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  2. Alp (folklore) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Mare (folklore) - Wikipedia

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    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. [1]

  4. Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep - Wikipedia

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    American Heavy Metal band Metallica uses the whole prayer in their hit song "Enter Sandman" from their 1991 album "Metallica (album)" Rapper JID takes from the first 2 lines and incorporates into the first verse of "Kody Blu 31" from his 2022 album " The Forever Story "

  5. Apotropaic magic - Wikipedia

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    In some Native American cultures, a dreamcatcher made of yarn like a web is placed above a bed or sleeping area to protect sleeping children from nightmares. [ citation needed ] Others

  6. The Trump Prophecy - Wikipedia

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    In April 2011, after a prayer from his wife (Karen Boles), he dreams that Donald Trump would one day become president of the United States. By the time near the 2016 election , Mary Colbert (Paulette Todd) learns about the message and starts a national prayer chain to make God's wish of Trump becoming president come true.

  7. Can Certain Foods Cause Nightmares? - AOL

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    Unfortunately, nightmares are the dreams you are more likely to remember. When you eat, your metabolism revs up to digest the food, and in turn causes your body temperature to rise. The process of ...

  8. Baku (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Hori Tadao has described the dream-eating abilities attributed to the traditional baku and relates them to other preventatives against nightmare such as amulets. Kaii-Yōkai Denshō Database, citing a 1957 paper, and Mizuki also describe the dream-devouring capacities of the traditional baku. [3]

  9. Night hag - Wikipedia

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    This nightmare experience is described as being "hag-ridden" in the Gullah lore. The "Old Hag" was a nightmare spirit in British and also Anglophone North American folklore. [citation needed] In Fiji, the experience is interpreted as kana tevoro, being "eaten" by a demon. In many cases the demon can be the spirit of a recently dead relative who ...