succubus

Literature

Thomas Middleton's 1605 play A Mad World, My Masters, the philandering Master Penitent Brothel is tempted by a succubus assuming the form of his illicit partner, using song and dance in a failed attempt to seduce him.

Honoré de Balzac's early 1800s short story "The Succubus" concerns a 1271 trial of a she-devil succubus in the guise of a woman, who, amongst other things, could use her hair to entangle victims.

Charles Williams's 1937 novel Descent into Hell portrays an academic who consciously rejects the potential affections of a real woman in favor of a physically identical but perfectly obedient and pliable succubus.

Richard Matheson's 1962 short story "The Likeness of Julie" portrays a succubus named Julie (later adapted into the TV film Trilogy of Terror)

Irving A. Greenfield's 1970 novel Succubus has the ancient demon hitching a ride on a woman marrying an archeologist

In Poul Anderson's 1971 novel Operation Chaos, the protagonists are visited shortly after being married by a succubus/incubus who changes genders in its attempts to seduce both of them.

Tanith Lee's 1976 short story The Demoness features a pale red-haired woman in an isolated tower who seduces men and vampirically drains them of their thoughts and emotions. It was first published in Lin Carter's The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 2. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America later included it in the Fantasy Hall of Fame in 1998.

Kenneth Rayner Johnson's 1979 novel, The Succubus, outlines the story of a male afflicted by the incarnation of the demon Lilith.

Alfred Bester's 1979 short story, "Galatea Galante", describes its title character, a young woman genetically engineered to order by an arrogant but brilliant geneticist, as possessing the powers of a succubus through a genetic anomaly deliberately introduced in her creation. Unbeknownst to either of them, she seduces her creator while they are both asleep and is impregnated by him.

Stephen King's 1982 novel The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger, and the rest of The Dark Tower series, Roland encounters a succubus in a circle of stones while following the Man in Black. This succubus then later helps an incubus in impregnating Susanna Dean with Roland's child, Mordred, a villain in later books.

Toni Morrison's 1987 Beloved novel's protagonist, Beloved, has been discussed in academic works as a modern use of this theme.

In For Love of Evil (1988), by Piers Anthony, succubi, including Lilith, make up the Kingdom of Hell, which reflects Dante's Seven Circles of Hell.

Eric (1990) by Terry Pratchett (from the Discworld series) has a small reference to succubi, in which a demonologist describes how his grandfather spent his entire life trying to summon one, only to succeed in conjuring a Neuralger, a female demon that has a headache every night.

Ray Garton's 1991 novel The New Neighbor tells the story of a family who has an attractive new neighbor move in across the street. She turns out to be a succubus.

In Laurell K. Hamilton's 1993 Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series, the main character, Anita Blake, finds herself becoming a succubus.

In Orson Scott Card's 1996 novel Treasure Box, a witch conjures a succubus, who represents the dreams and desires of the protagonist in order to convince him to open a mysterious box.

The White Court of Vampires in Jim Butcher's 2000 series Dresden Files are described as succubi and incubi. One of these incubi is the major supporting character Thomas Raith.

Once (2001), written by James Herbert, has a description of a "demon form" succubus.

Jonathan Stroud's 2003 series Bartimaeus Trilogy describes a succubus as a kind of demon preferred by male magicians, and also that Mr. Tallow might be the offspring of a magician and a succubus.

The Felix Castor series (2006) by Mike Carey, features a succubus who takes the name Juliet, gives up feeding on men and enters into a lesbian relationship while working as an exorcist.

2007's Hell on Earth, a dark paranormal series by Jackie Kessler, stars the succubus Jezebel, who runs away from Hell, hides on Earth as an exotic dancer, and learns the hard way about being mortal.

In the 2008 novel Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer, the three original sisters of the Denali coven (Tanya, Kate, and Irina) were revealed to be the originators of the myth of the succubus, as they would seduce men and drain them of blood following intercourse. The three sisters also appear in the Breaking Dawn films, but their history as succubi is not mentioned.

2009 or earlier, Georgina Kincaid, a 21st-century urban fantasy novel series by Richelle Mead, features succubus Georgina Kincaid trying to find a vampire hunter.

In Vitelli Grigorowski's The Secrets of Witch Falls novel series, succubi are the main characters and antagonists.

In James Blish's After Such Knowledge trilogy series, arms manufacturer Dr. Baines' secretary is seduced by a succubus demon.

