Editing Succubus (section)

==In non-Western literature==
===Buddhist canon===
A [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] scripture regarding prayer to [[Avalokiteśvara]], the ''Dharani Sutra of Amoghapāśa'', promises to those who pray that "you will not be attacked by demons who either suck your energy or make love to you in your dreams."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Yü |first1=Chün-fang |url=https://archive.org/details/kuanyinchinesetr0000ychn |publisher=Columbia University Press |title=Kuan-yin: The Chinese Transformation of Avalokiteśvara |year=2001 |isbn=023112029X |location=New York |page=57 |url-access=registration}}</ref>

===Arabian mythology===
In [[Religion in pre-Islamic Arabia|Arabian mythology]], the ''{{Lang|ar-latn|qarînah}}'' ({{lang|ar|قرينة}}) is a spirit similar to the succubus, with origins possibly in [[ancient Egyptian religion]] or in the [[animism|animistic]] beliefs of [[pre-Islamic Arabia]].<ref name="Zwemer">{{cite book |first= Samuel M. |last= Zwemer |author-link= Samuel Marinus Zwemer |title= Studies in Popular Islam: Collection of Papers dealing with the Superstitions and Beliefs of the Common People |location= London |publisher= Sheldon Press |year= 1939 |chapter= 5 }}</ref> A ''{{Lang|ar-latn|qarînah}}'' "sleeps with the person and has relations during sleep as is known by the dreams".<ref>{{cite book |first= A. J. N. |last= Tremearne |title= Ban of the Bori: Demons and Demon-Dancing in West and North Africa |year= 1914 |url= https://archive.org/details/cu31924029887431 }}</ref> They are said to be invisible, but a person with "[[second sight]]" can see them, often in the form of a cat, dog, or other household pet.<ref name="Zwemer" /> "In Omdurman it is a spirit which possesses. ...Only certain people are possessed and such people cannot marry or the qarina will harm them."<ref>{{cite book |first= J. Spencer |last= Trimingham |author-link= J. Spencer Trimingham |title= Islam in the Sudan |location= London |publisher= Frank Cass & Co. Ltd. |year= 1965 |page= 172 }}</ref>

In Upper Egyptian folk belief, the ''qarînah'' can be appeased by sacrificing an all-black animal to her. The animal is slaughtered without prayers, and it is cooked without salt. No one speaks during the meal and it is buried in the house of those it has afflicted.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Winkler |first=Hans |title=Ghost Riders of Upper Egypt}}</ref>