{"id":2440,"date":"2020-08-12T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/the-belief-that-demons-have-sex-with-humans-runs-deep-in-christian-and-jewish-traditions\/"},"modified":"2024-12-02T20:52:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T04:52:17","slug":"belief-that-humans-have-sex-with-demons-runs-deep-in-religions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/belief-that-humans-have-sex-with-demons-runs-deep-in-religions\/","title":{"rendered":"The belief that demons have sex with humans runs deep in Christian and Jewish traditions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\n\n \n The 1781 painting The Nightmare<\/em> by John Henry Fuseli shows a demonic incubus perched on the chest of a sleeping woman. (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons.)\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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