Haase, D., ed. (2008). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales: G–P. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313334412. Stories of ghosts, monsters, unexplained phenomena haunt Arkansas". USA Today. 31 October 2005 . Retrieved 1 October 2006. Even though she takes her vengeance out on the parents, she is feared by children as well for her strange habits. It is said that any child unfortunate enough to be kidnapped by the Wewe Gombel is forced to eat feces until they are allowed to return home. El Coco Yet things are not as serene as they might be. Things come to a head when, on his 18th nameday, a series of events are be set in motion that will thoroughly disrupt the course that he had always expected his life would take. Language: English Words: 30,454 Chapters: 7/7 Collections: 1 Comments: 39 Kudos: 68 Bookmarks: 6 Hits: 3,419

The Lubia is a female demon with an insatiable appetite for the flesh of children, especially girls. She has many heads, from seven to a hundred, and like the Greek hydra if one head is severed then others will grow in its place. [23] Crabtree, Julius E. "Smokey" (1974). Smokey and The Fouke Monster. Fouke, AR: Day's Creek Production Corp. p.142. ISBN 978-0-970-16320-2. Maggie’s stutter makes going to school hard. She will do almost anything to avoid speaking in class – even if that leads to trouble. Sent to stay in the depths of Cornwall with a grandfather she barely knows, Maggie discovers an abandoned snow leopard hiding in the nearby woods. Rumpus was an exotic ‘pet’ from Harrods that proved too wild. Maggie and Rumpus build an understanding, but when the creature is spotted by others, danger follows. Can Maggie believe in herself enough to save the cub in time and the ancient forest around them? Prior to the 20th century, several alleged sightings in the general area related to a large, hairy creature circulated in an 1851 report in the Memphis Enquirer, and an 1856 report in the Caddo Gazette. [9] Saudi Arabia – Abu Shalawlaw (أبو شلولو) is a Bogeyman-like creature said by parents to come to eat children who are disobedient, e.g. by not going to sleep on time or not completing their homework.A boggart is a creature in English folklore, either a household spirit or a malevolent genius loci (that is, a geographically-defined spirit) inhabiting fields, marshes, or other topographical features. Other names of this group include bug, bugbear, bugaboo or bug-a-boo, bogey, bogun, bogeyman, bogle, etc., presumably all derived from (or related to) Old English pūcel, and related to the Irish púca and the pwca or bwga of Welsh mythology. [1] [2] [3] The Fouke Monster: A look at how the media recorded the reports of the 1971 alleged sighting of a large creature in rural Miller County, Ark". Texarkana Gazette. 24 June 2001. Archived from the original on 3 August 2003 . Retrieved 1 October 2006.

Núñez, Eloy Martos (2004). "LA IMAGEN DEL JOVEN A TRAVÉS DE LAS FICCIONES DE TERROR Y SUS FUENTES FOLKLÓRICO-LITERARIAS. EL CASO IBEROAMERICANO" (PDF). Alonso Quijano Foundation (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016 . Retrieved 10 August 2023. Greece – In Greek, the common translation of "Bogeyman" is "Baboulas" (Μπαμπούλας), which is pronounced babʊlas. It's used by the parents to scare their children so they won't misbehave, probably. This creature is supposed to be some kind of cannibal that eats the children. That's why the most used phrase about the creature is "Ο Μπαμπούλας θα έρθει και θα σε φάει", which means "The Bogeyman will come and eat you". Trinidad and Tobago – Most Trinbagonians (mostly rural peoples) use folklore to scare disobedient children. The most common beings invoked are the Jumbee. Some "jumbies" are the Soucouyant, Lagahoo, La Diablesse, Papa Bois.Bogeyman is also used in the same way, but it is more common in the cities. It is also called "The Babooman". [ citation needed] The French equivalent of the Bogeyman is le croque-mitaine ("the mitten-biter" or rather "the hand-cruncher"— mitaine means mitt in an informal way). [44 Edouard Brasey, L'encyclopédie du merveilleux, T3 : Des peuples de l'ombre, Le Pré aux Clercs, 2006, pp. 14–16.]a b c d e f Thibodeau, Sunni (24 June 2001). "The Fouke Monster 30 Years Later: Ex-journalists recall sifting fact from Fouke fiction after sighting". Texarkana Gazette. Archived from the original on 3 August 2003 . Retrieved 1 October 2006. Iran - In Iran, a popular children's folklore creature known as "لولو خورخوره" (Lulu Khor-Khore). Perception of it varies widely but it's commonly represented as coming out at night and eating misbehaving children.

The bogeyman is a mythical monster whose impact can be traced around the world. One of the first references to this legendary creature was found in the 1500’s, though it is suspected that the boogeyman has existed much longer than this. Bogeyman a b c d e f g Wright, Elizabeth Mary (1913). Rustic Speech and Folk-lore. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781503314290. Pursiful, Darrell J (25 April 2014). "Boo! Five Bogeymen to Run Away From". Into the Wonder . Retrieved 10 August 2023.

There is a Boggart Stones on Saddleworth Moor where the Moors Murderers, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, buried the bodies of Pauline Reade and Lesley Ann Downey, children they had abducted, in 1963 and 1964. The children's bodies were buried just below the location, and in sight of, Boggart Stones (OS Map 1864). Finland – The equivalent of the Bogeyman in Finland is mörkö, often depicted as a dark and hairy creature that may or may not be humanoid. A contemporary usage of the word is in Moomin-stories (originally written in Swedish) in which mörkö ( the Groke) is a large, frightening, dark blue, ghost-like creature. France – The French equivalent of the Bogeyman is le croque-mitaine ("the mitten-biter" or "the hand-cruncher"). [36] a b c Geller (8 July 2018). "Bogeyman (Boogeyman or Boogie Man): Mythical Monster". Mythology.net . Retrieved 10 August 2023.

Albania - The Buba is a serpentine monster. Mothers would tell their children to be quiet or the Buba would get them. [15] The Gogol is a terrible giant that frightens children into being good. [16] The Lubia is a female demon with an insatiable appetite for the flesh of children, especially girls. She has many heads, from seven to a hundred, and like the Greek hydra if one head is severed then others will grow in its place. [17]

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At the Same TIme Duncan has to fight his way through the first of what could be many alternate timelines before he's able to return to his home dimension but the forces of evil have other plans in those timelines. Series Sherman, Josepha (26 March 2015) [2008]. Storytelling: An Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore (Collecteded.). Taylor & Francis. p.382. ISBN 9781317459385.