American Cryptids: The Boogeyman

                   

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The Bogeyman (also spelled boogyman, bogyman, boogieman, boogey monster, or boogeyman) is a creature that appears in folklore  in almost every corner of the world different names but pretty much the same cryptid ... (See previous post)

The bogeyman has no specific appearance, and the conceptions of this cryptid can vary drastically from one country to the other,  even from household to household within the same community; in many cases he simply has no set appearance in the mind of a child, but is just an amorphous embodiment of terror.

Bogeyman can be used as a derogatory term to denote a person or thing of which someone has an irrational fear of.

Parents often say that if their child is naughty or misbehaved , the bogeyman will get them, in an effort to make them behave.

The modern  bogeyman legend may have originated in  Scotland, where they  are sometimes called bogles, boggarts, or bogies.

Bogeyman stories vary by region.

In some places the bogeyman is male; in others, female.

In the Midwestern states of the United States, the bogeyman scratches at the window.

 In the Pacific Northwest he may manifest in "green fog."  or hide under the bed or in the closet and tickles children when they go to sleep at night. It is said that a wart can be transmitted to someone by the bogeyman.

Bogeymen may  target a specific kinds mischief – for instance, a bogeyman that punishes children who suck their thumbs – others may target children that play  prank's  or just general misbehavior.

The word bogey is most likely derived from the Middle English bogge/bugge (also the origin of the word bug), and  is generally thought to be a cognate of the German bögge, böggel-mann (English "Bogeyman").

The word could also be linked to many similar words in other European languages; Buse (Nynorsk), bòcan, púca, pooka or pookha (Irish Gaelic), pwca, bwga or bwgan (Welsh), puki (Old Norse), pixie or piskie (Cornish), puck (English), bogu (Slavonic).
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                                        Monster High - Twyla Bogeyman  art is Monster Haus,
                                        by blacklottus on Deviantart.



Aside from scary story's to tell your kid's, The bogeyman has also appeared  as a main character in works of children's fiction, including Raymond Briggs' book Fungus the Bogeyman, and the film Monsters Inc. in which bogeymen are portrayed as workers for power-utility company, who harvest children's screams and fear as a source of power.

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                                                             TV and Movies -----

New upcoming action, Paranormal / Cryptids show that i'm looking froward too called
Salem the Series--- staring Salem  bogeyman and friends :)
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The villain in The Nightmare Before Christmas .

Monster High--  Twyla Bogeyman

These are   just a few references but there are many more......
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In Horror novels like , "The Bogeyman"  a short story by Stephen King, in which a man attempts to get himself committed to an asylum after his family is murdered by the Bogeyman.

Cryptids: The Boogeyman legends from around the world..

                  ===============THE BOOGEYMAN==========



No doubt you've heard of this creature of the shadows at some point or another during your lifetime.

He is the creature of nightmares, the monster under your bed, or that strange thing lurking in your closet late at night...he is the Boogeyman.

This cryptid appears in story's and myth's around the globe, here are a few of his other names ...

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Korea -

In Gyungsang province, Dokebi (도깨비)  a monster that show's up  to take misbehaving children.

 The word kokemi, however, is derived from a word Kotgahm (곶감), dried persimmon. According to Korean folklore, a woman, in an attempt to soothe her crying child, said "Here comes a tiger to come and get you.

I'll let him in unless you stop crying." Accidentally, a tiger passed by, overheard her and decided to wait for his free meal. Instead of opening the door of the house, to the tiger's disappointment, the mother offered her child a dried persimon saying "Here's a kotgahm." Of course, the child, busy eating, stopped crying.

The tiger, not knowing what a Kotgahm is, ran away thinking "this must be a scary monster for whom even I am no match." (Tigers are revered by Koreans as most powerful and fearsome creatures.) Other variations include mangtae younggam (망태 영감) an oldman (younggam) who carries a mesh sack (mahngtae) to put his kidnapped children in. In some regions, mangtae younggam is replaced by mangtae halmum (망태 할멈), an old woman with a mesh sack.



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Japan -the bogeyman is called Namahage he is a type of  demons that warns children not to be lazy or cry, during the Namahage Sedo Matsuri, or "Demon Mask Festival", when villagers wear demon masks or (Oni Mask) and pretend to be these spirits.

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Denmark and some area's of Norway --

The Boogeyman in Danish is called bussemanden. It hides under the bed and grabs children who will not sleep. It is also a slang term for nasal mucus. 



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Germany -

in Germany the Boogeyman is known as Der schwarze Mann (the black man), the "Buhmann" or the Butzemann. "Schwarz" does not refer to the color of skin but to his preference for hiding in dark places, like the closet, under the bed of children or in forests at night. There is also a children's game called Wer hat Angst vorm schwarzen Mann? (Who is afraid of the black man?).



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Norway* - "nøkken" and in some areas Busemannen , the norwaegian bogeyman is often described as a monster in the lake, he was said to come and take children which did not come in when they were told too.

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Netherlands - Boeman, The Dutch Boogeyman is  a creature that resembles the a adult male, dressed completely black, with sharp claws and fangs. The Bogeyman takes bad children or those who refuse to sleep and locks them in his basement for a period of time.






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 Sweden -

The Swedish  Boogeyman is most often called the  Monstret under sängen which basically means "the monster under the bed".


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France-


In France the Bogeyman is le croque-mitaine ("the mitten-biter" or rather "the hand-cruncher"—mitaine means mitt in an informal way) 

Another version of a Boogyman like bing from french mythology is called Bonhomme sept heures or (Seven o'clock man) he was said to take children who stayed outside past 7pm. He is described as an old man wearing a hat and cape, and having a cane and a bag full of sand that is uses to throw in the eyes of the children he targets....





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 Russia, Ukraine and Belarus-

 Here the Boogeyman is usually said to be hiding under the bed, babay ("бабай") or babayka ("бабайка") this version of teh story is used to keep children in bed at night  or stop them from misbehaving. 'Babay' means 'old man' in Tatar. Children are told that "babay" is an old man with a bag or in some versions a monster, and that it will take them away if they misbehave.

The eastern part of Ukraine has babay as well, possibly due to Russian influence. Slovenia

 The Slovenian Bogeyman is called Bavbav. It doesn't have a particular shape or form. often it isn't even defined as a man or anything human. It can be thought of as a kind of sprite or spirit.


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Romania -

In Romania the Boogeyman is called a bau-bau (pronounced "bow-bow"). Bau-bau stories are used by parents to scare children who misbehave. The babau (babao or barabao) also appears in Italy.


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The Boogeyman can be found in many places world wide so behave yourselves or you just may meet him lol and don't forget to check under your bed...