskare ser en f\u00f6rgrekisk bakgrund. Plural: empusor, empusai. Besl\u00e4ktad med mormolykeiai (skr\u00e4mselgestalter), lamior och med Hekate som nattlig ledare.<\/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\">K\u00e4nnetecken<\/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>Grundform: kvinnogestalt, ofta sk\u00f6n och f\u00f6rf\u00f6risk. Karakteristiskt drag: ett ben av brons, medan det andra liknar en \u00e5snas. F\u00f6rvandlingar mellan kvinna, hynda, ko och andra djur beskrivs.<\/p><p><strong>Beteende<\/strong><\/p><p>Empusa m\u00f6ter resen\u00e4rer, s\u00e4rskilt ensamvandrare, om natten vid v\u00e4gsk\u00e4l eller p\u00e5 avl\u00e4gsna platser. Hon ger sig till k\u00e4nna som reses\u00e4llskap, \u00e4lskarinna, och sedan som djur. Hennes m\u00e5l \u00e4r att suga ut och d\u00f6da sitt offer.<\/p><p><strong>Verkningsomr\u00e5de<\/strong><\/p><p>Natten, v\u00e4gsk\u00e4l, avl\u00e4gsna v\u00e4gar, m\u00e5ltider med fr\u00e4mlingar. Hon agerar d\u00e4r det sociala skyddet saknas.<\/p><p><strong>Mytologiskt ursprung<\/strong><\/p><p>Hekates f\u00f6lje, utan egen sl\u00e4kthistoria. Empusa \u00e4r ingen forna gudinna som lamian, utan fr\u00e5n b\u00f6rjan en demonisk tj\u00e4nare \u00e5t en nattgudinna.<\/p><p><strong>Utseende och symbolik<\/strong><\/p><p>Empusa avbildas med m\u00e4nsklig \u00f6verkropp och onormala ben, en fot av malm, den andra en \u00e5snehov. Ibland b\u00e4r hon djurhuvud eller mask. Eld str\u00e5lar fr\u00e5n henne. En k\u00e4nsla av avvikelse och fara utstr\u00e5lar fr\u00e5n henne. Hekate-symbolik \u00e4r f\u00f6rbunden med 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\">Signalement: 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 viktigaste aspekterna av Empusa i korthet. Utf\u00f6rligare beskrivning av namn, beskrivning, avv\u00e4rjning och paralleller finner du i f\u00f6ljande avsnitt.<\/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\">Kulturell kontext<\/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\u00f6lje. Ingen gudomlig h\u00e4rstamning, ingen egen ursprungshistoria, Empusa \u00e4r ett rent nattv\u00e4sen.<\/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\">Avser<\/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>Ensamresande, s\u00e4rskilt unga m\u00e4n. M\u00e4nniskor p\u00e5 fr\u00e4mmande mark, vid v\u00e4gsk\u00e4l, vid nattliga m\u00e5ltider med ok\u00e4nda.<\/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\">Framst\u00e4llning<\/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>Kvinna, ofta sk\u00f6n; ett ben av brons, det andra likt en \u00e5snas. F\u00f6rvandlas till hynda, ko, och slutligen till sin &#8221;sanna&#8221; fasansfulla gestalt.<\/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\">Verkningsomr\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>F\u00f6rf\u00f6relse, utt\u00f6mning, d\u00f6d. Hennes verkan \u00e4r l\u00e5ngsam, ingen pl\u00f6tslig attack, utan en iscens\u00e4ttning av bedr\u00e4geri.<\/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\">Skydd<\/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>Enligt Aristofanes: sk\u00e4llsord driver henne bort. Filostratos: hon viker undan f\u00f6r uttalad sanning. Magiska papyrusrullar n\u00e4mner skyddsformler med Hekate-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Det bedjande eller besv\u00e4rjande tilltalet till en gudom eller makt.\" tabindex=\"0\">\u00e5kallan<\/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), Incubus\/Succubus (medeltida-kristen), Nattmara.<\/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\">Skyddspraxis<\/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 f\u00f6r att avv\u00e4rja henne<\/strong><\/p><p>Vid v\u00e4gkorsningar gjordes <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"G\u00e5va till en gudom f\u00f6r att uttrycka tacksamhet, b\u00f6n eller v\u00f6rdnad.