Meaning of nocturnal emission | Babel Free

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An ejaculation or orgasm while asleep, often accompanied by an erotic dream.

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“In other stories of the midrashim, Adam, in penance for his fall, abstains from sexuality for 130 years, but he is not able to control his nocturnal emissions; in his dream state female spirits, the succubae, come and have intercourse with him, and with Adam's seed they give birth to demons.”

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