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A succubus (plural succubi) is a type of demoness referenced in various works of fiction.〔''Blood thirst: 100 years of vampire fiction'' ed. by Leonard Wolf. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. ISBN 0-19-511593-7〕〔 〕 ==Literature== * Thomas Middleton's 1605 play ''A Mad World, My Masters'', the philandering Master Penitent Brothel is tempted by a succubus assuming the form of his illicit partner, using song and dance in a failed attempt to seduce him. * Honoré de Balzac's early 1800s short story "The Succubus" concerns 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.〔Balzac, Honoré de. ("The Succubus" )〕 * 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. * Richard Matheson's 1962 short story "The likeness of Julie" portrays a teenage succubus named Julie (later adapted into TV film Trilogy of Terror) * Irving A. Greenfield's 1970 novel Succubus has the ancient demon hitching a ride on a woman marrying an archeologist *1971 ''Operation Chaos'' novel by Poul Anderson, the protagonists are visited shortly after being married by a succubus/incubus who changes genders in its attempts to seduce both of them. * Kenneth Rayner Johnson's 1979 novel, ''The Succubus'', outlines the story of a male afflicted by the incarnation of the demon Lilith. * Stephen King's 1982 novel ''The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger'', and the rest of ''The Dark Tower'' series, Roland encounters a succubus in a circle of stones while following the man in black. This succubus then later helps an incubus in impregnating Susanna Dean with Roland's child, Mordred, a villain in later books. * Toni Morrison's 1987 ''Beloved'' novel's protagonist, Beloved, has been discussed in academic works as a modern use of this theme.〔"Figurations of Rape and the Supernatural in Beloved" by Pamela E. Barnett. PMLA, Vol. 112, No. 3 (May 1997), pp. 418-427 (JSTOR )〕〔"Utopias Limited: Post-sixties and Postmodern American Fiction" by DeKoven, Marianne. MFS Modern Fiction Studies - Volume 41, Number 1, Spring 1995, pp. 75-97 (MUSE ) "Sethe's miraculous milk drains off into the succubus Beloved has become ."〕 * ''For Love of Evil'' (1988), by Piers Anthony, succubi, including Lilith, make up the Kingdom of Hell, which reflects Dante's 7 Circles of Hell. * ''Eric'' (1990), by Terry Pratchett (from the ''Discworld'' series), has a small reference to succubi in which a demonologist describes how his grandfather spent his entire life trying to summon one only to succeed in conjuring a Neuralger, a female demon that has a headache every night. * Ray Garton's 1991 novel ''The New Neighbor'' tells the story of a family who has an attractive new neighbor move in across the street. She turns out to be a succubus. * In Laurell K. Hamilton's 1993 ''Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter'' series, the main character, Anita Blake, finds herself becoming a succubus. * In Orson Scott Card's 1996 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 White Court of vampires in Jim Butcher's 2000 series ''Dresden Files'' are described as succubi and incubi. One of these incubi is the major supporting character Thomas Raith. *Jonathan Stroud's 2003 series ''Bartimaeus Trilogy'' describes a succubus as a kind of demon preferred by male magicians, and also that Mr. Tallow might be the offspring of a magician and a succubus. * The ''Felix Castor'' series (2006), by Mike Carey, features a succubus who takes the name Juliet, gives up feeding on men and enters into a lesbian relationship while working as an exorcist. * 2007's ''Hell on Earth'', a dark paranormal series by Jackie Kessler, stars the succubus Jezebel, who runs away from Hell, hides on Earth as an exotic dancer, and learns the hard way about being mortal. * In the 2008 novel ''Breaking Dawn'' by Stephenie Meyer, the three original sisters of the Denali coven (Tanya, Kate, and Irina) were revealed to be the originators of the myth of the succubus, as they would seduce men and drain them of blood following intercourse. The three sisters also appear in the ''Breaking Dawn'' films, but their history as succubi is not mentioned. * 2009 or earlier, ''Georgina Kincaid'', a 21st-century urban fantasy novel series by Richelle Mead, features succubus Georgina Kincaid trying to find a vampire hunter. * In Vitaly Grigorowski's ''The Secrets of Witch Falls'' novel series succibi are main characters and antagonists. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of succubi in fiction」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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