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lb:wnotes:succubus [2025-10-13 19:48:17] – [Writing Notes for Succubi] ninjasrlb:wnotes:succubus [2025-10-13 19:53:07] (current) – [Mesopotamia] Guess I could. ninjasr
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 Mesopotamia is a pretty obvious choice for an origin point of the succubi, since that's where the earliest myths originate //and// there's a connection to temple prostitutes. Mesopotamia is a pretty obvious choice for an origin point of the succubi, since that's where the earliest myths originate //and// there's a connection to temple prostitutes.
  
-This is the most obvious origin-point and the one I'd favor. Though I can’t think of any other origin points.+This is the most obvious origin-point and the one I'd favor. <del>Though I can’t think of any other origin points.</del>
  
 It's also possible that succubi could just exist openly in Mesopotamia. It's also possible that succubi could just exist openly in Mesopotamia.
 +=== Rise of Christianity ===
 +This is the other possibility for an origin point, which I'm pointing out because I feel some connection could be made between Christianity being all <q>‘no’</q> towards sex and the rise of the Succubus. That //is// when the Succubus was most feared after all.
 +=== Black Death ===
 +On the surface, I'm betting this is a completely bizarre connection but hear me out. I had read once (probably on Wikipedia) that the Black Death helped to ruin the image of brothels. Because people started linking sex/prostitutes to disease.
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 +Thus a connection could be made here. But, if that connection //is// made, that means that Succubi are related to disease in some way. What that could mean is anyone's guess.
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 +I'm bringing this up as an origin point because I think it sounds interesting.
 ==== Secrecy? ==== ==== Secrecy? ====
 Whether succubi would prioritize maintaining secrecy from humanity or not is a big question mark. It depends heavily on whether sex with a succubus is fatal or not.\\ Whether succubi would prioritize maintaining secrecy from humanity or not is a big question mark. It depends heavily on whether sex with a succubus is fatal or not.\\
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