cf. also "incubus", which has since become a medical/psychological term for a
specific form of nightmare accompanied by the feeling of a crushing weight
inhibiting respiration.

I recall the image, thought not the artist's name, of a 19th century painting
or engraving showing an incubus crouching on a sleeping victim's chest. One
of the symbolists? romantics?

David Formanek
Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum
USS Constitution Museum

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