\" tabindex=\"0\">offer<\/span> till Hekate, kakor, \u00e4gg, svarta djur. Dessa <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"G\u00e5va till en gudom f\u00f6r att uttrycka tacksamhet, b\u00f6n eller v\u00f6rdnad.\" tabindex=\"0\">offer<\/span> skulle samtidigt blidka Hekates tj\u00e4narinnor, d\u00e4ribland Empusa, och h\u00e5lla dem p\u00e5 avst\u00e5nd.<\/p><p><strong>Besv\u00e4rjelser<\/strong><\/p><p>De grekiska magiska papyrusrullarna inneh\u00e5ller formler mot nattliga angripare, som \u00e5kallar Hekate och avvisar hennes tj\u00e4narinnor. Strukturen: <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den bedjande eller besv\u00e4rjande tilltalet till en gudom eller makt.\" tabindex=\"0\">\u00e5kallan<\/span> av h\u00e4rskarinnan, identifiering av hotet, avvisningsbefallning.<\/p><p><strong>Amuletter och skyddssymboler<\/strong><\/p><p>Hekataia, sm\u00e5 statyer av Hekate vid husens ing\u00e5ngar, skyddade \u00e4ven mot Empusa. Gorgoneion anv\u00e4ndes som apotrop\u00e4isk bild. Namnamuletter f\u00f6rekom under <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"\u00d6verg\u00e5ngsepok mellan antiken och medeltiden, ungef\u00e4r 3:e till 7:e \u00e5rhundradet.\" tabindex=\"0\">senantiken<\/span>.<\/p><p><strong><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Helheten av religi\u00f6sa v\u00f6rdnadshandlingar f\u00f6r en gudom eller helig gestalt.\" tabindex=\"0\">Kult<\/span> och v\u00f6rdnad<\/strong><\/p><p>Empusa dyrkades inte, men fruktades med respekt som Hekates tj\u00e4nare. Nattliga resen\u00e4rer bar skyddsamuletter. Hekate-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Praktiker som genom s\u00e4rskilda handlingar eller formler f\u00f6rs\u00f6ker ingripa i tingens g\u00e5ng.\" tabindex=\"0\">magi<\/span> kunde \u00e5kalla eller besv\u00e4rja henne. I mysterietraditioner uppfattades empusor som aspekter av Hekates makt. Ro r\u00e5dde n\u00e4r man passerade genom hennes dom\u00e4ner.<\/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 andra 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 akkadiska ardat-lil\u00ee delar profilen som nattlig, sexuell kvinnodemon och utg\u00f6r en typologisk f\u00f6reg\u00e5ngare, men n\u00e5got direkt kulturellt samband kan inte bel\u00e4ggas.<\/p><p><strong>Rom<\/strong><\/p><p>Strix och striga \u00f6vertar funktionen som nattlig gestaltv\u00e4xlare, medan <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/lamiae\/\">lamiae<\/a> utg\u00f6r den kollektiviserade formen av Lamia-Empusa-komplexet. Lukianos av Samosata bel\u00e4gger under <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"\u00d6verg\u00e5ngsepok mellan antiken och medeltiden, ungef\u00e4r 3:e till 7:e \u00e5rhundradet.\" tabindex=\"0\">senantiken<\/span> den popul\u00e4ra likst\u00e4llningen mellan de tv\u00e5 begreppen.<\/p><p><strong>Medeltiden och <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Epok ungef\u00e4r fr\u00e5n 1400-talet till 1700-talet.\" tabindex=\"0\">tidigmodern tid<\/span>:<\/strong> I den skolastisk-teologiska litteraturen sm\u00e4lter Empusa samman med sukkubus-begreppet. Under h\u00e4xf\u00f6rf\u00f6ljelserna blir det enbenta draget (\u00e5sne- respektive bockfot) en standardmark\u00f6r f\u00f6r pakten med dj\u00e4vulen.<\/p><p><strong>Modern rezeption<\/strong><\/p><p>Charles Kingsley anv\u00e4nder Empusa som karakt\u00e4r i <em>Hypatia<\/em> (1853). I modern fantasy- och mytrezeption (till exempel i Rick Riordans Percy Jackson-serie) framtr\u00e4der hon som Hekates f\u00f6ljeslagare och gestaltv\u00e4xlande f\u00f6rf\u00f6rerska. I den psykoanalytiska litteraturen (Robert Graves) tolkas hon som en arketyp f\u00f6r det nattligt hotfulla kvinnliga.