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One of the creatures in Hecate's entourage: she belonged to the Underworld and filled the night with terrors. Empusa could assume various shapes and appeared particularly to women and children. She fed on human flesh, and often assumed the form of a young girl to attract her victims.

{E2 DICTIONARY OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY}

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