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INCUBUS (a
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Late Latin
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form of the classical incubo, a
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night-
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mare, from incubare, to
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lie upon, weigh down, brood)  , the name given in the
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middle ages to a male demon which was supposed to haunt
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women in their
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sleep, and to whose visits the
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birth of witches and demons was attributed . The
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female
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counter-parts of these demons were called succubae . The word is also applied generally to an oppressive thing or
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person .

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