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Babay or Babai (Russian: Бабай) is a night spirit in Slavic folklore. According to beliefs, he abducts children who do not sleep at night or behave badly. [ 1 ] He is also called Babayka ( Russian : Бабайка ), Babayko ( Ukrainian : Бабайко ) or Bobo (Babok, Bebok) ( Polish ), although the term may also be applied to his ...
The word bogeyman, used to describe a monster in English, may have derived from Middle English bugge or bogge, which means 'frightening specter', 'terror', or 'scarecrow'. It relates to boggart, bugbear (from bug, meaning 'goblin' or 'scarecrow' and bear) an imaginary demon in the form of a bear that ate small children. It was also used to mean ...
: Baba Yaga and other villains plot against the Misha, the Russian Bear mascot of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. 2006: A Russian full feature animated film Babka Yozhka and the Others received several awards. "Babka Yozhka" is a diminutive for "Baba Yaga" and the animated film is a about a little foundling girl brought up by Baba Yaga and ...
John became the top enforcer for the New York Russian crime syndicate, becoming an infamous hitman. He was nicknamed "Baba Yaga" after the supernatural Boogeyman-like entity in Slavic folklore. Eventually, John fell in love with a woman named Helen.
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In the Russian North it is believed, that bolotnitsa (Russian: болотница) is the mistress of the swamp and tundra. [3] She is also known as the bolotnaya baba ( Russian : боло́тная ба́ба ; lit. «the swamp witch», «the swamp hag» or «the swamp woman»), lopatnitsa ( Russian : лопатница ) and omutnitsa ...
Articles relating to Bogeymen and equivalent figures from various cultures, a type of mythic creature used by adults to frighten children into good behavior. Bogeymen have no specific appearance and conceptions vary drastically by household and culture, but they are most commonly depicted as masculine or androgynous monsters that punish children for misbehavior. [1]
In the Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language of Vladimir Dahl, the name Kashchei is derived from the verb "kastit" – to harm, to dirty: "probably from the word "kastit", but remade into koshchei, from 'bone', meaning a man exhausted by excessive thinness".