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  2. Jinn - Wikipedia

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    Almost all of these sleep paralysis sufferers (95%) would recite verses from the Quran during sleep paralysis to prevent future "jinn attacks". In addition, some (9%) would increase their daily Islamic prayer to get rid of these assaults by jinn. [103] Sleep paralysis is generally associated with great fear in Egypt, especially if believed to ...

  3. Sleep paralysis - Wikipedia

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    Sleep paralysis is a state, during waking up or falling asleep, in which a person is conscious but in a complete state of full-body paralysis. [1] [2] During an episode, the person may hallucinate (hear, feel, or see things that are not there), which often results in fear. [1] [3] Episodes generally last no more than a few minutes. [2]

  4. Night hag - Wikipedia

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    The Nightmare, by Henry Fuseli (1781) is thought to be one of the classic depictions of sleep paralysis perceived as a demonic visitation.. The night hag or old hag is the name given to a supernatural creature, commonly associated with the phenomenon of sleep paralysis.

  5. What Is Sleep Paralysis (and Why Is It So Terrifying)? - AOL

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    You’re finally ready for bed, so you turn out the light and prepare for some much-needed shut-eye. For once, you drift off with no problem…but then, something extremely weird happens. You’re ...

  6. True Life: I Had a Sleep Paralysis Demon. Here’s What It Felt ...

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    Known as sleep paralysis demons, these terrors don’t haunt nightmares, but reality. Unfortunately for me, I had my very own sleep paralysis demon. The only problem (well, besides the bone ...

  7. List of spiritual entities in Islam - Wikipedia

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    Binn, predecessor of the jinn. Often paired with hinn. Extinct. (Demon) Bīwarāsp the Wise, jinn-king in the epistle The Case of the Animals versus Man, written by the Brethren of Purity. (Genie) Bubu, jinn seen by children. (Genie) Buraq, the winged horse-like heavenly ride that carried the Muhammad in his Night Ascension. (Other)

  8. Shadow person - Wikipedia

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    The Nightmare is a 2015 documentary that discusses the causes of sleep paralysis as seen through extensive interviews with participants, and the experiences are re-enacted by professional actors. It proposes that such cultural phenomena as alien abduction , the near death experience and shadow people can, in many cases, be attributed to sleep ...

  9. Hypnagogia - Wikipedia

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    Hypnagogia is the transitional state from wakefulness to sleep, also defined as the waning state of consciousness during the onset of sleep. Its corresponding state is hypnopompia – sleep to wakefulness. Mental phenomena that may occur during this "threshold consciousness" include hallucinations, lucid dreaming, and sleep paralysis.