One of a race of highly improper demons who, though probably not wholly extinct, may be said to have seen their best nights. For a complete account of _incubi_ and _succubi_, including _incubae_ and _succubae_, see the _Liber Demonorum_ of Protassus (Paris, 1328), which contains much curious information that would be out of place in a dictionary intended as a text-book for the public schools. Victor Hugo relates that in the Channel Islands Satan himself -- tempted more than elsewhere by the beauty of the women, doubtless -- sometimes plays at _incubus_, greatly to the inconvenience and alarm of the good dames who wish to be loyal to their marriage vows, generally speaking. A certain lady applied to the parish priest to learn how they might, in the dark, distinguish the hardy intruder from their husbands. The holy man said they must feel his brown for horns; but Hugo is ungallant enough to hint a doubt of the efficacy of the test.
A demon; a fiend; a lascivious spirit, supposed to have sexual intercourse with women by night.
The nightmare. See Nightmare.
A malevolent male spirit form which sexually preys upon living female victims. See also "succubus".
A male demonic creature who feeds upon the life essence of living beings.
A male demon who would visit women at night and engage in sexual activity. This belief was commonly held during the late Middle Ages and Renaissance. There were also female demons, called succubi who were believed to visit men.
a male demonic entity who sexually assaults human females.
an evil spirit that lies on people in their sleep
Spirit that sexually assaults (rapes) women
A male demon or spirit which was believed to sexually tempt and abuse women; the succubus was the corresponding female demon.
Male demon who steals a victim's soul by appearing as a seductive human male and then seducing them.
a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women
a situation resembling a terrifying dream
a demon in male form supposed to lie upon sleepers, especially on women in order to have sexual intercourse with them a succubus is a female demon which seduces men (especially monks) in dreams to have sexual intercourse
a demon that comes in during the night and has sex with sleeping men
a demon that rapes you while you're sleeping
a demon which assumes male form and lies on people (usually women) and has sexual intercourse with them in their sleep
a demon who comes in the night to steal the sexual favor of ladies, and has its female counterpart, the succubus
a demon who prey on sleeping women especially in their nightmares
a male demon believed in medieval times to disturb sleepers
a male demon, who rapes sleeping women
a male spiritual being of human origin - in other words, a dead person, or ghost - that has had his sex drive come with him into what is called 'the next life
a mythic demon that has sex with women while they sleep
a sexual nightmare that many women have experienced, apparently the ghost preys on the female during the night when she is alone in bed
a spirit, a demon, if you will, who comes to you in dreams and wants to claim you sexually
a spirit/demon that seeks sex with sleeping females while a Succubus is a spirit/demon that seeks sex with sleeping males
A demon that sexually assaults females during a psychic attack.
An evil spirit that is said to attack persons in the night when they are asleep.
male wraith form or demon, for the purpose of sexual intercourse; see Succubus
A demon which seeks sexual intercourse with a living woman.
A male vampyre who feeds on pranic energy while involved in sexual activity. An mythical male demon who seduced females in their sleep. See succubus.
( Latin incubare, incubate). 1. a ghost or demon that lies on sleeping persons for the purpose of sexual intercourse (see succubus). 2. a nightmare. 3. anything oppressive; burden. (Incubi and succubi are sexually obsessed ghosts or demons who take advantage of and amplify sexual fantasies.)
a male spirit who was thought to lie on top of women and have sex while they slept indiscriminate
In Western medieval legend, an incubus (plural incubi) is a demon in male form supposed to lie upon sleepers, especially women, in order to have sexual intercourse with them. They are also believed to do this in order to spawn other incubi. The incubus drains energy from the woman it performs sexual intercourse upon in order to sustain itself.