In Andrzej Sapkowski's novel The Lady of the Lake, a succubus appears living among humans in Beauclair, Geralt's friend, the vampire Regis, falls in love with the demon.

In Barton Paul Levenson's novel "The Celibate Succubus" (2013), a succubus named Delilah, fearing punishment for showing compassion to a victim, flees Hell and winds up working for an anti-demon organization connected with the Catholic Church.

In the novel "Shadows of the Teutons" by Russian writer Alexey Ivanov (2021). The book takes place in two eras: in the middle of the 15th century in the capital of the Teutonic Order, Malborg, and in May 1945 in Pillau. In 1457, the Polish knight Kajetan Klichovsky makes a pact with Baphomet and undertakes to obtain the sword of Satan Liguet, which belongs to the Teutonic Order. If he fails to fulfill the condition, a curse will fall on his family: only one person will survive in each generation. A distant descendant of Kajetan, historian Vincent Klichovsky, tries to find the sword to lift this curse. He has to deal with the Nazis (the sword ended up in the hands of the escaped Gauleiter Koch) and the Soviet special services. In the medieval era, there is a succubus - the maiden Sigelda, raised from the grave in the Cemetery of the Beheaded by the antagonist to help him take possession of Satan's sword.

Film

Necronomicon – Geträumte Sünden (a.k.a. Succubus (1968), Jess Franco

The Devil's Nightmare (1971), Jean Brismée

Spectre (1977) television film by Gene Roddenberry; the main character Sebastian is lured by a succubus in the opening minutes of the episode

The Unholy (1988) a priest's fight with a succubus

Def by Temptation (1990) feature film directed by James Bond III follows a succubus who preys on Black men, drawing the attention of a young minister-in-training, his childhood friend, and a homicide detective.

The Haunted (1991) television film based on The Smurl Family haunting drama, Jack Smurl is visited and raped by a succubus.

Serpent's Lair (1995)

The Ninth Gate (1999) a mysterious succubus-like girl (self-described as a Fallen Angel) helps the protagonist find satanic engravings. Her origin is vague enough and behaviour specific enough to suggest she is now a succubus.

Saint Sinner (2002), a 19th-century monk is sent to the 21st century to retrieve two succubi that he unleashed

Flesh for the Beast (2003)

Demon Hunter (2005) features a succubus as an antagonist.

Umbrage (2009) about how the ancient succubus Lilith is brought to the world by a magic mirror

Jennifer's Body (2009) Megan Fox portrays a teenage cheerleader-turned-succubus who kills the boys in her town

Television

1975 February Kolchak: The Night Stalker episode 16 "Demon in Lace", a succubus is the cause of the mysterious deaths of men

1989 Superboy season 1, episode 25 "Succubus" features a succubus, played by Sybil Danning.

1990 October (to April 1991) She-Wolf of London episode features a succubus who could cause immediate and extreme aging in her victims.

1996 April X-Files episode "Avatar", Assistant Director Skinner has troubles with a succubus that he has seen since he served in the Vietnam War.

1996 December The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest episode "Eclipse", Jonny and Jesse try to save Hadji from a succubus-like creature.

1997 March Poltergeist: The Legacy episode 23, "Black Widow", the group encounters a succubus which is unkillable and develop feelings for the character "Nick"; they are only able to stop her by using enchanted chains that sap her strength followed by dumping her in a river.

1997 In the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Favorite Son", Harry Kim is drawn to a planet inhabited by women who could be described as genetic succubi; they implant genetic material in men on other worlds using a retrovirus, drawing them there to have their DNA extracted for reproduction, only to be killed in the process.

1999 In "The Succubus", the April 21, 1999 episode of the animated comedy series South Park' third season, Chef falls in love with and plans to marry a succubus. The boys defeat her by singing the love theme from The Poseidon Adventure backwards.

1999 November Charmed episode "She's a Man, Baby, a Man!", Prue becomes a man in order to attract a succubus who is murdering local men. The succubus is portrayed as a beautiful woman with a razor-sharp tongue who sucks all the testosterone out of a man's body. They were previous witches who made a pact with darkness to keep themselves from heartbreak.

Animation

1993 Words Worth the character called Delta.

1995 Darkstalkers (the American cartoon version) features, among its villains, the succubus Morrigan Aensland.

Night Warriors OVA, based on the second Darkstalkers game, also features Morrigan Aensland.

