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Mare (folklore)
Malicious entity in Germanic and Slavic folklore / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A mare (Old English: mære, Old Dutch: mare, Proto-Slavic *mara; mara in Old High German, Old Norse, and Swedish) is a malicious entity in Germanic and Slavic folklore that walks on people's chests while they sleep, bringing on nightmares.[1]
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