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