Alp
In German folklore, the Alp refers to an Alptraum (nightmare) causing demon. It is associated with pressure like a horse is riding on the sleeper, with stifling against the pillow, and hence respiratory and other sicknesses. This demon is also considered a sickness demon.
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“The Alp of German folklore, in the strict sense, refers to an Alptraum (nightmare) causing demon, and is associated with pressure like a horse is riding on the sleeper, with stifling against the pillow, and hence respiratory and other sicknesses. This tends to be known by the name Schrat or its variants in Southern Germany”
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“The terms kobult together with bancstichil, alp, more to gloss procubus in Diefenbach's source (Breslauer's Vocabularius, 1340) may (?) suggest "kobold" being regarded more like an alp and mare which are dream demons.”
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