succubus
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But “Die for Me” offers compelling counterarguments — like, what if that succubus is gorgeous, rich and erudite?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
She doesn’t need to go into all the drama of what a financial succubus her mom is, because that won’t be productive.
From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2021
She mothered iconic unhinged villains, like the green-horned succubus in “Curse of the Crimson Altar.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2019
A few days later, a protective encasement splits and healthy adult mosquitoes take flight, with a new generation of succubus females ready to feed.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 20, 2019
In German mythology, England is the Phaiakian land of clouds and phantoms; the succubus, leaving her lover before daybreak, excuses herself on the plea that "her mother is calling her in England."
From Myths and myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology by Fiske, John
This and several other exercises in hot-pink op-art hang near silk-screen prints that depict folkloric old-Europe visions of demons, crocodiles and succubi, alongside such New World moments as “Sitting Bull Goes to Washington.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2018
I enjoyed the episode’s take on the modern dating scene: One wonders how many succubi are trolling Internet dating sites at this very moment.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2014
It’s a razor-sharp takedown of powerful men whom Dunham calls “sunshine stealers”, a particular kind of male succubi that feed on young female talent and adoration.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 29, 2014
It starts with those small packets of Smarties, but if you take your eyes off the little succubi for even a nanosecond, they’ll soon be hoofing it down your front walkway with your decorative planters.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2011
In common with the woodcock, snipe, and other winged succubi, it breeds in wet places, yet is always dry.
From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 18, July 30, 1870 by Various