The Terror That Comes in the Night An Experience-Centered Study of Supernatural Assault Traditions

The Terror That Comes in the Night An Experience-Centered Study of Supernatural Assault Traditions

EnglishPaperback / softback
Hufford David J.
University of Pennsylvania Press
EAN: 9780812213058
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David Hufford's work exploring the experiential basis for belief in the supernatural, focusing here on the so-called Old Hag experience, a psychologically disturbing event in which a victim claims to have encountered some form of malign entity while dreaming (or awake). Sufferers report feeling suffocated, held down by some "force," paralyzed, and extremely afraid.
The experience is surprisingly common: the author estimates that approximately 15 percent of people undergo this event at some point in their lives. Various cultures have their own name for the phenomenon and have constructed their own mythology around it; the supernatural tenor of many Old Hag stories is unavoidable. Hufford, as a folklorist, is well-placed to investigate this puzzling occurrence.

EAN 9780812213058
ISBN 081221305X
Binding Paperback / softback
Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date September 1, 1989
Pages 304
Language English
Dimensions 229 x 152
Country United States
Authors Hufford David J.
Series Publications of the American Folklore Society
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