2010 Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic, Dante encounters and slays succubi in the second circle of hell, lust.

2020 Dragon's Dogma, Ethan encounters and defeats a succubus in the episode titled ‘Lust’.

2021 Brave Animated Series, features a succubus in a cheerleader outfit who likes to peek the history of all world.

2021 Helluva Boss, features a succubus pop singer named Verosika Mayday who uses her singing to make humans lustful.

Comics

In 1973, Marvel Comics debuted the succubus character, Satana.

In 1991, the succubus Chantinelle is introduced by DC Comics, and later befriends John Constantine, the star of the Hellblazer comic series.

In 2004, UDON Comics created, among other titles by Capcom, the Darkstalkers Comic series that ran for six issues and a trade paperback. In the comic, the succubus Morrigan Aensland plays a large role. Her other half Lilith is seen only briefly in the Belial prequel and on the cover of some of the issues.

In 2014, Deadpool: The Gauntlet saw succubus Shiklah make her debut. She was married to Deadpool.

Japanese visual/written media

1989 anime Grimms Fairy Tale Classics implies that the main antagonist of its version of The Iron Stove is a succubus rather than a witch.

1996 manga Night Warriors: The Comic Series by Run Ishida, adaptation of Darkstalkers.

1999 manga series (later adapted into a 2004 OVA) Equation by Kurenai Azuki. The lead heroine, Sayoko Saeki, and the main villain, Sonia, are succubi. Sayoko is a succubus who works with an agency within the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force to stop cults from undermining the government. As the story progresses, more about Sayoko and Sonia is revealed.

2000 manga Lilim Kiss by Mizuki Kawashita, features title character Lilim who is a succubus.

2002 anime show Digimon, the character named Lilithmon, based on the mythological Lilith and one of the Seven Great Demon Lords representing the sin of lust. In some official profiles of the franchise, it is stated that "it confounds its opponents with its bewitchingly lovely appearance, and it is said that those who are taken in by its temptations are invariably granted death."

2004 manga Rosario + Vampire by Akihisa Ikeda, features succubus Kurumu Kurono as one of the main characters.

2004 light novel series Good Luck! Ninomiya-kun is about a shy succubus Mayu Tsukimura who cohabitates with the main guy character. The protagonist's childhood friend, Reika Houjou, who is Mayu's romance rival, is also revealed to be a succubus.

2004 tokusatsu Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger (part of the wider Super Sentai series), one of the Three Hells Siblings is named Succubus. She has the power to drain the life from those she touches. When the program was adapted into Power Rangers S.P.D. in 2005, Succubus' American counterpart was named Morgana.

2005 manga Mark of the Succubus, a world of demons and the main character is a succubus called Maeve.

Webcomics

In 2000, webcomic Sinfest, the major supporting characters Baby Blue and Fuchsia are succubi, working directly for the devil.

In 2002, Pibgorn, Drusilla is a succubus dressed in mufti

In 2009, Eerie Cuties features, among its support cast, a pubescent succubus named Chloe She later got her own spinoff book, with a number of other succubi.

2010 or earlier Darkness Within webcomic stars a succubus named Nicole Richards; Lucia and her mother Lilith are also prominent succubi in the series and Lucia's brother Roger is an incubus.

Music

" Lilith Fair " 1997-1999, 2010 Music festival and tour founded by Canadian musician/songwriter Sarah McLachlan et al which featured female artists, like Tracy Chapman, Suzanne Vega, and female represented bands like The Cardigans. The festival got its name from a reference to the succubus Lilith

The Rolling Stones' 1973 song "Dancing With Mr. D" depicts an encounter with a succubus.

In 1976, Cliff Richard's "Devil Woman" tells of one man's bad luck with a beautifully evil woman

Xmal Deutschland's 1982 song "Incubus/Succubus" was one of their most popular songs.

Lords of Acid's 1994 Album Voodoo-U features cover art with succubuses.

In 1997 Norwegian symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir has a song called "A Succubus In Rapture" on their album Enthrone Darkness Triumphant, which describes this creature.

The namesake song of Steely Dan's February 2000 album "Two Against Nature" includes a description of a succubus, "Madame Arzulie, she come last night, bang you silly but leave a nasty bite".

Part 3 of the May 2000 album Wishmaster's song "FantasMic" by Nightwish briefly mentions a succubus.

Alan O'Day's 1977 song Undercover Angel describes a romantic encounter with a benevolent succubus, who seduces him and then leaves, urging him to find love in the real world.

