Bogeyman Figures,  H,  Seneca

Hagondes

The Hagondes is a bogeyman figure from the Seneca people. Its name means “long nose.” It is a cannibalistic clown that eats children. It carries misbehaving children away in a basket.

Citations:

Sullivan, Irene F., and Gill, Sam D.. Dictionary of Native American Mythology. United Kingdom, Oxford University Press, 1994.