perfectlynormalhumanbeing asked: I was looking up the etymology for Succubus and Incubus to find a gender neutral term, and I found your post. From what I can tell, Incubus comes from in+cubare, Latin for "to lie upon" and succubus from sub+cubare, Latin for "to lie beneath." Using this knowledge, I made the term Procubus, which should be the equivalent of "to lie beside." I thought to share it with you, in hopes that you may find it useful.
tchy:
I’ve been using “concubus” for years—that one’s “to lie with.” Same root as “concubine,” actually.
rachelbearenson:
Hey this is a really interesting concept to consider! Also takes away the sexism that incu/succubus connotate. Thanks,
-Cat
#so if we take ‘concubus’ to be the gender-neutral term for incubus/succubus#does that make a procubus an ace demon that kills people by cuddling them
IT SURE AS HELL DOES NOW
We need stories featuring these magical creatures STAT!
head canon accepted!
Can I use these in my writing? Real talk, these are great.
perfectlynormalhumanbeing said they’re fine with people using procubus however they like. I forget where concubus originally came from, but a lot of people are using it, and I haven’t seen anyone say that’s not ok!
Awesome, thanks!
