Bogeymen
22 entries in the Bogeymen compendium.
BogeymanA mythical creature used to frighten children into good behaviour.AlphitoSupernatural being from Plutarch, used to frighten children into behaving.Babay (Slavic folklore)Night spirit who abducts misbehaving children in Slavic folklore.Bloody BonesA bogeyman used to frighten children into proper deportment.BoggartA malevolent or ambivalent solitary spirit from English folklore.Bugul NozA shape-shifting night spirit of Breton folklore.Cabra cabriolaA fire-breathing, child-eating goat from Portuguese folklore.Cheval GauvinA legendary evil horse that drowns or throws riders into abysses.Drapé (legend)Legendary horse that abducts children at night in Aigues-Mortes.DydkoPolish folklore creature, originally a Slavic demon, later bogeyman.El SombrerónA legendary figure who braids hair and serenades under the full moon.GatipedroA Galician horned cat that makes children wet their beds.Jasy JatereGuaraní god of siesta and kidnapper of wandering children.LamiaChild-devouring queen turned night-haunting spirit in Greek myth.Lazy LaurenceA New Forest pixie who brings laziness and indigestion.MormoA female spirit invoked to frighten misbehaving children.Nanny RuttFigure from a Lincolnshire cautionary tale about a disappearing girl.Night DoctorsBogeymen of African American folklore rooted in historical medical abuses.PishtacoAndean boogeyman who extracts human fat from victims.PúcaA shape-shifting bringer of both good and bad fortune.SacamantecasSpanish bogeyman and killer who extracted human fat.ShellycoatA shell-covered water spirit that misleads wanderers without malice.
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