MARE

Mare

A mare or nightmare is an evil spirit or goblin in Germanic folklore which rides on people's chests while they sleep, bringing on bad dreams . 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 . The mare is often similar to the mythical creatures succubus and incubus, and was likely inspired by sleep paralysis.

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Mare'

Mare' is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Aleppo Governorate, located 25 kilometers north of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Tell Rifaat to the west, A'zaz to the northwest and al-Bab to the southeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 16,904 in the 2004 census.

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mare

Noun

  1. An adult female horse.
  2. A foolish woman.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A type of evil spirit thought to sit on the chest of a sleeping person; also the feeling of suffocation felt during sleep; a nightmare.
  2. (Shortening of ) A nightmare; a frustrating or terrible experience.
    I'm having a complete mare today.

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. A dark, large circular plain; a “sea”.
  2. On Saturn's moon Titan, a large expanse of what is thought to be liquid hydrocarbons.


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