incubus
Male sleep demon
An incubus is a male demon believed to have sex with sleeping women—the counterpart to a female succubus.
The term extends to anything that oppresses or burdens like a nightmare: The debt hung over him like an incubus.
Plural: incubi or incubuses.
Measure of heaviness
- pressureForce upon contact
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- strainExcessive stretching force
- nightmareFrightening dream causing wakefulness
suffocation · heaviness · torment · affliction · encumbrance · crushing · smothering · onus
Cruel person or enthusiast
- malevolentHarboring ill will
- evilProfound moral wickedness
- satanicExtremely wicked or cruel
- diabolicalExtremely wicked or cruel
infernal · demonic · spirit · entity · Lilith · possessing · lustful · predatory
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- hallucinationPerception without external cause
- visitationOfficial or formal visit
- paralysisLoss of muscle function
suffocation · haunting · torment · nocturnal · apparition · presence · bedchamber
Female demon of folklore
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- mythTraditional explanatory tale
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- superstitionBaseless belief in omens
mare · shapeshifter · Merlin · offspring · impregnation · demonology · grimoire · summoning
Urge toward the unwise
- lustIntense carnal appetite
- desireIntense wanting
- nocturnalActive during darkness
- visitationOfficial or formal visit
ravishment · carnal · predatory · victim · thrall · enchantment · bewitchment · possession
weight
Measure of heaviness
- pressureForce upon contact
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- strainExcessive stretching force
nightmare · suffocation · heaviness · torment · affliction · encumbrance · crushing · smothering · onus · albatross
fiend
Cruel person or enthusiast
- malevolentHarboring ill will
- evilProfound moral wickedness
- satanicExtremely wicked or cruel
diabolical · infernal · demonic · spirit · entity · Lilith · possessing · lustful · predatory · seducer
terror
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- hallucinationPerception without external cause
- visitationOfficial or formal visit
paralysis · suffocation · haunting · torment · nocturnal · apparition · presence · bedchamber
Lilith
Female demon of folklore
superstition · mare · shapeshifter · Merlin · offspring · impregnation · demonology · grimoire · summoning
temptation
Urge toward the unwise
visitation · ravishment · carnal · predatory · victim · thrall · enchantment · bewitchment · possession · unwilling
- mythical creaturesdragon, dragons, vampire, vampires, werewolf
- supernatural beingsghost, demon, phantom, specter, banshee
- bloodsuckersmosquito, tick, flea, leech, bedbug
- Dark Creaturesdemon, vampire, werewolf, zombie, ghoul
- Evil Creaturesdemon, devil, fiend, monster, villain
- evil spiritsdemons, demon, devils, devil, fiends
incubusangel
Divine winged messenger
guardian angel · seraph · cherub · archangel · protective spirit