Bogeyman

The Goblin, also Butz or bush man (as well as Bütze, slug, plaster, Boz, Buz, Butzenmann, Bugimann, Bullebeiß, Busemand, Buhmann, Boesman or Böög called and cognate with the Black man) is a ghostly, goblin or dwarf -like figure which is known mainly from southern Germany, Switzerland, but also in northern Germany and Scandinavia, where it was feared greatly. Recently, however, this figure emerges mainly as a bogeyman figure, if this was not their original character. It is a common example, the children's song, it dances a Bi -Ba- Goblin.

Etymology

Linguistically, the term is probably Bolzano from the Middle High German word or hitting the " rumble, knock " bessen derived. Another possible Namensherleitung is verbutzen ( conceal, disguise, from the Lombard word pauz ). In Saxony ( Dresden area ), there is the term " MumMum ".

Another name for the Goblin is Mummelmann, that is, the masked man. There are also these two terms composite shapes as Butzenmummel, Mummelputz, Mombotz ( in Hesse) and balderdash.

In the modern version of the children's song There a Bi -Ba- Goblin dancing is from the horror figure, a funny dancing dwarf who rewarded good children with apples from his little bag. Originally sang this song a poltergeist with rattling bones and scythe, which is reminiscent of the Grim Reaper, a medieval concept of death. The name can also be representative for the devil. He is also a general term for all kinds of demons and other ghostly beings.

In the Anglo -Saxon equivalent of the bogeyman in the broadest sense the boggart or bogeyman, which is often translated as " Black Man "; He comes out at night in closets or scratching at the window. He is a popular figure in fantasy novels, such as Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, and takes place in horror movies use.

Similar figures

• The Frisian Puk
• The English Puck
• Swedish Pocker for devil
• The Norwegian Puk or Draug, a malignant water spirit
• The Icelandic Puki or Púkinn for Little Devil