What exactly is an incubus?

Question

What is an incubus and what are it's origins?
Has there ever been an experience with one?

Answer 1

In Western medieval legend, an incubus is a demon in male form supposed to lie upon sleepers, especially women, in order to have sexual intercourse with them. It was believed to do this in order to spawn other incubi. The incubus drains energy from the woman on whom it performs sexual intercourse in order to sustain itself, and some sources indicate that it may be identified by its unnaturally cold penis.

Religious tradition holds that repeated intercourse with such a spirit by either males or females (the female version of the incubus is called a succubus) may result in the deterioration of health, or even death

A number of mundane explanations have been offered for the origin of the incubus legends. They involve the Medieval preoccupation with sin, especially sexual sins of women. Victims may have been experiencing waking dreams or sleep paralysis. Also, nocturnal arousal, orgasm or nocturnal emission could be explained by the idea of creatures causing an otherwise guilt-producing and self-conscious behavior.

Purported victims of incubi could have been the victims of sexual assault by a real person. Rapists may have attributed the rapes of sleeping women to demons in order to escape punishment. A friend or relative may have assaulted the victim in her sleep. The victims and, in some cases the clergy,[5] may have found it easier to explain the attack as supernatural rather than confront the idea that the attack came from someone in a position of trust.

Answer 2

An incubus is the male form of the succubus. This is a demon that takes the form of an extremely attractive member of the opposite sex and has their wild and wicked way with you.

This of course was the reason why in ancient times when people had a sexual dream they said they were visited by a succubus/incubus.

The story goes that in succubus form, the demon would visit men and take their seed. Then in incubus form would visit a woman and impregnate her. She would then give birth to a devil, or turn into a witch or something like that.

Answer 3

An incubus is a subclass of major demons that use seduction and sex to attract and then control or kill their victims. The incubus is the male version, the succubus is the female version. They both appear extrodinarily attractive. It is said that if they kill you during sex they wait for their victims climax and then show their true forms, an extrodinarilly repulsive looking entity.

Answer 4

in·cu·bus (nky-bs, ng-) KEY

NOUN:
pl. in·cu·bus·es or in·cu·bi (-b) KEY
An evil spirit supposed to descend upon and have sexual intercourse with women as they sleep.
A nightmare.
An oppressive or nightmarish burden.

Answer 5

Males sex demon that feeds of of the sexual energy of the human females that it has sex with. Often leaving the women feeling drained when they wake up. They can also manipulate your dreams into becoming irotic. (Shakes head, I'm 14, why do I know this ****?)

Answer 6

A fun ghost, or a cheap date.

Answer 7

isnt that like a female womb

Answer 8

wikipedia.com