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The "mare" in "nightmare" originally referred to a demonic woman who suffocated...
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Oliver Sacks
Book:
Hallucinations
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The "mare" in "nightmare" originally referred to a demonic woman who suffocated sleepers by lying on their chests {she was called "Old Hag" in Newfoundland}.
( Oliver Sacks )
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