mare meaning in English — mara, mare, nightmare

English meaning

mara noun In Germanic and Scandinavian folklore, a demon or spirit believed to sit on a sleeper's chest and cause nightmares.
mare noun An adult female horse.
nightmare noun A frightening or unpleasant dream.
succubus noun In folklore, a female demon believed to seduce men in their sleep.

mare is used for these senses in English:

mara (European folklore) A nightmare; a spectre or wraith-like creature in Germanic and particularly Scandinavian folklore; a female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.
mare (obsolete, or, historical) A type of evil spirit formerly thought to sit on the chest of a sleeping person; also, the feeling of suffocation felt during sleep, attributed to such a spirit.
nightmare (now, rare) A demon or monster, thought to plague people while they slept and cause a feeling of suffocation and terror during sleep. [from 14th c.]
succubus (medieval folklore) A female demon which comes to men, especially monks, in their dreams to seduce them and have sexual intercourse, drawing energy from the men to sustain themselves, often until the point of exhaustion or death.

noun In Germanic and Scandinavian folklore, a demon or spirit believed to sit on a sleeper's chest and cause nightmares.
noun A long-legged rodent native to the grasslands of Argentina, related to the guinea pig.

noun An adult female horse.
noun A frustrating, chaotic, or downright terrible experience.
noun A large, dark, flat plain on the Moon or another planetary body, resembling a sea from a distance.

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