Comments on: Bogeymen

Bogeymen

vacapinta — Fri, 31 Oct 2003 11:55:37 -0800

(trans) is a project which has assembled 516 manifestations of the Bogeyman in Latin America. The list includes the well-known Coco or Cucuy, a dark figure who makes an appearance in the art world as the subject of one of Goya's Caprichos. Any Hispanic child can tell you about La Llorona, a grieving woman who walks in the night (familiar enough to be used in a controversial got milk? ad). In South America they can tell you about the Sack-Man, on of the original bogeymen, who walks in the darkness, looking for children to throw into his sack.

By: SealWyf

SealWyf — Fri, 31 Oct 2003 12:50:44 -0800

The translation has it as "the man of stock-market". You gotta love Babelfish.

By: lychee

lychee — Fri, 31 Oct 2003 14:42:06 -0800

Holy great pumpkin, Charlie Brown! My folks used to scare us with the Cucuy. Damn, I didn't know it was a widespread cultural figure.

By: MiguelCardoso

MiguelCardoso — Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:12:30 -0800

The Sack-Man - o homem do saco used to frighten us senseless in Portugal. Specially as we often saw sinister-looking men (harmless peasants, no doubt) carrying big sacks on their shoulders. I wonder if this is yet another dubioud Portuguese export?

By: MiguelCardoso

MiguelCardoso — Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:14:28 -0800

dubioud: something of doubtful value, but attractively rendered in a Sinatra-like "dooby dooby doo" way.