the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [noun] > one who or that which terrifies > object of terror (usually imaginary) > nursery bugbear
Bloody Bones?1548
raw-head1566
scare-babea1591
raw-flesh1598
Turk1598
scare-bairn1681
raw necka1774
1681 W. RobertsonPhraseologia generalis (1693) 495 An Hagg or scare-barn, a bug-bear to frighten children.