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Writing system of the Maya civilization
Maya script, also known as Maya glyphs, is historically the native writing system of the Maya civilization of Mesoamerica and is the only Mesoamerican
Maya_script
Mesoamerican civilization (c. 2000 BC – 1697 AD)
and glyphs (script), the civilization is also noted for its art, architecture, mathematics, calendar, and astronomical system. The Maya script is the most
Maya_civilization
the classic Maya script. Earlier scripts with poorer and varying levels of decipherment include the Olmec hieroglyphs, the Zapotec script, and the Isthmian
Mesoamerican_writing_systems
Mesoamerican set of symbols
disputed partial decipherment, it is structurally similar to the Maya script, and like Maya uses one set of characters to represent morphemes, and a second
Isthmian_script
2025 film
Maya & Samar is a 2025 romantic drama film directed by Anita Doron, with the script being written by Tamara Faith Berger. A Canadian-Greek co-production
Maya_&_Samar
Mayan language spoken in Mexico and Belize
Yucatec Maya (/ˈjuːkətɛk ˈmaɪə/ YOO-kə-tek MY-ə; Spanish: yucateco [ʝukaˈteko]), referred to by its speakers as mayaʼ or maayaʼ t’aan[citation needed]
Yucatec_Maya_language
Soviet and Russian linguist (1922–1999)
for the key role he played in the decipherment of the Maya script, the writing system of the Maya civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. Knorozov was
Yuri_Knorozov
Pre-Columbian Maya folding books
Maya codices (sing.: codex) are folding books written by the pre-Columbian Maya civilization in Maya hieroglyphic script on Mesoamerican bark paper. The
Maya_codices
Logographic writing system
by scholars (cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Chinese characters, and Maya script), they represent the only one that has remained in continuous use. Over
Chinese_characters
Mesoamerican writing system
of the later Maya script and this has led epigraphers to believe that the script was also less phonetic than the largely syllabic Maya. According to
Zapotec_script
Prominent architectural features of ancient Mesoamerican civilizations
Mesoamerican creation myths, ritualistic sacrifice, etc. written in the form of Maya script on the rises of the steps of the pyramids, on the walls, and on the sculptures
Mesoamerican_pyramids
Language family spoken in Mesoamerica
some Mayan languages were written in Maya script. Its use was particularly widespread during the Classic period of Maya civilization (c. 250–900). The surviving
Mayan_languages
System used by the ancient Mayan civilization to represent numbers and dates
numeral system was the system to represent numbers and calendar dates in the Maya civilization. It was a vigesimal (base-20) positional numeral system. The
Maya_numerals
3D computer graphics software
replaced with Maya Embedded Language (MEL). Sophia, the scripting language in Wavefront's Dynamation, was chosen as the basis of MEL. Maya 1.0 was released
Autodesk_Maya
Oldest attested Mayan language family member
Classical Maya or simply Maya (endonym: Chʼoltiʼ) is the oldest historically attested member of the Mayan language family. It is the main language documented
Classic_Maya_language
Pronunciation guide accompanying logographic writing
phonetic complement is 動, 泉, 遣 respectively. The Maya Script, the logosyllabic orthography of the Maya Civilization, used phonetic complements extensively
Phonetic_complement
Mesoamerican civilization
excavated in 2005 have pushed back the origin of Maya writing by several centuries, with a developed script already being used at San Bartolo in Petén by
History of the Maya civilization
History_of_the_Maya_civilization
Writing systems and symbol systems without a generally accepted decipherment
glyphic traditions remain only partly understood, with the Classic/Lowland Maya script being the best-attested and most extensively deciphered. Other regional
Undeciphered_writing_systems
Archeological site
heavily influenced by Olmec tradition and from examples of early Maya script. The Maya site includes an 85-foot pyramid named "Las Ventanas" (The Windows);
San_Bartolo_(Maya_site)
Convention of symbols representing language
distinct. The Mesoamerican writing systems, including Olmec and the Maya script, are likewise associated with an independent invention. With each independent
