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An incubus (English plural: incubuses, Latin plural: incubi) is a male demon in human form in folklore that seeks to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women; the corresponding spirit in female form is called a succubus. Parallels exist in many cultures.
The Nightmare is a 1781 oil painting by the Swiss artist Henry Fuseli.It shows a woman with her arms thrown below her, in deep sleep as she undergoes a nightmare as an almost hidden horse (the "night-mare") looks on as a demonic and ape-like incubus crouches on her chest. [1]
The night hag is a generic name for a folkloric creature found in cultures around the world, and which is used to explain the phenomenon of sleep paralysis. A common description is that a person feels a presence of a supernatural malevolent being which immobilizes the person as if standing on the chest. [40] This phenomenon goes by many names.
The night hag or old hag is the name given to a supernatural creature, commonly associated with the phenomenon of sleep paralysis. It is a phenomenon in which the sleeper feels the presence of a supernatural, malevolent being which immobilizes the person as if sitting on their chest or the foot of their bed.
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The "merrie" comes from the Middle Dutch mare, an incubus who "lies on people's chests, suffocating them". This phenomenon is known among the Hmong people of Laos, [20] who ascribe these deaths to a malign spirit, dab tsuam (pronounced "dah chua"), said to take the form of a jealous woman.
Incubus is a supernatural horror novel by American writer Ray Russell, first published by William Morrow and Company in 1976. Its plot follows a small California community that is plagued by a series of brutal rapes and murders that are discovered to be supernatural in origin.
Incubus, 1870. Iannic-ann-ôd – Ghost of a drowned person; Iara – Female water spirit; Ibong Adarna – Bird that changes color when it finishes a song; Ichchhadhari Nag – Shapeshifting venomous snakes; Ichimoku-nyūdō – One-eyed kappa from Sado Island; Ichiren-Bozu – Animated prayer beads