Gothic literary terms

Question 1

Catacomb

Answer 1

underground passages and chambers, primarily used for religious purposes, particularly as burial places.

Question 2

Incubus

Answer 2

a male demon who forces himself sexually upon mortal women as they sleep

Question 3

Lamia

Answer 3

In classical mythology, the lamia was a female demon who devoured children.
The lamia is also a serpent demon, a fiend who takes the form of a beautiful woman to seduce (and later devour) men.

Question 4

Gothic Parody

Answer 4

A form of satirical criticism or comic mockery that imitates the style and manners of a particular writer, often employing, self-consciously and ironically, the narrative devices of the Gothic
E.g. Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen

Question 5

Revenant

Answer 5

The return of the dead upon the living.

Question 6

Lycanthropy

Answer 6

Werewolves