In 2001 Bitter Suites to Succubi was released by British band Cradle of Filth, who have performed several songs about succubi.

In 2010, Cradle of Filth released the album Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa which like its predecessor listed above have numerous songs about succubi. Lilith Immaculate is a single release from the album that is about succubus Lilith.

Gaming

Tabletop

Dungeons & Dragons, the succubus is a type of tanar'ri demon. The succubus is one of the earliest monsters to be included in the game, having appeared under the demon entry in the Eldritch Wizardry supplement (1976). Demons like the succubus were considered among the "standard repertoire of "Monsters"" of the game by Fabian Perlini-Pfister. Rob Bricken of io9 identified the succubus as one of "The 12 Most Obnoxious Dungeons & Dragons Monsters".

Warhammer 40,000, succubi are squad leaders for Dark Eldar Wych squads, while incubi form the bodyguard of Dark Eldar lords

A succubus named "Sophie" is the mascot for the tabletop miniatures company Reaper Miniatures

Video games

In Silent Hill 2, the character of Maria is a succubus. Maria is a physical manifestation of the protagonists James Sunderland's sexual frustration he experienced while his wife Mary was terminally ill. Throughout the events of the game, Maria can be see acting in a more suggestive manor to James and tempts James with sexual acts.

In Catherine, the titular character is a succubus and is central to the game's main conflict.

Darkstalkers has two characters, Morrigan and Lilith, who are succubi and also appear in several other Capcom titles, in particular cross-over fighting games. Lilith is actually a third part of Morrigan's power which takes form itself after being separated for a long time, and since then Lilith has returned to Morrigan but sometimes still retains her shape as a succubus.

In Diablo, succubi are an enemy type usually encountered in Hell. The two most recognizable succubi in the world are Lilith (Queen of the Succubi) and Andariel (Maiden of Anguish). Other characters like Cydaea (Azmodan's consort) can also be considered as succubi.

Drakan: Order of the Flame, succubi is a type of enemy.

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Lament of Innocence, Scarlet is a succubus who appears as a boss and as one of Dracula's attendants. A great succubus, who also is a similar boss appears in Mirror of Fate. Succubi are also recurring minor enemies found throughout the castle in many of the games in the Castlevania series.

Catacomb Armageddon, the level The Lair of the Succubus features enemies who appear as pale skinned naked demon girls with long red hair covering their private parts. They shoot hearts at the player.

Planescape: Torment, Fall-From-Grace (or "Grace") is a chaste succubus priestess who can join the player's party. A beautiful blonde woman with bat wings, she is the only healer in the game and may be a potential romantic interest for the player's character. Fall-From-Grace is voiced by Jennifer Hale.

MMORPGS

Aura Kingdom has a demonic Eidolon, who can become your adventuring partner, by the name of Succubus.

In Bloodline: Heroes of Lithas, The Luxuriant is a clan of Lilin - race of incubi and succubi. Incubus Gnassag is a romantic interest of player character.

City of Heroes and City of Villains, succubi are members of the Circle of Thorns arcane enemy group and appear as red-skinned women with small horns and thigh-high boots. Their powers include Come Hither (confusion), Entrance (hold), Hellish Bolts, and Blackclaw (combat attacks).

EverQuest II, the necromancer class can summon a succubus, which has red skin, a devil tail, a short skirt, and a tube top; she grows horns when fighting, and is voiced by Susan Boyd.

Gaia Online has an evolving item called Alruna's Rose. This item, upon completion, features a pair of scantily-clad demons named Alruna the Succubus and Anurla the Incubus; the item gained infamy and popularity on the website for the provocative items and poses it yielded each phase.

Mabinogi, Succubi are the boss or bosses in a solo or advance run of the Rabbie Dungeon.

Ragnarok Online, the succubus is a high-level dark attribute monster.

The Matrix Online, Succubi are Merovingian/Exile-affiliated NPCs who have the appearance of a beautiful woman and have a purple, red, or green see-through dress with matching long hair and eye colors.

World of Warcraft, players who choose the Warlock class can summon a succubus as one of their controllable demons, who is depicted with bat wings, dark hair, pale red skin, hooves instead of feet, and a barbed tail, and whose abilities include "Seduction", a skill which renders humanoid monsters and players immobile.

Vindictus, The succubus is a boss type monster. she wears black clothing and has long black hair and black boots.