<\/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\">Framtr\u00e4dandet 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 tidigaste utf\u00f6rliga litter\u00e4ra sp\u00e5ret av Empusa \u00e5terfinns i den attiska komedin fr\u00e5n 400-talet f.v.t.<\/p><p>I Aristofanes pj\u00e4s <em>Grodorna<\/em> (uppf\u00f6rd 405 f.v.t.) m\u00f6ter guden Dionysos p\u00e5 sin v\u00e4g till underjorden en Empusa som snabbt f\u00f6rvandlas: f\u00f6rst en oxe, sedan en mul\u00e5sna, sedan en sk\u00f6n kvinna, sedan en hund.<\/p><p>Slaven Xanthias beskriver henne dessutom med ett ben av brons och ett andra av \u00e5sneg\u00f6dsel. Scenen \u00e4r utformad som ett skr\u00e4ck\u00f6gonblick som samtidigt bryts komiskt, eftersom Dionysos r\u00e5kar i panik medan Xanthias kommenterar synen halvt h\u00e5nfullt.<\/p><p>Detta st\u00e4lle \u00e4r religionsvetenskapligt viktigt av flera sk\u00e4l. Det visar f\u00f6r det f\u00f6rsta att Empusa redan m\u00e5ste ha varit en v\u00e4lk\u00e4nd skr\u00e4ckgestalt f\u00f6r den atenska publiken, annars hade anspelningen inte fungerat.<\/p><p>F\u00f6r det andra bekr\u00e4ftar det k\u00e4rnan i bilden av Empusa: den snabba gestaltv\u00e4xlingen och kopplingen mellan f\u00f6rf\u00f6relse och hot. F\u00f6r det tredje pekar placeringen vid underjordens ing\u00e5ng p\u00e5 hennes tillh\u00f6righet till Hekates krets, gudinnan f\u00f6r v\u00e4gkorsningar och tr\u00f6sklar.<\/p><p>Ett scholion, det vill s\u00e4ga en <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Epok inom den grekiska och romerska kulturen, ungef\u00e4r 800 f.Kr. till 600 e.Kr.\" tabindex=\"0\">antik<\/span> f\u00f6rklaring till detta st\u00e4lle hos Aristofanes, till\u00e4gger att Empusa skr\u00e4mde resen\u00e4rer p\u00e5 ensliga platser och att man kunde jaga bort henne genom skymfningar, varp\u00e5 hon flydde skrikande.<\/p><p>Denna detalj \u00e4r talande: Empusa framtr\u00e4der h\u00e4r inte som en allsm\u00e4ktig makt, utan som en varelse som \u00e4r beroende av fruktan och som f\u00f6rlorar sin verkan genom h\u00e5n. Komedin utnyttjar allts\u00e5 en verkligt spridd folktro och g\u00f6r den samtidigt till f\u00f6rem\u00e5l f\u00f6r skratt.<\/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 och ber\u00e4ttelsen 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>Under den senare <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Epok inom den grekiska och romerska kulturen, cirka 800 f.Kr. till 600 e.Kr.\" tabindex=\"0\">antiken<\/span> suddas gr\u00e4nserna ut mellan Empusa, Lamia och de skr\u00e4ckgestalter som kallas <em>mormolykeia<\/em>. Flera f\u00f6rfattare behandlar dem som besl\u00e4ktade eller utbytbara v\u00e4sen, som alla r\u00e4knas till Hekates sf\u00e4r och framf\u00f6r allt utg\u00f6r en fara f\u00f6r unga m\u00e4n.<\/p><p>Den mest utf\u00f6rliga ber\u00e4ttande gestaltningen ges av Philostratos i hans omkring \u00e5r 220 e.Kr. f\u00f6rfattade <em>Vita Apollonii<\/em> (bok 4). D\u00e4r blir den unge l\u00e4rjungen Menippos f\u00f6r\u00e4lskad i en sk\u00f6n, rik kvinna som han vill gifta sig med.<\/p><p>Apollonios fr\u00e5n Tyana ser igenom skenet och avsl\u00f6jar henne vid br\u00f6llopsm\u00e5ltiden som <em>empousa<\/em>, p\u00e5 andra st\u00e4llen i texten \u00e4ven kallad <em>lamia<\/em>.<\/p><p>V\u00e4sendet erk\u00e4nner att det ville g\u00f6da den unge mannen f\u00f6r att sedan livn\u00e4ra sig p\u00e5 hans blod och k\u00f6tt, eftersom det livn\u00e4r sig p\u00e5 sk\u00f6na, unga kroppar. Vid Apollonios ord l\u00f6ses de till synes praktfulla byggnaderna och tj\u00e4narna upp i intet.