Who is nightmare

Nightmare was born in the Everinnye dimension, [5] just like the Dweller-in-Darkness. The Dweller turned his back on his fellow denizens by following the Way of the Shamblu , disembodying his head and existing in physical form.

Nightmare, according to the Dweller, degraded himself by adopting his shape and by living in exile among the Lower Universes. The Dweller's creation D'Spayre was also considered his "cousin". His legions included Doggerel , Succubus , the Hanon Tramps who smothered sleeping people , [13] and the Silurian Guard who included Gleeg , a captain who watched over the gates of Nightmare's fortress.

Gnit was Nightmare's own personal nightmare. Nightmare allied with Shuma Gorath to further his own ends. Approximately years ago, Nightmare raped the demoness Zilla Char , producing a daughter, Dreamqueen. Later, years ago, Nightmare meddled with the Dreamqueen's schemes involving Native Americans. When a young Peter Parker was fishing with his Uncle Ben , they were attacked by monsters.

This was revealed to have been a nightmare. Later, as Peter had just begun to fall asleep again Nightmare appeared and decided to feast on the young boy's dreams, until Stan Lee knocked him out with a tennis racket to the head.

Nightmare plagued the Hulk with hallucinations and nightmares for years. In Pittsfield , Massachusetts , Karl , a faithful worshiper of Nightmare and member of a cult slept with Naomi , an unbelieving member of the cult, profiting from the stars' alignment causing the dimensional barriers to weaken to serve as a vessel for Nightmare, allowing Nightmare to impregnate Naomi.

Two weeks later, pregnant Naomi flew the cult with Jerry Ward. Karl and Nightmare witnessed the scene, but despite Karl's proposal to stop them, Nightmare left then be, as his son being raised among normal people would serve his purposes and interests. She birthed Terrance Ward , who would grew to be able to shapeshift into a person's worst fear. Nightmare claimed that his daughter Daydream was conceived by forcibly entering the mind of the Hulk's late wife, Betty Ross , raping her in her sleep.

One of his first conflicts in the modern age was with Doctor Strange. They battled when Nightmare haunted the dreams of a corrupt businessman. When Dr. Strange entered his dreams, Nightmare attempted to trap him there, leaving his physical body undefended while the man, afraid that the secret of his crimes had been found out, would try to kill Strange.

Strange managed to escape Nightmare's dimension with the help of the Ancient One. Seeking to conquer our dimension, he began trapping people in their dreams in hope of gaining information on how to defeat Dr.

Strange and his master, the Ancient One. His plan was foiled by Strange, who freed the captives and escaped Nightmare's dimension. He captured Eternity leading to the destruction of Earth, which was remade by Eternity. Strange, meanwhile, became an expert in how to rescue and free those stuck in Nightmare's dimension. The sorcerer even learned to cast a spell to protect himself as he slept, knowing that he was Nightmare's main target. At one point, Nightmare joined the Fear Lords, a group of creatures that fed on fear and had a shared mission of causing "The Great Fear" to take over Earth.

Doctor Strange managed to slow down the efforts. Daredevil was then summoned to help stop the Fear Lords as he was said to be "a man without fear. As a Class Three Demon, Nightmare had the power to capture a person's astral form while they were sleeping. He would then bring them to his Nightmare Realm where he would torment his victims in any way he chose.

Most of the population was unaware of Nightmare's existence, which made them susceptible to torture. His ultimate goal was to transport the entire waking world into his realm.

Nightmare was said to be omnipresent but he could only target beings who were asleep. If the human race would stop dreaming, Nightmare would cease to exist. Further, Nightmare's powers were weakened when used outside of his dimension but he was still able to torment his victims through other means. The terror he used in the Nightmare Realm often affected his victims long after they woke up. Advertising revenue supports our not-for-profit mission.

This content does not have an English version. This content does not have an Arabic version. Overview A nightmare is a disturbing dream associated with negative feelings, such as anxiety or fear that awakens you. Request an Appointment at Mayo Clinic. Share on: Facebook Twitter. Show references Zak R, et al. Nightmares and nightmare disorder in adults. Accessed April 6, Nightmare disorder. American Psychiatric Association; In the comics, Nightmare is a powerful demon who rules over the Nightmare World, a horrifying part of the "Dream Dimension.

Most frequently, he's an adversary of Doctor Strange, but he's also faced off against plenty of other heroes along the way. His dream-reality powers certainly would make him a candidate to be the ultimate power behind the Westview Hex , since it appears to be a manifestation of Wanda's dreams that's slowly turning into a nightmare.

The idea of bringing Nightmare into the onscreen Marvel universe has been floated around before. In fact, it goes all the way back to , when Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson told IGN that he'd wanted Nightmare to be the villain of the first movie. We decided not to do that [in the first movie] because that's a bit of a complex idea to try to introduce everything we do introduce and introduce the idea of nightmares themselves as being a dimension.