Explanation of the Creature of Nightmare Archetype

The Creature of Nightmare is a type of monster usually summoned from the deepest, darkest part of the human psyche. It comes to threaten the lives of the hero/herione. 

The Creature of Nightmare may vary from person to person. For some it could be a clown.

                                                                         

or it could be something as simple as a spider.

 Most of the time, the creature is a perversion or desecration of the human body

      

                                                                 

Nightmarish creatures from mythology/legends

A example of a Creature of Nightmare from mythology/ legend would be the gargoyle, who is pictured above. They are usually found as statues on old medieval style buildings around europe.

And they had a tv show

Woohoo!

Symbols of the Creature of Nightmare

The Creature of Nightmare is associated with dark  images. The creature of nightmare is usually a perversion or desecration of the human body. But the reature of nightmare's main symbol is they are just downright scary!

Nightmare Film

A good film character to show the Nightmare Archetype would be Freddy Kruger from A Nightmare on Elm Street 

Current Events

This is kind of old but I found not one but two creatures from nightmare.

The first one is Cyclopes, the kitten born with one eye.

You can read more about him here:snopes.com/photos/animals/cyclopes.asp

And then there is the winner of the worlds ugliest dog contest.

He can read about here: ugly dog

If that disturbed you here is something more enjoyable

Poetry

A nightmarish poem

by Emma C. S.

I sleep

and you come for me

oh dusky steed!

Take me to that dark place

of my subconscious were I dread

the monsters of my mind,

no screaming hell could be

so horrible as that which lurks there.

I hear their screams;

black demons

no priest can exorcise them.

They are mine

I cherish them

I hate them.

Hands around my ankles

hopes are torn,

you drag me on,

Midnight Stallion

take me off

take me away,

when daylight reaches us.

Nightmare Art

Here is a "classical" era nightmare painting, simply titled The Nightmare. It was painted by Henry Fuseli around 1782.  I got this picture from here 

This is a more modern piece of art. It was done by kalessaradan 

This is his profile 

Musical Mayhem!!!!

Welcome To My Nightmare

by Alice Cooper

Welcome to my nightmare

I think you're gonna like it,

I think you're gonna feel

Like you belong,

A nocturnal vacation,

Unnecessary sedation,

You want to feel at home

Cause you belong,

Welcome to my nightmare.

Welcome to my breakdown.

I hope I didn't scare you.

That's just the way we are

When we come down.

We sweat, laugh and scream here,

Cuz life is just a dream here.

You know inside you

Feel right at home, here

Welcome to my breakdown.

Whoa, You're welcome to my nightmare,

Yeah, I think you're gonna like it,

I think you're gonna feel

That you belong,

]We sweat, laugh and scream here,

Cuz life is just a dream here.

You know inside you feel

Right at home here,

Welcome to my nightmare.

Welcome to my breakdown. Yeah

Miscellaneous

Nightmare as he appears in Soul Calibur 4. 

The video game character Nightmare from the Soul Calibur series would be a fine example of the nightmare archetype. Just look at him. 

Subcatorgies

The creature of nightmare can be assicoited with the devil archetype or even the shadow archetype.