Empusa

Empusa or Empousa (/ɛmˈpjuːsə/;^[1] Ancient Greek: Ἔμπουσα; plural: Ἔμπουσαι Empousai) is a shape-shifting female being in Greek mythology, said to possess a single leg of copper, commanded by Hecate, whose precise nature is obscure.^[2] In Late Antiquity, the empousae have been described as a category of phantoms or spectres, equated with the lamiai and mormolykeia, thought to seduce and feed on young men.

^ Smith, Benjamin E., ed. (1895). Century Cyclopedia of Names. Vol. i. New York: Century. p. 361.
^ An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon, Liddell and Scott

[1] Smith, Benjamin E., ed. (1895). Century Cyclopedia of Names. Vol. i. New York: Century. p. 361.

[2] An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon, Liddell and Scott

[1]

[2]