Is it just me, or does #DnD and its variants have a real shortage of sleep paralysis demons despite their prevalence in #folklore ?
Both the "nightmare" and the "night hag" of D&D are _very_ different from their folkloric roots.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_hag
Jürgen Hubert
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