succubus

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“That includes, but is not limited to ... actual humans, DMs, AI bots or succubus demons.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2023

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