mare (folklore) → μόρα, βραχνάςA mare or nightmare (Proto-Germanic: *marōn; Old English: mære; Old Norse: mara; German: Mahr; Dutch: nachtmerrie; Swedish: mara; Icelandic: mara; Faroese: mara; Danish: mare; Norwegian: mare/mara) is a spirit or goblin in Germanic folklore which rides on people's chests while they sleep, bringing on bad dreams (or "nightmares"). The mare is attested as early as in the Norse Ynglinga saga from the 13th century, but the belief itself is likely to be considerably older. As in English, the name appears in the word for "nightmare" in the Nordic languages (e.g. the Swedish word "mardröm" literally meaning mara-dream, the Norwegian word "mareritt" literally meaning mare-ridden or the Icelandic word "martröð" meaning mara-dreaming repeatedly). The mare is often similar to the mythical creatures succubus and incubus, and was likely inspired by sleep paralysis[...]μόρα η [móra] : (λαϊκότρ.) ο βραχνάς.
[σλαβ. mora `θανατικό΄]
βραχνάς ο [vraxnás] Ο1 : καθετί που προκαλεί έντονο άγχος, στενοχώρια, κατάθλιψη: Ο ~ των εξετάσεων. Tο οικονομικό πρόβλημα μού έγινε ~, εφιάλτης.
[< *βαρχνάς (μεταθ. του [r] για διευκόλυνση της άρθρ.) < μσν. βαρυχνάς (συγκ. του άτ.
) < *βαρυφνάς < *βαρυ-υπνάς `με βαρύ ύπνο΄ (τροπή [pn > fn > xn] και αποβ. του ενός από τα δύο όμοια φων.) < βαρυ- + ύπν(ος) -άς]
Μόρα, o νυχτερινός επισκέπτης που σκορπά τρόμο
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