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165 INDEX airway collapse, 80, 122 alien abduction, 31–35, 36, 67, 68, 135, 138, 139, 141 alu (Assyrian night-mare), 37–38 ancestor spirits, 36, 97–98, 101, 106–109, 110, 114–115, 132, 113, 131 angels, 43–44 animism, 96–97, 100, 109–110, 112–113 anxiety: as core night-mare feature, 2, 8, 20, 37, 51, 52, 65, 72, 79, 140n10, 145n15; in “Le Horla,” 60; as precursor to night-mare, 53, 86, 87, 143n10; and psychoanalysis, 62, 63, 64, 141n6 apparitions, 42, 54, 84 aqtuqsinniq. See uqumangirniq Aserinsky, Eugene, 76–77 atonia. See paralysis auditory sensations: bedsprings creaking, 13; buzzing, 13, 31, 90, 91; door opening, 13, 63, 111; footsteps, 9, 13, 17, 63, 66, 84, 86, 140n15; growling, 13; hissing, 19, 54; humming, 13, 18, 19, 31; ringing, 91; roaring, 19; rustling, 8, 13, 48; scratching, 13, 49; whispering, 9, 13, 66, 84, 86, 140n15 autopsy, 1, 105, 120, 121, 137n1 autoscopy, 83, 90, 91 awareness of surroundings, 3, 10, 11, 19, 37, 65, 77, 78, 80, 89, 90. See also wakefulness, conviction of Awareness during Sleep Paralysis Listserv (ASP-L), 35–36 awe, 32, 86 bangungut (Filipino sudden death), 126, 128 Bible, 23, 38, 43, 48, 139n1. See also Qur’an; Talmud; Torah biocultural, 116, 128, 133 biopsychosocial, 128, 146n4 Bliatout, Bruce Thowpaou, 15, 94, 114–115, 133 bliss, 9, 83, 89 Bond, John, 51, 52, 53 brain, 27, 35, 44, 77–78, 83–86, 92, 138n5, 143n7, 146n3 breathing difficulty: in Brugada syndrome, 124; as cause of night-mare, 138n5, 142n11; as core night-mare feature, 2, 8, 9, 11–12, 24, 37, 44, 51, 53, 54, 66, 83, 140n10, 141n3, 142n1; in Darwin’s “The Night Mare,” 56; in Hmong night-mare, 100, 106, 107, 111; in “Le Horla,” 59; and Japanese night-mare, 24; in Khmu night-mare, 69–70; in lai tai, 127; in REM sleep, 80, 84; in Stevenson’s Kidnapped, 57; and SUNDS, 1, 95–96 Brugada syndrome, 124, 126, 128, 130, 133, 136. See also cardiac arrhythmia Cannon, Walter B., 117–119, 145n1, 146nn2–3 cardiac arrhythmia, 95, 120–121, 124–125, 130, 133, 147n7. See also Brugada syndrome cauchemar (French night-mare), 12, 14 Chambers, Paul, 17, 31, 39, 43, 46, 48 Chaucer, Geoffrey, 5, 50, 137n3 Cheyne, James Allan, 9, 12, 34–35, 60, 74, 80–81, 83–85, 88, 89, 141n2, 144n12 choking. See strangulation Christianity, 30; among Hmong, 103, 109–115, 131–132, 145n11, 147n13; and incubus tradition, 46, 144n6; among Inuit, 19–20; and witchcraft accusations, 47 conversion, 109–111, 113–115, 127, 131–132 Craven, Wes, 148n2 “Crushing Demon, The” (Hillman), 25 “culture-bound syndrome,” 24, 126 curses, 117–118, 146n2 dab tsog, tsog tsuam (Hmong night-mare), 15, 97–116 passim, 117, 121, 124, 126, 130–133, 147nn13–14, 148n2 Darwin, Erasmus, 55–56 Davies, Owen, 13, 14, 15, 45, 48, 50, 89, 143n10 death: night-mare and fear of, 51, 56, 66, 70, 72, 126–128; nocebo and, 5, 6, 117, 121, 123–124, 146n2, 146nn4–6; sudden cardiac, 124–126, 147n10. See also near-death experiences Dement, William C., 4, 71, 74, 83, 129, 143n2, 143n5 Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. demons: alu, 37–38; in ancient Greek night-mares, 41, 43; as cause of night-mare, 26, 29, 30, 46, 54, 63; in Fuseli’s The Nightmare, 55; Hillman’s “The Crushing Demon,” 25; in Hmong Christian night-mare belief, 111, 114; in Inuit Christian night-mare belief, 20; as Khmer night-mare, 69–70; Lilith, 39, 44; in Malleus Maleficarum, 47–48 “Depiction of Immobilization during Sleep Paralysis” (Spiritual Science Research Foundation), 7 “Depiction of Pressure during Sleep Paralysis” (Spiritual Science Research Foundation), 80 devils, 5, 19, 20, 47–48, 67, 113, 139n4 Dickens, Charles, 126, 147n9 disbelief (traditions of), 136, 138n10 Donnelly, Nancy, 94, 101, 102, 104 doom, 9, 81, 82 dread, 8, 10, 31, 37, 61, 62, 89, 142n1 dreams, 56–62 passim, 100; in ancient Greece, 41, 42; as distinct from night-mares, 2, 3–4, 9–10, 31, 56, 81–82, 100; erotic, 43, 46, 48, 54, 139n5, 140n12; and Fuseli’s artistic inspiration, 140nn11–12, 141nn5–6; among Hmong, 97; among Inuit, 18; as misclassified night-mares, 74, 106, 113, 141n3, 148n2; and REM sleep, 77–81, 143n3, 143nn5–6; and spectral evidence, 49 Engel, George F., 119, 128, 146nn4–5 ephialtes (ancient Greek night-mare), 40, 41, 42, 43 epilepsy, 27, 41, 44, 64, 71 Essay on the...