Hag

A hag (or crone) is a kind of malevolent, wizened old woman often found in folklore and children's tales such as Hansel and Gretel. The term appears in Middle English, and might be short for hægtesse, an Old English term for witch. [1]. Hag - Hag in folkore. More specifically, a hag or "the Old Hag" was a nightmare spirit in British and also Anglophone North American folklore which is essentially identical to the Anglo-Saxon mæra – a being with roots in ancient Germanic super ...

Including:

• Hag - Hag in folkore
• Hag - In neurobiology
• Hag - In popular culture
• Hag - External link

Read more here: » Hag: Encyclopedia - Hag

More specifically, a hag or "the Old Hag" was a nightmare spirit in British and also Anglophone North American folklore which is essentially identical to the Anglo-Saxon mæra – a being with roots in ancient Germanic superstition, and closely related to the Scandinavian mara. According to folklore, the Old Hag sat on a sleeper's chest and sent nightmares to him or her. When the subject awoke, he or she would be unable to breathe or even move for a short period of time. Currently this state is called sleep paralysis, but in the old belief the subject had been hagridden. [2] It is still frequently discussed ...

See also:

Hag, Hag - Hag in folkore, Hag - In neurobiology, Hag - In popular culture, Hag - External link

Read more here: » Hag: Encyclopedia II - Hag - Hag in folkore

In common current usage, the term nightmare refers to dreams of particular intensity, with content that the sleeper finds disturbing, related either to physiological causes, such as a high fever, or to psychological ones, such as unusual trauma or stress in the sleeper's life. The occasional body movements seen in nightmares may have a use in awakening the sleeper, thus helping to avoid the frightening dream-situation. Occasional nightmares are commonplace, but recurrent nightmares can interfere with sleep and may cause people ...

Including:

• Nightmare - Historic use of term
• Nightmare - Notes

Read more here: » Nightmare: Encyclopedia - Nightmare

Nightmare was the original term for the state later known as waking dream (cf Mary Shelley and Frankenstein's Genesis), and more currently as sleep paralysis, associated with rapid eye movement (REM) periods of sleep. The original definition was codified by Dr Johnson in his Dictionary and was thus understood, among others by Erasmus Darwin and Henry Fuseli, to include a "morbid oppression in the night, resem ...

See also:

Nightmare, Nightmare - Historic use of term, Nightmare - Notes

Read more here: » Nightmare: Encyclopedia II - Nightmare - Historic use of term

In Irish and Scottish mythology, Cailleach (also called Cailleach Beara or Cailleac Bheur) was the "Mother of All". The word Cailleach means "old woman". She was a sorceress. In addition to the Celts, the Picts also worshipped her. In art, she was depicted as a wizened crone with bear teeth and a boar's tusks. Each year, the first farmer to finish his harvest made a corn dolly representing Cailleach from part of his crop. He would give it to the next farmer to finish his harvest, and so on. The last farmer had the responsibility to take care of the corn dolly, repres ...

Read more here: » Cailleach: Encyclopedia - Cailleach

List of legendary creatures - A. Abarimon Abatwa Aitvaras Ajatar Al Amphisbaena Angel Apis Argus Aswang Aziza Anubite Automatas Argus (Mythology) Avengers List of legendary creatures - B. Bahamut Baku Balaur Bannik Banshee Barghest Barbegazi Basilisk Baxajuan ...

See also:

List of legendary creatures, List of legendary creatures - Alphabetical list, List of legendary creatures - A, List of legendary creatures - B, List of legendary creatures - C, List of legendary creatures - D, List of legendary creatures - E, List of legendary creatures - F, List of legendary creatures - G, List of legendary creatures - H, List of legendary creatures - I, List of legendary creatures - J, List of legendary creatures - K, List of legendary creatures - L, List of legendary creatures - M, List of legendary creatures - N, List of legendary creatures - O, List of legendary creatures - P, List of legendary creatures - Q, List of legendary creatures - R, List of legendary creatures - S, List of legendary creatures - T, List of legendary creatures - U, List of legendary creatures - V, List of legendary creatures - W, List of legendary creatures - X, List of legendary creatures - Y, List of legendary creatures - Z, List of legendary creatures - Joke species, List of legendary creatures - National fictional species folktales talltales, List of legendary creatures - Legendary creatures by type, List of legendary creatures - Links

Read more here: » List of legendary creatures: Encyclopedia II - List of legendary creatures - Alphabetical list

The expression Old Hag Attack refers to a hypnagogic state in which paralysis is present and, quite often, it is accompanied by terrifying hallucinations. When excessively recurrent, some consider them to be a disorder while many populations treat them as part of their culture as discussed in the sections dealing with the folkloric and mythologic interpretations. For neurobiological correlates of these attacks see, am ...

See also:

Hag, Hag - Hag in folkore, Hag - In neurobiology, Hag - In popular culture, Hag - External link

Read more here: » Hag: Encyclopedia II - Hag - In neurobiology