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Look up: incubus

  1. Incubus
    In folk-lore, the Incubus were male spirits who raped women during their sleep, producing Witches and Demons as offspring.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Incubus
    Male astral entities that try to engage in sexual activities with humans. Plural Incubi.
    Found on http://www.wiccancountess.com/wiccandict

  3. Incubus
    the male Elemental called into existence by sexual passion and lust. The female is called the Succubus.
    Found on http://blavatskyblogger.freeukisp.co.uk/

  4. incubus
    [n] - someone who depresses or worries others 2. [n] - a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. incubus
    In the popular belief of the Middle Ages in Europe, a male demon who had sexual intercourse with women in their sleep. Supposedly the women then gave birth to witches and demons. Succubus is the...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  6. Incubus
    A nightmare, especially one where you are so frightened that you cannot react - A distressing illness that comes on at night such as acute heart failure, asthma, gout etc - A demon taking on male form to have sexual intercourse with a woman in her sleep
    Found on http://www.paul_smith.doctors.org.uk/Arc

  7. Incubus
    In'cu·bus noun ; plural English Incubuses , Latin Incubi . [ Latin , the nightmare. Confer Incubate .] 1. A demon; a fiend; a lascivious spirit, supposed to have sexual intercourse with women by night. Tylor. « The devils who appeared in the female form were generally called succubi; those who appeared like men incubi , though this distinctio ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/39

  8. incubus
    Origin: L, the nightmare. Cf. Incubate. ... 1. A demon; a fiend; a lascivious spirit, supposed to have sexual intercourse with women by night. 'The devils who appeared in the female form were generally called succubi; those who appeared like men incubi, though this distinction was not always preserved.' (Lecky) ... 2. <medicine> The nightmare. ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. Incubus
    `Incubus` may refer to: * Incubus (demon), a demon in male form that `lies upon` sleeping women; see also Succubus, a female demon which seduces men in dreams * A women's running shoe made by Reebok * A Dark Eldar warrior in the tabletop game `Warhammer 40,000` * `Incubi`, a novel by Edward Lee * A beer in the Belgian Tripel style made by Sly Fox Brewery in Pennsylvania, US In `film`: *Incubus (film), a number of films with a similar titles: **...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incubus

  10. Incubus
    • (n.) Any oppressive encumbrance or burden; anything that prevents the free use of the faculties. • (n.) A demon; a fiend; a lascivious spirit, supposed to have sexual intercourse with women by night. • (n.) The nightmare. See Nightmare.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. incubus
    demon in male form that seeks to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women; the corresponding spirit in female form is called a succubus. In ... [3 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/i/15

  12. incubus
    incubus Something which paid visits to people in nightmares and that was supposed to be an evil spirit who lay oppressively upon the sleepers. It is said to apply to any oppressive burden.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  13. incubus
    incubus (ing'kyoobus) , lascivious male demon said to possess mortal women as they sleep and to be responsible for the birth of demons, witches, and deformed children. According to one legend the incubus and his female counterpart, the succubus, were fallen angels. The belief in these demons was...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A08250


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