nocturnal apparitions

См. также в других словарях:

• Philippe Calandre — (born 1964) is a French artist whose work is a combination of photography, painting and video. Early life Born in Avignon in 1964, he took to the seas at age 16 where he stayed on for two years as a shipman. This voyage, an initiation of sorts,… …   Wikipedia

• Salem witch trials — Salem Witches redirects here. For the minor league baseball team, see Salem Witches (NEL). The central figure in this 1876 illustration of the courtroom is usually identifie …   Wikipedia

• Incube — Le Cauchemar par Johann Heinrich Füssli, 1802 (huile sur toile). Un incube (du latin « incubus …   Wikipédia en Français

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

• Timeline of Christianity — This article is about the timeline of Christianity beginning with Jesus. For the timeline, see Biblical chronology. For the history of Christianity, see History of Christianity. For the timeline of the Roman Catholic Church, see Timeline of the… …   Wikipedia

• Spanish Romanticism in literature — Romanticism is a revolutionary movement affecting all aspects in life, which in the arts breaks from the traditions of Neoclassicism, favouring ideas of fantasy, imagination and the spirit s irrational power. Neoclassicism is the style still… …   Wikipedia

• Black dog (ghost) — A black dog is the name given to a being found primarily in the folklores of the British Isles. The black dog is essentially a nocturnal apparition, often said to be associated with the Devil, and its appearance was regarded as a portent of death …   Wikipedia

• Dorothy Eady — Dorothy Louise Eady, also known as Omm Sety or Om Seti (16 January 1904 – 21 April 1981), was Keeper of the Abydos Temple of Seti I and draughtswomen for the Department of Egyptian Antiquities whose life and work has been the subject of many… …   Wikipedia

• Ethereal being — Water nymph by John Collier, 1923. Ethereal beings, according to some belief systems and occult theories, are mystic entities that usually are not made of ordinary matter. Despite the fact that they are believed to be essentially incorporeal,… …   Wikipedia

• incubus —    Also referred to as incubo, night hag, nightmare, incubus experience, and familiar. The term incubus is Latin for night hag or nightmare. It comes from the verb incubare, which means to lie upon. The term is used in demonology to denote an… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• Maya religion — Maya civiliza …   Wikipedia