Duppies are ghosts that roam the earth at night. It is said that to keep duppies out of your house you must either sprinkle salt or rice grains all around the house; as the duppy must first count each individual grain before entering. By which time the sun will have arisen and they must then return to the spirit world.
Well, in my country, for all i know, we have the common Balkan stories. They are like the witch Baba Yaga, dragons and stuff but they are not scary even at the least.
If you were Mexican your parents would use El Cucuy or La Llarona to make you behave
The Cucuy is the equivalent to the boogey man, my grandmother told me he was like satan and that he would come up from hell and take you away and torture you. My grandmother was an awful woman lol
La Llarona was the story of a woman who drowned her children and couldn't pass into the after life without her children so it says that you can hear her by the water weeping. Parents warn their children of her because it is said she will snatch children away and they'll never be seen again.
Well in America they have a few. But since I'm a salvadorian and screw America so San francisoyko can rise I will tell my Latino stories.
There's one of a tree. It has dragon skin like bark and leaves that are very bright with flowers that are white but turn brown and look like the leaves. So supposedly there is a flower that no normal human can see but if you are dumb or evilly corrupted you see this flower and the devil shall appear to give you a wish but with that wish you sold you soul