<\/p><p><span data-nosnippet>Detta avsnitt fick senare ett utomordentligt stort inflytande. John Keats bearbetade det 1820 i sin dikt <em>Lamia<\/em>, och via denna omv\u00e4g pr\u00e4glade det den romantiska och moderna f\u00f6rest\u00e4llningen om den sk\u00f6na, farliga f\u00f6rf\u00f6rerskan, som ibland tolkas som en tidig vampyrgestalt.<\/span><\/p><p>Religionsvetenskapligt m\u00e5ste betonas att Philostratos h\u00e4r inte \u00e5terger ett folkligt trosvittnesm\u00e5l, utan en litter\u00e4rt utformad l\u00e4rosaga: den tj\u00e4nar till att visa den vise Apollonios \u00f6verm\u00e4nskliga sk\u00e4rpa. Empusa \u00e4r i denna text ett medel, inte ett m\u00e5l i sig.<\/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 och striden om namnets betydelse<\/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>Namnets <em>Empousa<\/em> ursprung har varit omtvistat sedan <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Epok inom den grekiska och romerska kulturen, cirka 800 f.Kr. till 600 e.Kr.\" tabindex=\"0\">antiken<\/span> och \u00e4r fortfarande inte slutgiltigt klarlagt. Redan <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Epok inom den grekiska och romerska kulturen, cirka 800 f.Kr. till 600 e.Kr.\" tabindex=\"0\">antika<\/span> grammatiker gav f\u00f6rklaringar, som dock snarare f\u00f6ljde ordets ljud \u00e4n den verkliga spr\u00e5khistorien.<\/p><p>En vanlig <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Epok inom den grekiska och romerska kulturen, cirka 800 f.Kr. till 600 e.Kr.\" tabindex=\"0\">antik<\/span> f\u00f6rklaring kopplade namnet till att halta p\u00e5 ett ben, allts\u00e5 det p\u00e5fallande draget med det ena bronsbenet eller djurbenet. Denna tolkning \u00e4r fortfarande os\u00e4ker.<\/p><p>Moderna spr\u00e5kvetenskapliga f\u00f6rslag utg\u00e5r delvis fr\u00e5n en koppling till ord f\u00f6r fot eller r\u00f6relse, delvis ser man en bildning som uttrycker att tr\u00e4nga sig in eller intr\u00e4nga. Ingen av dessa f\u00f6rklaringar har f\u00e5tt allm\u00e4nt genomslag.<\/p><p>Ytterligare en sv\u00e5righet \u00e4r att namnet m\u00f6jligen inte alls ursprungligen \u00e4r grekiskt, utan kan h\u00e4rr\u00f6ra fr\u00e5n ett f\u00f6rgrekiskt eller fr\u00e4mmande substrat, vilket antas g\u00e4lla f\u00f6r flera namn p\u00e5 l\u00e4gre skr\u00e4ckgestalter.<\/p><p>Mer upplysande \u00e4n den os\u00e4kra roten \u00e4r ordets bruk. <em>Empousa<\/em> kunde p\u00e5 grekiska vara b\u00e5de ett egennamn och en artbeteckning; <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Epok inom den grekiska och romerska kulturen, cirka 800 f.Kr. till 600 e.Kr.\" tabindex=\"0\">antika<\/span> texter talar om Empusa som om en enskild gestalt, men k\u00e4nner \u00e4ven till flera.<\/p><p>Samma dubbelnatur syns hos de besl\u00e4ktade orden <em>lamia<\/em> och <em>mormo<\/em>. Av detta kan man dra slutsatsen att det r\u00f6r sig mindre om en klart avgr\u00e4nsad mytologisk individ \u00e4n om en kategori av skr\u00e4ckv\u00e4sen som levde vidare i hemuppfostran och i den folkliga f\u00f6rest\u00e4llningsv\u00e4rlden.<\/p><p>Forskningen r\u00e4knar d\u00e4rf\u00f6r Empusa till de s\u00e5 kallade <em>bogey-figures<\/em>, skr\u00e4ckgestalter som man skr\u00e4mde barn med och som gjorde ensamma v\u00e4gar oroande.<\/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 barnskr\u00e4msel och folktro<\/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>Till skillnad fr\u00e5n de stora gudarna i den grekiska pantheon var Empusa inte f\u00f6rem\u00e5l f\u00f6r en reglerad kult med tempel, pr\u00e4ster eller h\u00f6gtider. Hon h\u00f6rde till den hemliga och vardagliga trons sf\u00e4r, som endast avspeglas i tillf\u00e4lliga omn\u00e4mnanden i litter\u00e4ra k\u00e4llor.