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A modern depiction of a Silesian bebok in Katowice, Poland. 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]
The bogeyman (/ ˈ b oʊ ɡ i m æ n /; also spelled or known as bogyman, [1] bogy, [1] bogey, [1] and, in North American English, also boogeyman) [1] is a mythical creature typically used to frighten children into good behavior.
Pronunciation: IPA: [ˈt͡ɕɛmnɔ ˈjak v dupʲɛ u muʐɨna] Very dark. Literally "as dark as the inside of a black person's ass" Skośny Pronunciation: IPA: [ˈskɔɕnɨ] An offensive term for an Asian person. In a non-vulgar context: diagonal. Żółtek Pronunciation: IPA: An offensive term for an Asian person, literally "yellowie".
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Polish on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Polish in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
In western and southern Poland, final obstruents are voiced (voicing pronunciation) if the following word starts with a sonorant (here, for example, the /t/ in brat ojca 'father's brother' would be pronounced as [d]). On the other hand, they are voiceless (devoicing pronunciation) in eastern and northern Poland (/t/ is pronounced [t]).
Belarusian folklore features a boogeyman-like entity named Zhalezny chalavek (Belarusian: Жалезны чалавек; "Iron man"), who also lives in a swamp and is sometimes associated with bolotnik. He is a gigantic creature whose body is made of iron, and he is incredibly dangerous towards children.
Variations of the name Baba Yaga are found in many Slavic languages.In Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian and Bulgarian, baba means 'grandmother' or 'old woman'. In contemporary Polish and Russian, baba / баба is also a pejorative synonym for 'woman', in particular one that is old, dirty or foolish.
Bodach s are seen at the beginning of Moonshine by Rob Thurman.; Bodach s occasionally appear in Charles de Lint's books of mythic fiction.; The term Bodach is used to describe shadow-like or "ink like" creatures—invisible to most people—that appear at locations before disasters in the books Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, and ...