La Vieja

This is't truely a myth, it's just something my grandmother and sme of my aunts use to scare young children. They tell them that la vieja, old lady, is going to come and take them awayif they don't behave. Of course this only works and the smaller children, up to age like 4 or 5. Eat all your food or the vieja is coming to get you, Behave or la vieja is going to get you, etc. There is also the threat the rando animal that's going to come and get you for the same reasons. This little kid my aunt takes care of is afraid of all kinds of animals because his afraid has told him whatever he does wrong it going to take him away. Today my cat was sitting on the couch, when he saw it he became paralyzed and I was forced to take my cat outside. All can say is scaring the kids get them to behave, but it makes them afraid of any and everything.