#babau

• Bogeyman — An imaginary masculine character from Romanian popular mythology, depicted as an ugly specter, a scarecrow, or a malevolent spirit hiding in the dark, traditionally used by parents as a bogeyman to discipline disobedient children; by extension, it denotes an ugly, frightening, or physically repulsive person.
• Bogeywoman — An imaginary character frequently found in Romanian folklore and children's stories, depicted as an old, ugly, often wicked woman or endowed with negative supernatural powers, used symbolically to frighten or discipline children; a bogeywoman, hag, or anthropomorphic representation of an obscure malevolent entity.