Bloody Bones

Bloody Bones
An artistic depiction of Bloody Bones under stairs
Creature information
Other name(s)
  • Rawhead
  • Tommy Rawhead
  • Rawhead-and-Bloody-Bones
  • Old Bloody Bones
Similar entitiesBogeyman
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Bloody Bones is a bogeyman figure in English and North American folklore whose first written appearance is approximately 1548. As with all bogeymen the figure has been used to frighten children into proper deportment. The character is sometimes called Rawhead, Tommy Rawhead, or Rawhead-and-Bloody-Bones (with or without the hyphens).

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