An ancient vampiric demon from Hasidic lore, the aluqa looks like a beautiful woman with a face suggesting nothing but pure innocence. However, despite this demon’s beauty, a snake lives coiled around its heart. Typically it attacks men as if it were a SUCCUBUS, but it can also cause madness in its prey. Its victims oftentimes are made to feel the full weight of their shame for having been seduced by such a creature and they will commit suicide. The aluqa is indestructible but can easily be driven off with prayers. Sleeping with an iron nail under one’s pillow will offer protection from its attacks while sleeping.

Source: Maberry, Vampire Universe

’Alukah A (Ah-LOU-ca A)

Originally, ’Alukah A was a specific demon from ancient Babylonian lore that was absorbed into Hasidic lore. (See ANCIENT BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN VAMPIRES.) There, she became a SUCCUBUS and the mother of two demon daughters — Deber (pestilence) and Keeb (smiter), the siblings who cry “Give” in the Book of Proverbs. Her name, ’Alukah A, closely resembles the Arabic word for horseleech, AULAK. She is accredited as being the demon that tormented Saul.

The only way to protect oneself from her attack is through God’s intervention, which can be evoked through the psalm “Shir shel Pega’im.” In fact, the only way for ’Alukah A to be destroyed should she appear in our realm is by God smiting her through a supernatural means of His choosing.

Source: Graves, White Goddess, 448; Masters, Eros and Evil, 181; Phillips, Exploring Proverbs, 557, 559