Bloedzuiper (also known as Tenensnijder, Bloedpater, Korenpater and Korenmenneke) is a demon frequently mentioned in Zeeland, Limburg and Vlaanderen. It's a Child Terror that lives in wheat fields. If children went there to pick flowers ("bloedpater" is a dutch synonym for "papaver"), the bloodthirsty Bloedzuiper would find them and cut off their toes.[1] Most likely the Korenpater was made up by parents to prevent children from trampling the harvest, or to protect them from a more serious threat: rapists.[2]
Advertisement