Writing_system
Book by William E. Gates
Outline Dictionary of Maya Glyphs: With a Concordance and Analysis of Their Relationships is a monograph study of the Maya script by William E. Gates,
An Outline Dictionary of Maya Glyphs
An_Outline_Dictionary_of_Maya_Glyphs
Ritual offering of human flesh and lives to gods and goddesses
ritually decapitated him; such royal sacrifices were often recorded in Maya script with the "ax event" glyph. The decapitation of an enemy king may have
Human sacrifice in Maya culture
Human_sacrifice_in_Maya_culture
Calendar used in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
Series: Precession in the Maya Dresden Codex page 55 p. 206 Maya Hieroglyphic Writing 1971 pp. 212–217 Decipherment of Maya Script, David Kelley 1973 pp. 56–57
Maya_calendar
Typographic symbol indicating repetition of characters above
form this became 〻, and is now written as 々; see iteration mark. In the Maya script, a pair of small dots may appear above or in front of a glyph to indicate
Ditto_mark
Set of written symbols that represent the syllables or moras which make up spoken words
script used for Sumerian, Akkadian and other languages, and the former Maya script are largely syllabic in nature, although based on logograms. They are
Syllabary
Upcoming film by Will Gluck
Turner, written and directed by Will Gluck, based on a script by Travis Braun. The film also stars Maya Hawke, Julia Fox, King Princess, Ben Marshall, Ziwe
One_Night_Only_(2026_film)
Attempt to interpret Maya script as an alphabetic script
pre-Columbian Maya script, which the 16th-century bishop of Yucatán, Diego de Landa, recorded as part of his documentation of the Maya civilization. Despite
De_Landa_alphabet
Mayan language spoken in Central America
Maya language in which many of the pre-Columbian inscriptions using the Maya script were written, mostly between the years AD 250 and 850. Chʼortiʼ can be
Chʼortiʼ_language
Persistent representation of language
pre-Columbian scripts in Mesoamerica, the one that appears to have been best developed, and the only one to be deciphered, is the Maya script. The earliest
Writing
priest Father Le Clerq. Maya script – Ch'olan, Yucatecan and Tzeltalan, especially Epigraphic Ch'olti'. Mixteca-Puebla script – Nahuan languages, especially
List_of_writing_systems
2021 short film by Ani I. V. Sasi
"commercial" film, but does not have an idea about the script. One day, when he sees his wife Maya with love, an idea strikes his mind; Ashok tries to write
Maya_(2017_film)
pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, the Maya script appears to be the best developed. The earliest inscriptions identifiable as Maya date to the 3rd century BC, and
History_of_writing
Structured system of communication
Chinese script, which developed around 1200 BC. The pre-Columbian Mesoamerican writing systems (including among others Olmec and Maya scripts) are generally
Language
Uto-Aztecan language of Mexico
developed a fully syllabic script which could represent spoken language phonetically in the same way that the Maya script did. Some other epigraphers
Nahuatl
Signs found on the Cascajal Block
Mesoamerican writing systems, including the Isthmian (Epi-Olmec) and Maya scripts. Well-known archaeologist and writer Michael D. Coe interprets the San
Olmec_hieroglyphs
Writing unit that represents a syllable
logograms in logographies, which represent morphemes. Syllabograms in the Maya script most frequently take the form of V (vowel) or CV (consonant-vowel) syllables
Syllabogram
Earliest known major Mesoamerican civilization
shows a bird, speech scrolls, and glyphs that are similar to the later Maya script. Known as the Cascajal Block, and dated between 1100 and 900 BC, the
Olmecs
to some of the world's oldest writing systems (Epi-Olmec, Zapotec, Maya script). Maya writing used logograms complemented by syllabic glyphs, similar in
Languages_of_Mexico
American writer and activist (1928–2014)
Maya Angelou (/ˈændʒəloʊ/ AN-jə-loh; born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, essayist, poet, and civil
Maya_Angelou
Type of Maya conflict
polities of the Maya civilization during the first millennium AD. The term comes from a specific type of glyph used in the Maya script, which depicts a
