Cambion
In mythology and literature, a cambion /ˈkæmbiən/ is the offspring of an "incubus or succubus" and a human.
Creation
A cambion is most often depicted as the offspring of an incubus or succubus and a human.
Etymology
The earliest evidenced appearance of the word in this sense is in the 1818 French-Language Dictionnaire Infernal. The 1825 edition of that book has the following entry:
Translation: CAMBION, -- Child of Demons. Delancre and Bodin think that incubus demons could unite with succubus demons, and that born of their exchange were hideous children which are called cambions.....
The word cambion previously appeared on an early 1st century AD inscription in Gaul (Roman France). Linguist Benjamin W. Forston IV opines that:
Given the above, it's probable that the word, as de Plancy defined it in 1818, is a cognate for changeling.
In the Malleus Maleficarum
The Malleus Maleficarum does not use the word but states that demons, including the incubus and the succubus, are incapable of reproduction:
Cambion (Dungeons & Dragons)
In the fantasy roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons the cambion is a creature descended from a fiend.
The creature is named for the cambion.
Publication history
The cambion was introduced to the D&D game in the first edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition (1977-1988)
The cambion first appears under the demon on page 37 entry in the first edition Monster Manual II (1983), including the baron/marquis cambion (semi-demon) and the major cambion (semi-demon).
A cambion named MacDaer appeared in Dungeon #13 (September 1988).
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition (1989-1999)
The cambion appears under the tanar'ri entry in the Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix (1991), including the baron/marquis cambion tanar'ri and the major cambion tanar'ri.
The cambion tanar'ri was further detailed in the first Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994), including the same variants from the Outer Planes Appendix.
Dungeons & Dragons 3.0 edition (2000-2002)
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