Myths & mysteries
Monks in the Middle Ages blamed mystical sleep demons called incubi whenever they experienced nocturnal emissions in bed
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When your entire lifestyle is built on rigid celibacy, waking up to a biological accident requires an immediate supernatural scapegoat. Rather than admitting the human body has basic functions, medieval clerics invented the incubus and succubus—horny nocturnal demons that supposedly assaulted sleepers, entirely absolving the poor monks of any sinful accountability.
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