Talk:Merlin/@comment-36750435-20180829004751/@comment-34364075-20180829031732

Fate is probably going for the older interpretation of Incubus.

According to [|Wikipedia], Incubus had its roots in Mesopotamia as Lilu, a demon that can seduce women in their dreams (apparently it's Gil's father), but the description of Lilu is rather vague and it's thought that he does more than seducing women. All that's known is that he's a demon, and he appears at night.

It was only later that the concept of incubi seducing women was popularised by Christianity (*eye roll*) as demons who rape and impregnate women outside of dreams. At the risk of sounding like an idiot: take the raping part with a grain of salt, as it's coming from a religion that blames everything including adultery on demons and other supernatural beings.