Star_war
Carved stone slabs made by the Pre-Columbian Maya
to glorify the king. Many Maya stelae depict only the king of the city, and describe his actions with hieroglyphic script. Even when the individual depicted
Maya_stelae
Grapheme which represents a word or a morpheme
Linear B, Chinese characters, Maya script, Aztec script, Mixtec script, and the first five phases of the Bamum script. A peculiar system of logograms
Logogram
Warfare of the Mesoamerican civilization
perpetuation of Maya society. The goals and motives of warfare in Maya culture are not thoroughly understood, but scholars have developed models for Maya warfare
Maya_warfare
Calendar used by Mesoamerican cultures
pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures, most notably the Maya. For this reason, it is often known as the Maya Long Count calendar. Using a modified vigesimal tally
Mesoamerican Long Count calendar
Mesoamerican_Long_Count_calendar
Pre-Columbian cultural area in the Americas
Mesoamerican writing tradition reached its height in the Classic Maya logosyllabic script. In Central Mexico, the city of Teotihuacan ascended at the height
Mesoamerica
1920s–1930s modern architectural style
interiors and furniture incorporated abstract patterns inspired by the Maya script with Art Deco influences, and it was built on the original U.S. Route
Mayan_Revival_architecture
Maya site in Campeche, Mexico with mural paintings containing early Maya script
considered as one of the oldest Maya murals in the region with one of the few earliest surviving examples of Preclassic Maya script. The site is located in the
Chakjobon
English Mesoamerican archaeologist (1898–1975)
While working in the United States, he dominated Maya studies and particularly the study of the Maya script until well into the 1960s. Thompson was born on
J._Eric_S._Thompson
American Mesoamericanist (1942–1998)
an expert in the field of Maya epigraphy and iconography. She played a central role in the decoding of much of the Maya script. She produced a massive volume
Linda_Schele
Topics referred to by the same term
Mesoamerican writing systems Aztec script Isthmian script Maya script Mixtec writing Olmec hieroglyphs Zapotec script Meroitic script Mi'kmaw hieroglyphs Muisca
Hieroglyph_(disambiguation)
One of three surviving pre-Columbian Maya books
Tro-Cortesianus Codex or the Troano Codex) is one of four surviving pre-Columbian Maya books dating to the Postclassic period of Mesoamerican chronology (circa
Madrid_Codex_(Maya)
had also developed their own writing systems, the best known being the Maya script. The indigenous languages had widely varying demographics, from the Quechuan
Indigenous languages of the Americas
Indigenous_languages_of_the_Americas
The Maya Embedded Language (MEL) is a scripting language used to simplify tasks in the 3D graphics software Autodesk Maya. Most tasks that can be achieved
Maya_Embedded_Language
Visual art related to writing
Maya languages is written in Latin script rather than Maya glyphs. Some commercial companies in southern Mexico use Maya glyphs as symbols of their business
Calligraphy
Unicode character block
Mayan Numerals Range U+1D2E0..U+1D2FF (32 code points) Plane SMP Scripts Common Assigned 20 code points Unused 12 reserved code points Unicode Version
Mayan Numerals (Unicode block)
Mayan_Numerals_(Unicode_block)
Topics referred to by the same term
(Brazil), perhaps one of the Panoan languages Maya script, ancient written Mayan Mayan Numerals (Unicode block) Maya language (Nigeria), a Niger-Congo language
Maya language (disambiguation)
Maya_language_(disambiguation)
References 0 A digital Maya numeral for zero; shell in the glyphic script. 1 A digital Maya numeral for one; dot in the glyphic script. Linguistically reconstructed
Glossary of the Maya civilisation
Glossary_of_the_Maya_civilisation
Name list
epigraphist, and ethnologist. Known for his major role in decipherment of Maya script Yuri Korolev (ice hockey) (born 1934), Soviet/Russian ice hockey administrator
Yury
the Maya script, which would later lead to breakthroughs in the script's decipherment. Kelley's landmark 1962 paper, Phoneticism in the Maya Script, would
David_H._Kelley
1996 historical erotic romance film by Mira Nair
