Evil Female Spirits

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When we see or hear the word nightmare we think of very bad dreams that happen during the night. Sometimes they are so frightening we cannot get back to sleep. In Medieval times people thought nightmares were some kind of strange paranormal activity. In the 13th century, the word nightmare actually meant an evil female spirit that would try to suffocate people while they were sleeping. The world mare is derived from an Old English word that means incubus or evil spirit and in Middle English, it became associated with an evil female spirit. Once science came along and some research was done it became known that nightmares were caused by our brains acting up probably through worry or anxiety and brought us our worst nightmares but certainly, no evil spirits were making us have these bad dreams. One way or another I am glad I have not had nightmares in a long time. I do remember having some ages ago that when I managed to wake up and calm down I fell asleep and continued that terrible nightmare and so on all night long. Who has had a nightmare lately?