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An incubus (pl.: incubi) is a male demon in human form in folklore that seeks to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women; the corresponding spirit in female form is called a succubus. Parallels exist in many cultures.
The Nightmare, by Henry Fuseli, 1781 A mare ( Old English : mære , Old Dutch : mare ; Old Norse , Old High German and Swedish : mara ; Proto-Slavic * mara ) is a malicious entity in Germanic and Slavic folklore that walks on people's chests while they sleep, bringing on nightmares .
As the apparent convergence with dwarves suggests, the word alp declined in use in German after the medieval period, though it still occurs in some fossilised uses, most prominently the word for "nightmare", Alptraum ("elf-dream"). [18] Variations of the German elf in later folklore include the moss people [19] and the Weiße Frauen ("White ...
The Nightmare is a 1781 oil painting by the Swiss artist Henry Fuseli. It shows a woman with her arms thrown below her, in deep sleep as she undergoes a nightmare as an almost hidden horse (the " night-mare ") looks on as a demonic and ape-like incubus crouches on her chest. [ 1 ]
Ephialtes is an anxiety disorder identified as such by John Bond in 1753, along with other authors of those times, in his treatise "An Essay on the Incubus, or Nightmare [1]". The famous Greek physician Galen in the 2nd century AD had already named nightmares "Ephialtes". [2]
Chilling video shows a wealthy California businesswoman being chased around her car and then gunned down in a parking lot — in what cops call a “murder-for-hire scheme” orchestrated by her ...
Move over, Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword—there's a new NYT word game in town! The New York Times' recent game, "Strands," is becoming more and more popular as another daily activity ...
Companies in a wide range of industries saw their stocks come under pressure Monday on Wall Street because of tariff threats from President Donald Trump. Automakers, technology companies and ...