incubus

Japanese: incubus

… Contracts with the devil were often linked to sexual fantasies, such as the incubus (a demon who has sexual relations with witches) or the succubus (a female incubus who copulates with sleeping men) that invaded beds every night. When demon possession became widespread, it was accompanied by dance expressions such as the Dance of St. John in Aachen in the 14th century and the Dance of St. Veit in Strasbourg in the early 15th century. …

From [Witch]

...As can be seen from the stereotype of witches mentioned above, witches were also given the image of sexual deviants and temptresses who lead people to the ruin of their souls. It was also believed that witches were responsible for making people have sex with the devil by manipulating the incubus (a demon connected with witches who rapes sleeping women) and the succubus (a female demon who has sex with sleeping men), taking advantage of people's evil desires to make them sign contracts with the devil, and inviting them to witch meetings. By the way, the modern German psychopathologist H. Leuner, who analyzed the ingredients of the infamous witches' salve, extracted about five types of alkaloids, including the atropine from Atropa belladonna mentioned above.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "incubus" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…　悪魔との契約はしばしば性的妄想に結びついた。夜な夜なベッドを襲うインクブスincubus(魔女と情を通じる悪魔)やスクブスsuccubus(睡眠中の男子と交接する女の淫魔)がこれである。悪魔憑きはまた集団感染すると，14世紀アーヘンの〈聖ヨハネの踊〉や15世紀初頭ストラスブールの〈聖ファイトの踊〉のような舞踏表現をともなった。…

【魔女】より

…前述した魔女像のステレオタイプにもうかがえるように，魔女には性的な攪乱者，魂を破滅に導く誘惑者のイメージも付与された。そして，インクブスincubus(睡眠中の婦女を犯す魔女と通じた悪魔)やスクブスsuccubus(睡眠中の男と情交する女の悪魔)をあやつって人間を悪魔と交わらせたり，よこしまな欲望につけこんで悪魔の契約書に署名させたり，魔女集会へといざないよせたりするのも魔女のしわざと考えられたのである。　ところで，悪名高い魔女の膏薬の成分を分析した現代ドイツの精神病理学者H.ロイナーは，先述したアトロパ･ベラドンナのアトロピンをも含む，およそ5種類のアルカロイドを抽出している。…

※「incubus」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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