How to change your mind

[jana_denardo]

After thinking about it, the Native American supernaturals would work better in the YA I've been thinking on set in Cassadaga Fl where we have and displaced Lakota boy, a psychic girl and a Croatian demon hunting kid. This may or may not be my nano (I might do a sequel to something else).

So I went back to the drawing board and came up with something the Welsh bwbach might know easily from Scotland and found these:

Biasd Bheulach, a one-legged creature that is okay with women but beats men to death.

Coluinn Cheann A headless monster that would fling his severed head much like a Dullahan. I like that he wasn't killed but rather banished. It might make sense he is in America

Or we can use something Germanic (Columbus, Pittsburgh etc have a big German populace that could have brought their bogies).

There's the Aufhocker or Wiederganger. It's a shape shifter, big dog, werewolf what have you.

And yes, I know I said I didn't really want a nursery bogie but the Kinder-Fresser is kinda cool. I mean child-guzzler, that's hard to resist. (We're lucky I'm not going with the red-legged scissorman from Struwwelpeter. I couldn't get enough of that book as a kid...which should have been my parents first clue some therapy was in order...that at Gorey's Gashlycrumb Tinies)

and then there's the Papstesel which is just kinda messed up.

So many choices, it's hard to choose.

Comments

[melinda knowlton fulk (from livejournal.com)]

I'm leaning towards Kinder-Fresser, if you're asking for input. After reading over the descriptions at the links, it's the only one that doesn't seem impossible or silly. And the papstesel is seriously messed up. It *might* be fun, but describing it would take up so much space!

Oh, and the Kinder-Fresser seems like a great monster to have in a story about a homeless teen. ;-)

[jana-denardo.livejournal.com]

The papstesel is seriously messed up is right (is wondering if it's locked into some Catholic meaning for each part)

The Kinder-Fresser would be fun. I'm pretty sure the teen doesn't think so (But he's already pissed off about his name so...)

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I like the Kinder-Fresser, but it kinda reminds me of the whipping Santa in your other demon-hunting story. So I'd go with one of the others. I agree that Papstesel has way too much description involved.

Coluinn Cheann is probably the best bet, followed by Aufhocker (just because I like the Headless Horseman aspect).

[jana-denardo.livejournal.com]

that's true it does resemble Bad Santa

Of course Coluinn Cheann resembles the dullahans from my other story (but they were the good guys).

The Aufhocker could possibly be it too

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Then you can get a rep for having headless beings in your stories.

[jana-denardo.livejournal.com]

snort

[laylalawlor.livejournal.com]

I think my vote is for the Kinder-Fresser - that sounds nice and creepy, especially if your protagonists are young. (Maybe your human character has a little brother or sister who is threatened by it?)

[jana-denardo.livejournal.com]

sadly his sister was killed by Mom but he's relatively young (@15) but probably knows a lot of unattended kids in the crap side of town he lives in.

Kinder-Fresser could be fun