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La Morte Amoureuse
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"La Morte amoureuse" is a short story written by Théophile Gautier and published in La Chronique de Paris in 1836. It tells the story of a priest named Romuald who falls in love with Clarimonde, a bea
"Her head fell back, but she still wrapped her arms around me as if to hold me back." Etching by Eugène Decisy [fr] after a watercolor by Paul Albert
"Her head fell back, but she still wrapped her arms around me as if to hold me back." Etching by Eugène Decisy [fr] after a watercolor by Paul Albert Laurens, 1904.
"She dissipated into the air like smoke, and I saw her no more." Etching by Decisy after Laurens, 1904.
"She dissipated into the air like smoke, and I saw her no more." Etching by Decisy after Laurens, 1904.
Romuald bitterly remembers his lost love.
Romuald bitterly remembers his lost love.
Romuald thinks he sees the silhouette of Clarimonde in his garden.
Romuald thinks he sees the silhouette of Clarimonde in his garden.
Succubus
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A succubus is a female demon who was described in various European folklore as appearing in the dreams of male humans in order to seduce them. Repeated interactions between a succubus and a man will l
La Morte Amoureuse
…to as a bad dream or a black horse that sits on the chest of men and women at night and suffocates them to cause fear or terror. The terms incubus and succubus share the same Latin root. The two terms were birthed from the word concubinus and the term concumbre (to lie alongside). In the text, Romuald refers…
Depiction of a succubus in "My Dream, My Bad Dream" by Fritz Schwimbeck [de], 1915
Depiction of a succubus in "My Dream, My Bad Dream" by Fritz Schwimbeck [de], 1915