The above painting is by the artist 'Henry Fuseli'. The creature sitting on the woman's chest is an Incubi (Incubus, demon). They are said to have sexual intercourse with their sleeping victims (Succubus, the male version). They drain the victims and cause them to experience nightmares. This is one of the explanations for the weight on the chest some sleepers feel when they awake. I intend to use incubi as a metaphore in my pictures for the weight on the mind of the sleeper (or the unrest) that causes the dream; finiancial worries, worries about work or personality issues.
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