Every time someone has sleep paralysis or a bad nightmare, their name is mentioned: but do Janares really exist? The Janares are women’s spirits known for their habit of passing under doorways. This also explains their name, which means door in latin (ianua).
This legend is very ancient, indeed people started “seeing” janares in the early 1800.
In the beginning, Janaras went to farmer’s houses just for stealing their horses. The day after the horses would have returned to the barn with their tail braided.
The farmers knew that the braided tail was a sign of bad omen, indeed, the horse itself would have died soon, along with a family member.
Another habit of theirs was observing farmers’ children, indeed, according to the legend, janares never had the opportunity to become mothers, so, to try the sensation of having a child, they usually observed the little one while sleeping.
At dawn, when they heard the family waking up, they ran away from the house, leaving a total mess
in the child’s room. Nowadays janares manifest themselves during the night, sitting on the chest of the chosen person, preventing him from breathing. Once the person wokes up, he always tells that he dreamed about his bed being surrounded by red and black roses. Most of the time, these dreams are unfortunately a harbinger of death.
@FeyreDarling19 campania, nel mio paesino si parla di janare e in un paese vicino al mio di streghe, credo l'avrai sentita la storia delle streghe di benevento almeno una volta
@op no nulla perché alcune cose non mi erano un attimo chiare (cosa che mi accade quando leggo le cazzate del traduttore), ma credo che sia perché non conosco la storia. Per il resto va bene
@op dato che ad un certo punto hai detto “him” io pensavo che avessi sbagliato tu, però non so se queste creature i cui parli siano maschi, femmine o che altro (io avevo dato per scontato che fossero femminili)
