Most people today who have heard that ‘the Nightmare’ is an actual being in European folklore and not just a certain type of dream-state, associate the being with horses. A mare is indeed a horse but this interpretation is not correct. The mare of ‘the nightmare’ is a demon; and the word for horse and the word for nightmare derive from a different root.
Het Belgische Openbaar Ministerie onderzoekt of de organisatie van muziekfestival Pukkelpop zich schuldig heeft gemaakt aan verduistering en belangenverstr.