[Boogieman]

Some of these folktales exist in variations in almost every culture on the planet, which are pretty good evidence for a very ancient origin. Most people have heard about universal myths like the flood stories, but folk tales and fairy stories are sometimes just as universal and don’t get as much attention. For example, the “bogey man” story, when we tell children a bad man will come and snatch them up at night if they don’t obey their parents/do their chores/etc, is found in some form in almost every culture.

Of course the “bogey man” has different names, and there are all sorts of embellishments to the story, but if you told the basic story to an African villager, or an Aborigine, or a Mongolian, they would all recognize the tale.

[PeterPrinciple]

or a Mongolian, they would all recognize the tale.

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When I was in Mongolia, I said “I need to see a man about a horse.” They knew exactly what I meant but in their version, you just go see the horse.

[Zirondelle]

The great flood is NOT a myth.