Macabre Monday HDH147 - Who are you calling a Succubus?!
*Please see the sidebar for HDH Macabre Monday Rules* ( Note: entries not following the guidelines are not eligible for prizes or badges ) Okay, macabre fans ... your challenge this week: HDH147 "Who are you callin' a Succubus?!" You are to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween -based art piece that depicts a Succubus in one form or another. Just what is a Succubus you may ask? In folklore traced back to medieval legend, a succubus (plural succubi ) is a female demon or supernatural being appearing in dreams, who takes the form of a human woman in order to seduce men, usually through sexual intercourse . The male counterpart is the incubus . Religious traditions hold that repeated intercourse with a succubus may result in the deterioration of health or even death. In modern fictional representations, a succubus may or may not appear in dreams and is often depicted as a highly attractive seductress or enchantress ; whereas, in the past, succubi ...