while Maya is her beautiful servant. They are best friends, but there is an undercurrent of jealousy and resentment, symbolised by the fact that Maya is
Kama_Sutra:_A_Tale_of_Love
The Americas prior to European influence
The Maya built some of the most elaborate cities on the continent and made innovations in mathematics, astronomy, and calendrics. The Maya script also
Pre-Columbian_era
Religious practice
ahau can mai included the writing of books; the teaching of the Maya script and the Maya calendar to the novices; examining and appointing new priests and
Maya_priesthood
American linguist (1897–1941)
his work on deciphering the Maya script gained some support from Alfred Tozzer at Harvard, the main authority on Ancient Maya culture at the time, J. E
Benjamin_Lee_Whorf
British Mesoamerican scholar
and 1940s to the early study and decipherment of the Maya script, used by the pre-Columbian Maya of southern Mexico and northern Central America. Cordy
Napoleon_Cordy
Pre-Columbian Maya book
The Maya Codex of Mexico (MCM) is a Maya screenfold codex manuscript of a pre-Columbian type. Long known as the Grolier Codex or Sáenz Codex, in 2018 it
Maya_Codex_of_Mexico
Retrieved 14 June 2016. Man Credited Siamese Cat with Helping Him Decipher Maya Script. coleandmarmalade.com (16 August 2022) Clark, Victoria (2000). Why angels
List_of_individual_cats
Pre-Columbian pottery
Maya ceramics are ceramics produced in the Pre-Columbian Maya culture of Mesoamerica. The vessels used different colors, sizes, and had varied purposes
Maya_ceramics
Aspect of Mayan culture
hieroglyphic script came into being. Its greatest artistic flowering occurred during the seven centuries of the Classic Period (c. 250 to 950 CE). Maya art forms
Ancient_Maya_art
Minimalist language by Sonja Lang
systems, including Egyptian hieroglyphs, Linear B, Chinese characters, Maya script, Mi'kmaw hieroglyphs, Dongba symbols, as well as early Pagan and Christian
Toki_Pona
Medium consisting of pages of text or images
language: Sumerian cuneiform in Mesopotamia, written Chinese, and the Maya script in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. For example, the Jiahu symbols found inscribed
Book
Pakistani actress (born 1989)
Maryam Tanveer Ali known professionally Maya Ali, is a Pakistani actress who works in Urdu films and television series. She has received several accolades
Maya_Ali
Ceremonial dance in pre-Columbian Maya civilization
for "dance" (read as akʼot) in Maya script. Some interesting depictions of Maya dance of the Classic era are found on Maya ceramics and in the famous murals
Maya_dance
edition 1975]. The Story of Decipherment, from Egyptian Hieroglyphs to Maya Script, Revised Edition. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-28105-5. Ray, John
Decipherment of ancient Egyptian scripts
Decipherment_of_ancient_Egyptian_scripts
Programming language for automation scripts
script is called scripting. A scripting language or script language is a programming language that is used for scripting. Originally, scripting was limited
Scripting_language
Mayan stepped pyramid
surrounded by piers bearing both carved images and the hieroglyphic texts in Maya script for which the temple was named. Inside the temple, a stairway leads to
Temple_of_the_Inscriptions
British singer (born 1975)
Arulpragasam (Tamil: மாதங்கி அருள்பிரகாசம்; born 18 July 1975), known as Maya and professionally as M.I.A. (Tamil: எம்.ஐ.ஏ.; an initialism for both "Missing
M.I.A._(rapper)
Languages indigenous to Mesoamerica
(namely Olmec and Zapotec), though most texts in the indigenous scripts (such as Maya) date to c. 600–900 CE. Following the arrival of the Spanish in
Mesoamerican_languages
Database of the Mayan written language
and a base of knowledge concerning ancient Maya culture and script. In addition, the Classic Maya script, in its temporally defined stages of language
Text Database and Dictionary of Classic Mayan
Text_Database_and_Dictionary_of_Classic_Mayan
mathematics developed by the Maya civilization of Mexico and Central America, where the concept of zero was given a standard symbol in Maya numerals. Many Greek
History_of_mathematics
American archaeologist and epigrapher (1883–1948)
who studied the pre-Columbian Maya civilization in the early 20th century. Morley led extensive excavations of the Maya site of Chichen Itza on behalf
