An old-man figure called el abuelo (the grandfather) played the role of a bogeyman in Hispano folklore. In literature it is sometimes spelled aguelo, and some scholars speculate that it may be a borrowed word from the language of the Pueblo Indians.
An old-man figure called el abuelo was a bogeyman in Hispano folklore. It is also spelled aguelo, and some scholars speculate that it may be borrowed from the Pueblo Indians language.