Editing Succubus (section)

==In folklore==
As depicted in the Jewish mystical treatise ''[[Zohar]]'' and the medieval Jewish satirical text ''[[Alphabet of Ben Sira]]'', [[Lilith]] was [[Adam]]'s first wife, who later became a succubus.<ref name="Patai 1990">{{cite book |last=Patai |first=Raphael |author-link=Raphael Patai |year=1990 |origyear=1967 |chapter=Lilith |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z0iRAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA221 |title=[[The Hebrew Goddess]] |location=[[Detroit]] |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |edition=3rd Enlarged |series=Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology |pages=221–251 |isbn=978-0814322710 |oclc=20692501}}</ref><ref name="Mcdonald 2009" /> She left Adam and refused to return to the [[Garden of Eden]] after she mated with the archangel [[Samael]].<ref name="Mcdonald 2009">{{cite book |author-last=Mcdonald |author-first=Beth E. |year=2009 |chapter=In Possession Of The Night: Lilith As Goddess, Demon, Vampire |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2tgt184wXkC&pg=PA173 |editor-last=Sabbath |editor-first=Roberta Sternman |title=Sacred Tropes: Tanakh, New Testament, and Qur'an As Literature and Culture |location=[[Leiden]] and [[Boston]] |publisher=[[Brill Publishers]] |pages=173–182 |doi=10.1163/ej.9789004177529.i-536.42 |isbn=978-90-04-17752-9}}</ref> In Zoharistic [[Kabbalah]], there were four succubi who mated with the [[archangel]] Samael. The four original queens of the demons were [[Lilith]], [[Eisheth Zenunim]], [[Agrat bat Mahlat]], and [[Naamah (demon)|Naamah]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Zohar: Chapter XXXII |url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/zdm/zdm041.htm |website=[[Internet Sacred Text Archive]]}}</ref> A succubus may take the form of a beautiful woman, but closer inspection may reveal deformities of her body, such as bird-like claws or [[Serpentine shape|serpentine]] tails.<ref>{{cite book|last=Davidson|first=Jane P.|title=Early modern supernatural : the dark side of European culture, 1400–1700|year=2012|publisher=Praeger|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|isbn=978-0313393433|pages=40}}</ref> Folklore also describes men being forced to perform the act of [[cunnilingus]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Guiley |first=Rosemary Ellen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nDdcVt9-jnMC&pg=PA95 |title=The encyclopedia of witches, witchcraft and wicca |publisher=Facts On File |year=2008 |isbn=978-1438126845 |edition=3rd |location=New York |page=95}}</ref> In later folklore, a succubus took the form of a [[Siren (mythology)|siren]].

Throughout history, [[priest]]s and [[rabbi]]s, including [[Hanina Ben Dosa|Hanina ben Dosa]] and [[Abaye]], tried to curb the power of succubi over humans.<ref>Geoffrey W. Dennis, The encyclopedia of Jewish myth, magic and mysticism. p. 126</ref> However, not all succubi were malevolent. According to [[Walter Mapes|Walter Map]] in the satire ''{{Lang|la|[[De nugis curialium]]}}'' (''Trifles of Courtiers''), [[Pope Sylvester II]] (999–1003) was allegedly involved with a succubus named Meridiana, who helped him achieve his high rank in the [[Catholic Church]]. Before his death, he confessed of his sins and died repentant.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of the Succubus |url=http://www.cyodine.com/succubus/History.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040717001332/http://www.cyodine.com/succubus/History.htm |archive-date=17 July 2004 |website=cyodine.com}}</ref>