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Re: OT: Incubus = ... in English?

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Thursday, February 24, 2005, 18:08
On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 12:48:30PM -0500, Carsten Becker wrote:
> Hey! > > What is this name translated into English? There's a film in Esperanto as we > all know and also a rock band called like this. But what does the name mean?
That *is* English. An incubus is a demon which seduces women, presumably in order to get them to do demonic things. It's the male version of a succubus.