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Catalan legend and popular culture, the Pesanta () is an enormous dog (or sometimes a cat) that goes into people's houses in the night and puts itself on their chests, making it difficult for them to breathe and causing them the most horrible nightmares. The Pesanta is black and hairy, with steel paws, but with holes, so it can't take anything.
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Sleep paralysis
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Against a Dwarf
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Batibat
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Lietuvēns
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Catalan mythology
Catalan legendary creatures
Black dogs (folklore)
Mythological canines
Catalan words and phrases
Sleep in mythology and folklore
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