A bugbear is a legendary creature, comparable to the Bogeyman. They were used to frighten children into good behaviour, similar to the bogeyman. Later, he became a supervillain himself, assuming the identity of the Bogeyman. The Bogeyman is a legendary monster. Germanic folklore has dozens of different figures that correspond to the Bogeyman. Marquess called him mild-mannered and likened him to a bogeyman. The Pack's two greatest enemies during the original series were the Snarks and Carmody/The Bogeyman. A nursery rhyme warned children that Bonaparte ravenously ate naughty people; the "bogeyman". The Bogeyman or a somewhat related creature can be found in every culture. The figure is part of the children's game ("Who is afraid of the bogeyman?"). Mrs. Danvers serves as something of a bogeyman for the main character, Mike Noonan. Briers growls and clomps about like an embarrassing dad playing the Bogeyman. Clunes appeared in a television dramatisation of "Fungus the Bogeyman" playing Jessica White's father. During the trial the media made Vikernes "the nation's first real bogeyman in fifty years". Fungus the Bogeyman (1977) is a children's picture book by British artist Raymond Briggs.