TossAway35626 t1_j6eseuq wrote on January 29, 2023 at 9:03 PM

Reply to comment by SciencesnObjects40 in [WP] The person you're dating comes to dinner to meet your family. But the instant you step in the door, your grandmother goes deathly pale, and shouts the name of a creature from her country's folklore. by Affectionate_Bit_722

I've always thought this was a weird choice in translation. A witch in the woods gets translated into a monster in a closet?

Also I think the witch is a better nickname than the boogeyman.

LVMagnus t1_j6foogy wrote on January 30, 2023 at 12:22 AM

Boogeyman is just a generic monster/myth creature to frigthen children. The monster in a closet is just one subtype. That is a boogeyman, baba is a boogeyman, the sack/bag man is a boogeyman, Krampus is a boogeyman, they're all boogeyman.