Succubus in fiction
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A succubus is a type of demoness that is referenced in various works of fiction.
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[edit] Literature
- Honoré de Balzac wrote a short story called "The Succubus" concerning a 1271 trial of a she-devil succubus in the guise of a woman, who, amongst other things, could use her hair to entangle victims.[1]
- Charles Williams's 1937 novel Descent into Hell portrays an academic who consciously rejects the potential affections of a real woman in favor of a physically identical but perfectly obedient and pliable succubus.
- In Arthur Miller's The Crucible, Reverend Hale refers to both succubi and incubi.
- In Stephen King's The Gunslinger, and the rest of "The Dark Tower", Roland encounters a succubus in a circle of stones while following the man in black.
- In Orson Scott Card's novel Treasure Box, a witch conjures a succubus who represents the dreams and desires of the protagonist in order to convince him to open a mysterious box.
- The neuralger, a succubus-like creature, appears in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel Eric.
- The White Court of vampires in Jim Butcher's Dresden Files are described as succubi and incubus. One of these incubus is the major supporting character Thomas Raith.
- Jonathan Stroud mentions succubuses in the "Bartimeaus Trilogy" as a kind of demons preferred by male magicians, also that mr. Tallow might be the offspring of a magician and a succubus
- Kenneth Rayner Johnson's 1979 novel "The Succubus" outlines the story of a male afflicted by the incarnation of the goddess Lilith.
[edit] Games
Succubi often appear in fantasy fiction and role-playing games as beautiful, scantily-clad women with bat wings. Succubi are prominent in the sexual aspects of fantasy fandoms and paraphilia.
- The Darkstalkers series of video games (and some of the Marvel vs Capcom ones) has two characters, Morrigan and Lilith, who are succubi.
- The succubus is a type of tanar'ri demon in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.
- In World Of Warcraft, players who choose the Warlock class can summon a succubus as one of their controllable demons. She is depicted with bat wings, dark hair, pale red skin, hooves instead of feet, and a barbed tail. Her abilities include "Seduction," a skill which renders humanoid monsters and players immobile.
- In Diablo, succubi are among Diablo's closest companions. Their appearance has caused some controversy because of their moaning and scant clothing.
- In Devil May Cry 3, Dante is almost seduced by, yet manages to fight against, a succubus named Nevan. Her appearance is that of a seductive woman with long red hair covering her breasts, and with her lower body shrouded in bats. Amongst others, her attacking methods include striking her opponent with lightning.
- In Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Castlevania: Lament of Innocence, Scarlet is a succubus who appears as a boss and as one of Dracula's attendants, similar to Carmilla. Succubi are also recurring minor enemies found throughout the castle in many of the games in the Castlevania series.
- In Planescape: Torment, Fall-From-Grace (or "Grace") is a chaste succubus priestess who can join the player's party. A beautiful blonde woman with bat wings, she is the only healer in the game and may be a potential romantic interest for the player's character. Fall-From-Grace is voiced by Jennifer Hale.
- In Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, a succubus appears as a monster in Level 2 at the Maze of Tribulations. Her attacks include Charm Person, which causes the chaos status ailment on male party members.
- In the MMORPG, The Matrix Online Succubi are Merovingian/Exile-affiliated NPCs in The Matrix Online. They take the appearance of a beautiful woman and either have a purple, red, or green see-through dress with matching long hair and eye colors.
- In the MMORPGs City of Heroes and City of Villains, succubi are members of the Circle of Thorns arcane enemy group and appear as red-skinned women with small horns and thigh-high boots. Their powers include Come Hither (confusion), Entrance (hold), Hellish Bolts, and Blackclaw (combat attacks).[1]
- In the RTS game Warrior Kings succubi are a unit available to Pagan players through the Henge (which are constructed by the High Priestess). Succubi are able to charm enemy units, thus making them switch to your side, possess a unit and make him commit acts of heresy to stop opposing peasants from working and send enemy units into a rage, where they will attack anyone near them.
- The succubus is a high-level dark attribute monster in Ragnarok Online.
- In the Playstation 2 game Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, Succubus are a class of demon that have the appearance of a lightly-dressed woman with horns and bat wings, much like that of Morrigan Aensland from Darkstalkers.
- In Douglas Adams' Starship Titanic the Succ-U-Bus is used for transporting goods within the ship.
[edit] Film and television
- In the South Park episode "The Succubus," the Chef falls in love with and plans to marry a succubus. The boys defeat her by singing the love theme from The Poseidon Adventure backwards.
- In the Charmed episode "She's a Man, Baby, a Man!," Prue becomes a man in order to attract a succubus who is murdering local men. The succubus is portrayed as a beautiful woman with a forked tongue.
- One episode of She-Wolf of London featured a succubus who could cause immediate and extreme aging in her victims.
- In the television show Hex, the demon Malachi turns the women he has sex with into slaves, which Ella Dee refers to as "succubi."
- In season two of the sitcom "Frasier", Frasier refers to his agent as a "sweet talking succubus".
- In the 2006 film Man of the Year, Eddie Langston sarcastically suggests that Eleanor Green could be a succubus.
"In the 30 Rock episode Up All Night Jack refers to his soon-to-be ex-wife as the "succubus from the bowels of hell."
[edit] Comics
- The Marvel Comics character Satana is a succubus.
- The character Drusilla in the online comic strip Pibgorn is a succubus dressed in mufti.
[edit] Music
- Joey Ramone, lead singer of The Ramones, wrote a song called "Succubus." It was rejected by the band because they did not know what a succubus was.
[edit] References
- ^ Balzac, Honoré de. "The Succubus."
