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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 ...
Both Brazilians and Portuguese also have a bogeyman version, which sometimes acquires regional colors where the bogeyman (the shape-shifting Bicho Papão is a monster that is shaped by what the child fears most) is a small owl, murucututu, or other birds of prey that could be on the roof of homes at night (in Brazil) or a mysterious old man ...
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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]
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]
Sacamantecas ("Fat extractor" in Spanish) or mantequero [1] ("Fat seller/maker") is the Spanish name for a kind of bogeyman [2] or criminal [2] characterized by killing for human fat. Anthropology [ edit ]
A pishtaco is a folkloric boogeyman figure in the Andes region of South America, particularly in Peru and Bolivia, which extracts the fat of its victims. In some parts of the Andes, the pishtaco is referred to as ñakaq, or kharisiri, lik'ichiri , or kharikhari in the Aymara language .
Ligeia – name meaning "clear-toned", daughter of Achelous and either Melpomene or Terpsichore; Parthenope – name meaning "maiden-voiced", Daughter of Achelous and Terpsichore; Pisinoe – daughter of Achelous and either Melpomene or Sterope; Thelxinoë – name meaning "mind charming" Swan maiden (Multi-cultural) – shapeshifts from human ...