>Nightmare Moon >MARE >Means female horse >The dark

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>>29675431

Uh, no.

Lunar Mare is pronounced "mah-ray", and not like horse "mare".

>>29675431
Actually mare in latin (or greek I forgot which) means terror.

Hence, night terror.
Nightmare

>>29675652
Don't fucking insult me by insinuating I know how to say words out loud.

>>29675658
No, "mare" in Latin means "sea" or "ocean" hence why early astronomers mistook the dark spots for oceans - (e.g Oceanus Procelarum) or Mare Serenitatis (sea of serenity)

I thought a mare was also an old crone that sat on people's chests and that THAT was where the word nightmare came from.

Now I'm just confused.

>>29675682

Correcting myself, mare is actually dubbed from "Maria" which is Latin for seas.

>>29675682
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GGzc3x9WJU

Everyone is confused, OP was referencing mare in a topic where it means two different things, I was only stating that when referencing "mare" in lunar terms, means something completely different, and has a different root than the horse, or dream "mare". "Mare" In lunar terms is a more modern word that roots to a older Latin word for sea. "Mare" in horse, or dream terms is original and different in Latin.