Re: For the nightemare

On Apr 11, 10:15 am, Blue Sow <b...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
G DAEB wrote:
Interesting again for the implicit genders in that an incubus as per the
Oxford etymology is a male spirit believed to engage in intercourse with
sleeping women whereas this account seems to imply a female spirit

That would have been a succubus then.

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Blue Sow

Well, yes, but this isn't listed as an option in the
dictionary. That was kind of part of the point. I can
pull them all if they're only of interest to me and
aren't really wanted here. I don't mind. If it's not in
any way a relevant snapshot of culture as viewed
through the lens of archaic language, laik.

The dictionary says that nightmares were held to
be a manifestation of incubi. This shows that they
were also at some points at least, held to be succubi.

And this is not relevant to anyone wishing to peer
into the culture of times past? These metaphors
we quivered by?

G DAEB

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