incubus

Summary

incubus ranks in the top 0.41% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,123 views/month, #316 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• incubus is a type of night hag^[2].
• incubus is a type of devil^[3].
• incubus's Commons category is recorded as Incubus^[4].
• incubus's said to be the same as is recorded as succubus^[5].
• incubus's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok^[6].
• incubus's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[7].
• incubus's described by source is recorded as Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed.^[8].
• incubus's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[9].
• incubus's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[10].
• incubus's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• incubus's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• incubus's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge^[13].
• incubus's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[14].
• incubus's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[15].
• incubus's different from is recorded as Incubus^[16].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include night hag^[2] and devil^[3].

Influence

Things named for incubus include Incubus^[17], a film^[18], directed by Leslie Stevens^[19] and incubation^[20].

Why It Matters

incubus ranks in the top 0.41% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,123 views/month, #316 of 77,819).^[1] incubus has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21] incubus is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[22]

Entities named for incubus include Incubus^[17], a film^[18], directed by Leslie Stevens^[19] and incubation^[20].