Etruscan Roman remains in popular tradition (1892)
Leland, Charles Godfrey, 1824-1903 · London, T. F. Unwin · leaf 68
the mother or grandmother of the Manes, also the mother of theLares. Muller indulges in much speculation as to this chthonic goddess,or deity of darkness. And she still lives in Tuscany, and is called Mania della Notte (Mania of theNight), but regarded simply as the Nightmare, and Succuba, and as a… … MANIA BELLA NOTTE 53 the connection between the nightmare and the spirit of the night. This I leaveto others to discuss; it is enough for me to have shown that there was anEtruscan Mania of the Night of old, and that the nightmare is called by the samename now, in La Romagna Toscana. It may be…
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