<\/p><p>Detta k\u00e4ll\u00e4ge f\u00f6rklarar varf\u00f6r v\u00e5r kunskap f\u00f6rblir bristf\u00e4llig: vad m\u00f6drar och barnflickor ber\u00e4ttade f\u00f6r sina barn om Empusa har inte bevarats systematiskt.<\/p><p>Trots detta kan man utifr\u00e5n spridda antydningar bilda sig en uppfattning. Empusa h\u00f6rde till en grupp gestalter som sammanfattades under namnet <em>mormolykeia<\/em> och som man skr\u00e4mde ostyriga eller rastl\u00f6sa barn med.<\/p><p>Hon r\u00e4knades till Hekates f\u00f6lje och ans\u00e5gs vara verksam vid v\u00e4gkorsningar, tr\u00f6sklar och ensliga platser, allts\u00e5 just p\u00e5 de platser som i den grekiska f\u00f6rest\u00e4llningsv\u00e4rlden ans\u00e5gs farliga och genomsl\u00e4ppliga mot de d\u00f6das sf\u00e4r. Hennes framtr\u00e4dande f\u00f6redrog middagstimmen eller natten.<\/p><p>Anm\u00e4rkningsv\u00e4rd \u00e4r den svaghet som tillskrevs henne. Flera k\u00e4llor betonar att Empusa flyr om man sk\u00e4ller p\u00e5 henne eller h\u00e5nar henne.<\/p><p>Denna f\u00f6rest\u00e4llning pekar p\u00e5 en viktig funktion hos s\u00e5dana gestalter: de gjorde r\u00e4dslan hanterbar genom att samtidigt erbjuda ett motmedel. Barnet eller den resande var inte hj\u00e4lpl\u00f6st utl\u00e4mnad \u00e5t Empusa, utan kunde genom ett visst beteende bryta hennes makt.<\/p><p>Vetenskapligt h\u00f6r Empusa d\u00e4rmed till de l\u00e4gre gestalterna i den grekiska f\u00f6rest\u00e4llningsv\u00e4rlden, som tillgodos\u00e5g behovet av att ge diffusa r\u00e4dslor f\u00f6r m\u00f6rker, ensamhet och sexuellt hot en gripbar, bek\u00e4mpningsbar form. Liknande funktioner fylldes i andra kulturer av gestalter som <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/lamia\/\">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\">Vidare l\u00e4nkar<\/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>Rekommenderade interna l\u00e4nkar:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/grekland\/\">Grekland<\/a> (\u00f6vergripande kultursida)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/hekate\/\">Hekate<\/a> (Empusas h\u00e4rskarinna)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/lamia\/\">Lamia<\/a> (strukturellt besl\u00e4ktad)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/lilu-och-lilitu\/\">Lil\u00fb och Lil\u012btu<\/a> (mesopotamisk parallell)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/nattvasen-och-somnparalys\/\">Nattv\u00e4sen<\/a> och <a class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/somnparalys\/\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Ett medvetandetillst\u00e5nd d\u00e4r medvetandet \u00e4r vaket men kroppen fortfarande \u00e4r f\u00f6rlamad genom REM-atoni; ofta f\u00f6renat med hallucinationer.\" style=\"color:inherit;text-decoration:none\">s\u00f6mnparalys<\/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\">K\u00e4llor och 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>Ett urval centrala arbeten om Empusa och nattliga gestalter i den grekiska traditionen:<\/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>Fler standardverk i <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/litteratur\/\">litteraturf\u00f6rteckningen<\/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 skyddspraktik som beskrivs h\u00e4r \u00e4r en vetenskaplig tolkning av historiska traditioner. iWell Guard ansluter till denna kulturhistoriska linje av b\u00e4rbara skyddsobjekt och utg\u00f6r en samtida form av den. <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 antika k\u00e4llorna framtr\u00e4der Empusa som en f\u00f6r\u00e4nderlig <em><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Andligt v\u00e4sen som 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