Sylvanus_Morley
Japanese anime television series
Maya the Honey Bee (Japanese: みつばちマーヤの冒険, Hepburn: Mitsubachi Māya no Bōken; lit. "The Adventures of Maya the Honey Bee"), also titled internationally
Maya_the_Honey_Bee
Soviet and Russian academic
renowned for his central contributions towards the decipherment of the Maya script. As of 2008[update], Yershova is a senior fellow at the Russian Academy
Galina_Yershova
epigrapher and ethnographer, deciphered the ancient Maya script, proposed a decipherment for the Indus script Evdokia Kozhevnikova, ethnologist whose writings
List_of_Russian_scientists
Mayan archaeological site in Petén Department, Guatemala
Negras is the modern name for an ancient, ruined city of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization located on the north bank of the Usumacinta River in the Petén
Piedras_Negras_(Maya_site)
Pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site in Guatemala
El Perú (also known as Waka'), is a pre-Columbian Maya archeological site occupied during the Preclassic and Classic cultural chronology periods (roughly
El_Perú_(Maya_site)
held by dwarfs or servants in front of elite Maya individuals. Advances in the decipherment of Maya script have revealed the central function of mirrors
Mirrors in Mesoamerican culture
Mirrors_in_Mesoamerican_culture
Upcoming Laika film
Amandla Stenberg, Tom Waits, Charlie Day, Blythe Danner, Arthur Knight, Maya Erskine, Jake Johnson, Tantoo Cardinal, Rob Delaney, Jemaine Clement, Marc
Wildwood_(film)
Ajaw
of the Maya city of Tikal. He took the throne on 3 May 682, and reigned until his death. Before advances in the decipherment of the Maya script revealed
Jasaw_Chan_Kʼawiil_I
codices) of the Maya, Mixtec, and Mexica cultures of the Post-Classic period survive, but progress has been made particularly in the area of Maya archaeology
History_of_Mexico
Ancient Mayan city-state in Chiapas, Mexico
[pa'leŋke]; Yucatec Maya: Bàakʼ [ɓaːkʼ]), also anciently known in the Itzaʼ language as Lakamha ("big water" or "big waters"), was a Maya city-state in southern
Palenque
Topics referred to by the same term
file format for computer fonts Hieroglyph (disambiguation) Maya script, also known as "Maya glyphs" Triglyph, an architectural term for the vertically
Glyph_(disambiguation)
Horror comics series
revealed plans for Maya Fox adaptations for both television and cinema, depending on the success of magazine sales. In 2010, a script for the feature film
Maya_Fox
Indian actress and producer
is an Indian actress and producer, best known for her role as Maya in the 1993 movie Maya Memsaab, opposite actor Farooq Sheikh. She made her directorial
Deepa_Sahi
Species of tree grown for its seeds
counterfeiters during the Aztec empire. kakaw (cacao) written in the Maya script Sculpture of a man carrying a cacao pod. Aztec, 1440-1521 AD A cacao
Theobroma_cacao
American anthropologist and activist (1961–2020)
attended local public schools PS 11 and IS 70. His passion for deciphering Maya script helped him win a scholarship that allowed him to spend several years
David_Graeber
Altar Q records a dynastic lineage for the Copán-based polity in the Maya script. It was created during the rule of King Yax Pac (also known as Yax Pasaj
Copán_Altar_Q
The works of Maya Angelou encompass autobiography, plays, poetry, and teleplays. She also had an active directing, acting, and speaking career. She is
List_of_Maya_Angelou_works
British scholar (born 1969)
contributions to the study and decipherment of the Maya script, the writing system used by the pre-Columbian Maya civilisation of Mesoamerica. As one of the leading
Simon_Martin_(Mayanist)
pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Mesoamerica. He is the author of a number of papers and books concerning topics such as the Maya script, the history
Stephen_D._Houston
Divides the history of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica into several periods
scientific advances were also achieved during this period. The Maya refined their calendar, script, and mathematics to their highest level of development. Writing
Mesoamerican_chronology
MAYA SCRIPT
MAYA SCRIPT
Girl/Female
French American Greek Hebrew Latin
May. In Roman mythology Maia: (source of the month May) was goddess of spring growth.
