(from Latin succumbere=to lie under) A female demon who besets a man sexually during sleep. In other words, the succubus is a kind of → Alp. Women on trial as witches were often accused of being the devil’s succubus or...

In Western medieval legend, a succubus (plural succubi) or succuba (plural succubae) is a demon who takes the form of a beautiful woman to seduce men (especially monks) in dreams to have sexual intercourse. They draw energy from the men to sustain...