sign of the cross on it (); in the early 19th century, Vuk Karadžić mentions that people would repel s by leaving a broom upside down behind their doors, or putting their belt on top of their sheets, or saying an elaborate prayer poem before they go to sleep. See also Alp (folklore) Basty Batibat Enchanted Moura Ghosts in Thai culture Incubus Lietuvēns Madam Koi Koi Mara (demon) Mara (Hindu goddess) Marzanna (Slavic goddess of death and winter) Maya (illusion) Moroi Moros Mouros Night hag Nightmare Pesanta Sleep paralysis, medical term for the condition the mare is thought to originate from. Slavic fairies Succubus Fiction: Paranormal Entity, a 2009 found-footage film featuring a mare named Maron as the antagonist Marianne, a 2011 Swedish horror film featuring mares Borgman, a 2013 Dutch thriller film featuring mares Outlast, a 2013 video game featuring Mares/Alps Hilda, a 2018 TV series. Episode 6 "The Nightmare Spirit" focuses on one Mara, a 2018 American horror film Phasmophobia, a 2020 video game featuring Mares Notes General references Bjordvand, Harald and Lindeman, Fredrik Otto (2007). Våre arveord. Novus. . Devereux, Paul (2001). Haunted Land: Investigations into Ancient Mysteries and Modern Day Phenomena, Piatkus Publishers. Hødnebø, Finn and Magerøy, Hallvard (eds.) (1979). Snorres kongesagaer 1, 2nd ed. Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. . Pickett, Joseph P. et al. (eds.) (2000). The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. . Further reading Barešin, Sandra. "Mora kao nadnaravno biće tradicijske kulture" [Mare as Supernatural Being of Traditional Culture]. In: Ethnologica Dalmatica br. 20 (2013): 39-68. https://hrcak.srce.hr/107477 Batten, Caroline R. “Dark Riders: Disease, Sexual Violence, and Gender Performance in the Old English Mære and Old Norse Mara.” In: The Journal of English and Germanic Philology 120, no. 3 (2021): 352–80. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/jenglgermphil.120.3.0352. German legendary creatures Scandinavian legendary creatures Scandinavian folklore English folklore Slavic legendary creatures Sleep in mythology and folklore Supernatural legends Germanic legendary creatures