Female
Hebrew
(רֵעַ) Hebrew name RAYA means "friend." Compare with another form of Raya.
Female
Hindi/Indian
(माया) Hindi myth name of the mother of Siddhartha, MAYA means "illusion." Compare with another form of Maya.
Female
Japanese
 Japanese name AMAYA means "night rain." Compare with another form of Amaya.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of May.
Female
Egyptian
, Karo-mama-mimut.
Female
Native American
Native American Sioux name MAKA means "earth."
Female
Japanese
(æ„›)Â Japanese name MANA means "affection, love." Compare with other forms of Mana.
Male
Native American
Native American Hopi name MAKYA means "eagle hunter."
Female
Hindi/Indian
(माला) Hindi name MALA means "necklace." In use by the Romani. Compare with another form of Mala.
Male
Hebrew
(מַשָׂ×) Variant spelling of Hebrew Massa, MASA means "burden." Compare with another form of Masa.
Female
Hindi/Indian
(जया) Feminine form of Hindi Jay, JAYA means "victory."
Female
Hebrew
(×žÖ¸× Ö¸×”) Hebrew name MANA means "part, portion." Compare with another form of Mana.
Female
Hawaiian
 Hawaiian name MANA means "psychic gifts. Compare with other forms of Mana.
Girl/Female
French Japanese
May. In Roman mythology Maia: (source of the month May) was goddess of spring growth.
Girl/Female
African, American, Arabic, Danish, English, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindu, Indian, Indonesian, Jamaican, Japanese, Jewish, Kannada, Latin, Malayalam, Marathi, Muslim, Mythological, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sikh, Sindhi, Spanish, Tamil, T
Illusion; Goddess Durga; To Increase; A Princess; Mother or Great One; Water; Truth and Everlasting; Wealth; Dream; Abbreviation of Amalia; Industrious; Striving; Work; Variant of Maia; Money
Female
Native American
Native American Hopi name KAYA means "elder sister."
Girl/Female
Latin American Spanish
Daughter of Atlas.
Female
Scandinavian
Scandinavian and Slavic form of Greek Maia, MAJA means "nursing mother."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from the personal name May (see May).
MAYA SCRIPT
MAYA SCRIPT
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Brave King of Gods
Boy/Male
Hebrew
Ron.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Ramyadevi | à®°à®®à¯à®¯à®¾à®¤à¯‡à®µà¯€
Beautiful God
Female
English
English variant spelling of Roman Latin Flora, FLORE means "flower."
Girl/Female
Biblical
Void, empty.
Boy/Male
Indian
Boy/Male
Indian
A prophets name
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Light of Craving
Female
Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Hebrew Rachel, LAHELA means "ewe."Â
Boy/Male
Tamil
Chandrashekar | சஂதà¯à®°à®·à¯‡à®•à®°
One who holds Moon in his hair knot (Shiva), Lord Shiva
MAYA SCRIPT
MAYA SCRIPT
MAYA SCRIPT
MAYA SCRIPT
MAYA SCRIPT
n.
The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn.
n.
A kind of baboon; the wanderoo.
n.
The principal or ruling evil spirit.
pl.
of Malum
n.
See Mamma.
n.
The East Indian weaver bird (Ploceus Philippinus).
n.
A genus of spider crabs, including the common European species (Maia squinado).
n.
A genus of bivalve mollusks, including the common long, or soft-shelled, clam.
n.
A beautiful American bombycid moth (Eucronia maia).
n.
The name for the doctrine of the unreality of matter, called, in English, idealism; hence, nothingness; vanity; illusion.
n.
The early part or springtime of life.
n.
A maiden.
n.
The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
n.
The Patagonian cavy (Dolichotis Patagonicus).
n.
The common European gull (Larus canus); -- called also mar. See New, a gull.
n.
The merrymaking of May Day.
n.
Mud poured out from volcanoes during eruptions; -- so called in South America.
n.
Evils; wrongs; offenses against right and law.
v.
An auxiliary verb qualifyng the meaning of another verb, by expressing: (a) Ability, competency, or possibility; -- now oftener expressed by can.
n.
A female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.