Hey guys I’ve found some really cool stuff… There are some really interesting words in certain languages which are related to dreams.
In the aranda language, from Australia, the words “altjiranga mitjina” refer to “the infinite dream dimensions”… dreamscape, anyone?
On the dyak dialect, from Borneo, there’s “ngarong”, a “adviser that appears in a dream and solves a problem”. That would be equivalent to what we call “guides” and such.
Does anyone know any more of these words? What do you think of these?
Personally, I think ngarong has a good potential as a synonym for “Spirit Guide” 
i live in Australia and i can tell you that aborigines (the native australians) are well known for being spiritual and dreamlike. those that stick to their cultural traditions believe in a time called the ‘Dreamtime’. the elders of those communities tell stories about it as part of an initiation to someone so they can reach adulthood. they say the Dreamtime stories of their ancestors taught them about the best places to find necessities like food and water. they believe a lot in the spiritual earth and worship Gods like the Rainbow Serpent. but i dont know if all the different tribes have the same beliefs. there are literally thousands of them, each speak their own language.
in the Philippines, the Tagalog word for dream is panaginip and in Cebuano Visayan its damgo. filipinos believe very much that dreams are interpreted to predict the future. like if you see a dead relative in your dream they want you to go pray so they can go to heaven, broken mirrors mean a close relationship will break, etc.
In Japan, the word for sleep paralysis is kanashibari– apt, since (according to wikipedia) it comes from the words kane “metal” and shibaru “binding” but seems to be attributed to a ghost instead of a hag. I’ve also read that in Vietnam it’s attributed to a “grey ghost”. I thought it was interesting how it seemed like, the further East we go, the more ethereal the nightmares get. (Well, maybe not strictly Eastward…)
In the Philippines, there’s bangungot (more nasal a word than it looks: “bung-NGOO-ngot”) the word for both the phenomenon associated with a creature from folklore, and the creature itself.
The creature looks similar to the nightmare hag in the West, but instead of bringing sleep paralysis or even nightmares, bangungot is fatal. It’s said to target adult males who eat too much before sleeping supine: the hag sits on their chest, suffocates them, and they never wake up.
(Scary, considering the provincial nanny’s warning that if you don’t finish everything on your dinner plate, your hungry ghost will OBE to the kitchen at night looking for food, get trapped in a pot and you’ll never wake up. 
Not sure there’s a word for that, but moderation seems to be very important to this culture.)