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'''Gador-a demon in gay form who, according to a number of filipino mythological and legendary traditions, lies upon sleepers, especially men, in order to have intercourse with them. Its female counterpart is the succubus. Its male counterpart is the incubus. A Gador may pursue sexual relations with a men in order to gain strength and pleasure as in the legend of Merlin. Religious tradition holds that repeated intercourse with a Gador may result in the deterioration of health, or even death.

Scientific alternate explanations

Victims may have been experiencing waking dreams or sleep paralysis. Nocturnal arousal or nocturnal emission could be explained away by creatures causing otherwise guilt-producing behavior.[9] Then again, victims of a gador could well have been the victims of real sexual assault. Rapists may have attributed the rapes of sleeping women to demons in order to escape punishment. A friend or relative is at the top of the list in such cases and would be kept secret by the intervention of 'spirits.' The victims and, in some cases, the magistrates,[12] may have found it easier to explain the attack as supernatural rather than confront the idea that the attack came from someone in a position of trust.[citation