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b_b  ·  4496 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski at the museum.
The little goblin on her chest is an incubus, basically a demon sent from hell to suck the life out of you by fulfilling all of your sexual desires. I don't know the significance of the horse, but I'm sure the ravenous look in his eye has something to do with the size of his dong. Some nightmare, huh?




caio  ·  4496 days ago  ·  link  ·  
    Because of the popularity of the work, Füssli painted a number of versions.

The incubus in this one is much more sexual. Interestingly, the first has a book on the table, but this one hasn't.

b_b  ·  4496 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Probably the book has to do with fantasy or knowledge, and whoever paid for the second one thought that education was virtuous and they didn't want to associate books with the devil.
thenewgreen  ·  4496 days ago  ·  link  ·  
TIL that the succubus has a male counterpart in the incubus. Thanks.