Angu (sleeper-crusher)
Angu
Formless sleeper-crusher; green/pale face; curse «E xaftë Angu».
Description
Formless night sleeper-crusher. Tirta 2004 p. 136: misty formless being appears to sleepers, crushes them; face goes green/pale; cannot move hand or foot until waking; curse «E xaftë Angu»; also said of those who lose the path («e ka xanë Angu») (via N. Suma). Sibling night-terror to Makth and Avullushe tellings.
Features
- night crush/paralysis (Tirta)
- living curse formula (Tirta)
Lead story
No shape — only the crush. The face goes green; the limbs will not answer until sleep breaks. People still spit the curse: E xaftë Angu.
Aliases
Angu
Region
Tirta nightmare ethnography (formless night crusher); living curse «E xaftë Angu»
Relations
- Makth (nightmare incubus)nightmare pack peers
- Avullushe (vapor smotherers)not the same as
Linked stories
- Angu — sleeper crusherRecorded
Formless night crush; green face; curse «E xaftë Angu» — near Makth and Avullushe.