An incubus is a demon in male form who, according to mythological and legendary traditions, lies upon women in order to engage in sexual activity with them. Its female counterpart is a succubus. Salacious tales of incubi and succubi have been told for many centuries in traditional societies, and Genesis 6:4 is a passage used to support the credibility of such stories. Some traditions hold that repeated sexual activity with an incubus or succubus may result in the deterioration of health, or even death.
The word incubus is derived from Late Latin incubo (a nightmare induced by such a demon); from incub(āre) (to lie upon). One of the earliest mentions of an incubus comes from Mesopotamia on the Sumerian King List, ca. 2400 BC, where the hero Gilgamesh's father is listed as Lilu. It is said that Lilu disturbs and seduces women in their sleep, while Lilitu, a female demon, appears to men in their erotic dreams. Two other corresponding demons appear as well: Ardat lili, who visits men by night and begets ghostly children from them, and Irdu lili, who is known as a male counterpart to Ardat lili and visits women by night and begets from them. These demons were originally storm demons, but they eventually became regarded as night demons because of mistaken etymology. Written later but described as happening before the Sumerian King List was completed is the mention of the Nephilim: Christian tradition attributes the completion of the Biblical book of Genesis to the time of the 16th century BC, and in chapter 6, verse 4 describes fallen angels having sexual intercourse with human females just prior to the flood of Noah, traditionally held as happening in the 24th century BC.
Incubus is a 2006 horror thriller film by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment that was directed by Anya Camilleri and stars actress Tara Reid. The film was released on May 3, 2006 and had an internet premiere on AOL during Halloween 2006. An unrated version was released to DVD on February 6, 2007. The film has billed itself as the first Download To Own video.
Seeking refuge from a torrential storm, Jay, her brother, and three friends break into what they think is an abandoned recycling plant. (A fourth friend, Karen, decides not to enter the building and leaves.) They find two dead people, who appear to have killed each other, and a Sleeper - a coma patient hooked up to life support in a triple-locked, shatter-proof observation room. Closer examination reveals a disturbing truth: the Sleeper is Orin Kiefer, a murderer executed by lethal injection six years earlier.
Jay, her brother and friends search for a way out of the factory. A psychopathic man roaming the building attacks and kills her brother.
An incubus is a male demon that has sexual intercourse with sleeping women.
Incubus may also refer to:
7 am, the garbage truck
Beeps as it backs up
And I start my day thinking about
What I've thrown away
Could I push rewind?
All the credits strewn in signifying the end
But I missed the best part
Could we please go back to the start?
Forgive my indecision
Then again, then, then again, then again
You're always first when
No one's on your side
But then again, then, then again, then again
The day will come when
When I want off that ride
11 am, by now you would think
That I would be up
But my bedsheets shade
The heated of choices I made
Now, what did I find?
I never thought I could want someone so much
'Cause now you're not here
And I'm knee deep in my own fear
Forgive my indecision, I am only a man
Then again, then, then again, then again
You're always first when
No one's on your side
But then again, then again, again, again, then again
The day will come when
I want off that ride
12 pm and my dusty telephone rings
I get up from my pillow
Could it be?
I hope it's you, it's you
Then again, then, then again, then again
You're always first when
No one's on your side
But then again, then again, again, again, then again
The day has come