Female evil spirits or malicious monsters in folklore, legends, and mythology. These monstrous women are often portrayed as predatory creatures, who are usually seen seducing male humans or snatching young children in order to kill, eat, or otherwise harm them.

2023年10月27日 · All throughout the world, female demons have figured prominently in various religious texts, faith practices, handed-down stories, and even old wives’ tales shared across communities. So, in this list, we’ll take a look at some of those demons of the fairer sex.

2019年5月18日 · Accounts of these demons appear in ancient Akkadian, Sumerian, and Greek texts. The princess of the demons is called Nahemah. Succubi have often been described as exceptionally beautiful women, but sometimes with bat or other flying animal wings on their backs.

2021年3月31日 · Ancient male authors inscribed their fear of—and desire for—women into tales about monstrous females: In his first-century A.D. epic Metamorphoses, for example, the Roman poet Ovid wrote about...

Lamashtu, in Mesopotamian religion, the most terrible of all female demons, daughter of the sky god Anu (Sumerian: An). Often depicted with her is Pazuzu, the Mesopotamian king of wind demons. She slew children and drank the blood of men and ate their flesh. The bearer of seven names, she was often described in incantations as the “seven witches.”

2024年3月3日 · Lilith, an ancient mythological figure and one of the oldest known female spirits in the world, has embodied various roles across cultures. In some sources she has been described as a demon, while in others she was revered as an icon who morphed to become one of the darkest deities of the pagans.

Ancient Greek mythology abounds with evil female creatures, from the Gorgons, the most famous of whom was snaky-locked Medusa, whose glance could turn a mortal into stone, to the monster Python, whom Apollo killed at the site of Delphi, to the equally bloodthirsty female Sphinx, whose riddle Oedipus managed to solve, causing her to drop dead.

2024年10月19日 · Originating from the works of ancient scholars, particularly Herodotus, the Empusa is thought to be a shape-shifting creature that embodies both allure and terror. This duality makes her a compelling subject for study, especially in the context of female demonic entities in ancient myths.

2024年2月29日 · In the depths of Japanese mythology, the Yomotsu-shikome emerge as enigmatic female demons who dwell in the ethereal realm of Yomi, the underworld of Japanese folklore. Their origins are shrouded in ancient tales, often depicted as entities born from the decomposition of the dead or manifestations of ancestral spirits.

2014年8月28日 · The Sumerians believed in a trio of female demons consisting of Labasu, Labartu (Lamashtu) and Akhkhazu, a female demon from the Akkadic mythology. Her Sumerian name is Dimme-kur. She is also called “the seizer”.