mare/mara, Dutch: (nacht)merrie, and German: (Nacht)mahr. The -mar in French cauchemar ('nightmare') is borrowed from the Germanic through Old French mare. Most...
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mare, n.2. Derksen 2007, p. 324. Derksen 2007, pp. 302, 324. TLFi, s.v. cauchemar. Orel 2003, p. 287. Kroonen 2013, p. 390. Orel 2003, p. 343. Kroonen 2013...
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Night hag (category Folklore characters)
Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian, Slovene: môra; Bulgarian, Polish: mara; French: cauchemar; Romanian: moroi; Czech: můra; Slovak: mora. The origin of the belief...
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Nightmare (section History and folklore)
1001/archpsyc.61.5.439. PMID 15123487. Husser, J.-M.; Mouton, A., eds. (2010). Le Cauchemar dans les sociétés antiques. Actes des journées d'étude de l'UMR 7044 (15–16...
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Sleep paralysis (category Sleep in mythology and folklore)
while sleeping. Mokthi or Makthi in Albanian means "Nightmare". In Bengali folklore, sleep paralysis is believed to be caused by a supernatural entity called...
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manifestations mentioned in folklore, such as cauquemare and mare, but also to the English word nightmare, and the French cauchemar. Anatole Le Braz relates...
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rise to the french word "cauchemar" and its English equivalent nightmare. March Malaen, the demonic horse of Welsh folklore, is also cited as the origin...
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Bagatelle, Marche, Romance, La mélancolie, Lamento, Berceuse, Entendu dans un cauchemar, Lunaire, Lydienne, Rêverie extatique, Ode funèbre, Fugace, Rondo-musette...
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terrorised Muslims leaving Friday prayers. " "Le "Grand Remplacement", cauchemar de l'extrême droite" [The "Great Replacement", a nightmare of the far...
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journal requires |journal= (help) Berelowitch, Wladimir. (1985). "Le cauchemar social d'Alexandre Zinoviev: pouvoir et société soviétiques". 40e année...
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casse-pattes casserole casserole "saucepan" casserolée Catalan catalane catgut cauchemar "nightmare" ( < cauche- "to press" + mar "demon, mare" < Gmc, cf Germ...
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