Realms of Fantasy and Myth: Week 45 - Nightmares

Oct 10, 201218 min read

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Published: Oct 10, 2012

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Realms of Fantasy and Myth: Week 45 - Nightmares

Welcome to the forty-fifth issue of my fantasy features! These are now part of a collection in a group created specifically for this project.
If you like this feature, you can find more gorgeous artwork at the group, including some never featured in these articles before.

I hope you enjoy it, and please, show the featured artists some love and recognition through pageviews,

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This week's creature feature is: Nightmares

Normally this is where I would put some information about the creature and link to a Wikipedia page.  However, the only Wikipedia page referring to the Nightmare horse is a very brief article devoted only to the D&D game versions.  After research, I have found that the concept of the Nightmare horse is rather vague, and open to interpretation.

In general, a Nightmare is a spectral horse that appears at night - sometimes only in dreams, sometimes in waking life.  It is usually shown as either being on fire, or having flaming mane, tail and hooves.  They may have wings, fangs or horns, and they may breathe smoke or fire.  They generally have black, grey, blue or red coats, or appear only as a shadow or mist.  They are very intelligent, almost always malevolent, and will attack without provocation.

Now, for the features!  Works are featured from various categories, in no particular order:

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Nightmare in the Flames by Stinking-Badger

Running NightMare Horses by Agent-Bunny-Phu-Phu

Again with the Nightmare by BHS-ArchetypeRex

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ponysketch - Nightmare Moon by CosmicUnicorn

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Thank you so much for viewing, and come back next time for a different inhabitant of the Realms of Fantasy and Myth!