Mare
demonic water Germanic single tradition · 5
Malicious entity which causes or appears in bad dreams.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Mareikura, Marmennill, Maro deivės, Maski-mon-gwe-zo-os, Matagot, Mavka, Mayura, Mazzikin, Melek Taus, Meliae, Melusine, Menninkäinen, Menreiki, Mephistopheles, Merrow, Minka Bird, Mintuci, Mishibizhiw, Misi-ginebig, Misi-kinepikw, Mizuchi, Revenant, Nixie, succubus, nymphs, Skogsrå, Naiads, Morana, Alp, Penates, cofgodu, hûsing, herdgota, stetewalden, Erebus, Chaos, Nox, Caligio, Menehune, Mahuika, Mami Wata, Madam Koi Koi, Mbwiri, Manananggal, Marid, Mairu, Matsya, Makara, Maa-alused, Madremonte, Maero, Magog, Mahaha, Maha-pudma, Mājas gari, Majitu, Makura-gaeshi, Mallt-y-Nos, Mamuna, Manes, Mannegishi, Mara, Marabbecca, Mars, Lares, Mercury
- manifested by
- Al Basti, Demeter, Black Demeter
Mentioned by
- Menehune
- Mahuika
- Mami Wata
- Madam Koi Koi
- Mbwiri
- Manananggal
- Marid
- Mairu
- Matsya
- Makara
- Maa-alused
- Madremonte
- Maero
- Magog
- Mahaha
- Maha-pudma
and 17 more
Sources
wikipedia (5)
Source passages
“Mare (Germanic and Slavic folklore) – Malicious entity which causes or appears in bad dreams”
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“Mare (folklore)”
#8502 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Some authors also likened her to mare, an evil spirit in Germanic and Slavic folklore, associated with nightmares and sleep paralysis.”
#12879 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“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.”
#23570 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Hyginus says that, in addition to Caelus, Aether and Dies were also the parents of Terra (Earth), and Mare (Sea).”
#28448 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5