Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1915529-20140702204420/@comment-1496755-20141026160801

Good question, Death. Sadly, I don't know what "Yaga" could mean. It doesn't sound like any other meaningful word. Probably means nothing... or it has some very obscure archaic meaning that goes back to pre-medieval times.

Oh, how could I forget - the classic Baba Yaga moves around not with a broom, but with a large mortar and pestle. Weird, huh? I've read about this in a fairy tale (I think it was "Vampire's Bride" - one of the most wicked tales a kid could read back in the day).

Another thing we scare children with is the Thalassum. It's hard to give an exact translation for this - some dictionaries say it's a "ghoul", others say it's a "boggart". It's some sort of evil creature that inhabits abandoned old buildings (houses, mills, desecrated churches, etc.). And guess what - it likes eating mischievous children!

There's also Torbalan (literally: "bag man"), which is the equivalent of the bogeyman. He has a big bag and he puts (yes, you guessed it) bad kids in it, to carry them away to his lair :P