Blackheart Man

blackheart man, Blackheart man

Compound of black (“black”) +‎ heart (“heart”) +‎ man (“man”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈblak.hɑːt ˈman/
• Hyphenation: black‧heart‧man

Blackheart Man

1. A man from a Jamaican urban legend who kidnaps little children; bogeyman.
   • [2009, Charles Price, Becoming Rasta: Origins of Rastafari Identity in Jamaica‎ (in English), →ISBN, page 24:

     “There is also the mythical "Blackheart man," a shadowy and dangerous bearded figure believed to eat living human hearts and abduct children by enticing them with sweets. […] ”]

   When time di pickney dem 'ear seh Blackheart Man deh near, dem tek off lakka rocket.

   As soon as the kids heard that the bogeyman was nearby, they ran like the wind.

• Rolling Calf (“calf demon”)

• Richard Allsopp (main editor), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, 2003 (reprint by The University of the West Indies Press, originally 1996 by Oxford University Press), ISBN 9789766401450 (originally ISBN-10: 976-640-145-4), page 105