From ghoulies and ghosties, Good Lord, deliver us!

From ghoulies and ghosties
And long-leggedy beasties
And things that go bump in the night,
Good Lord, deliver us!
Oración Escocesa

De espectros y fantasmas
Y bestias de piernas largas
Y cosas que hacen ruido por la noche
¡Protégenos señor!

Things that go bump in the night, una curiosa expresión, the meaning is:

Frightening but imagined supernatural events.

Origin: The earliest known example of the phrase in print is in the 1918 in the Bulletin of the School Oriental and African Studies:

"To a people ... who ... believe in genii, ghosts, goblins, and those terrific things that 'go bump in the night', protective charms are eagerly sought for."

That usage suggests that the author expected his readers to be familiar with the phrase. Around the same time the phrase was incorporated into a prayer:

From goulies and ghosties and long-leggedy beasties
And things that go bump in the night: Good Lord, deliver us!

This was recorded in The Cornish and West Country Litany, 1926, but it quite likely to be much earlier.

Sí, la expresión es curiosa, pero vayamos al cómic:

“Things That Go Bump…” is an all-ages exploration of the ways iconic monsters have been represented in artwork from comics, cartoons and animation. It is a piercing gaze into the ways in which the human experience has been reflected in the malformed shapes of traditional monster archetypes. There will be artwork featuring zombies, demons, vampires, ghosts, and witches on display. Our dear old comrades: Frankenstein’s Monster and Dracula are slated to appear. Friendly Ghosts and crime-solving teenagers! Famous killers, demons, and werewolves! Steel yourself for images that will delight, terrify, amuse, and enlighten.

¿De verdad Hellboy es un monstruo?, ¿acaso, de algún modo, no lo somos todos? ¿No es esa la reflexión de "Psicosis", o el hilo que ha ido desenrollando al madurar y experimentar ella también la vida la Literatura Oscura?

De la decepción, el cansancio de manos frías y el desánimo que pervierte los sueños, ¡Líbranos, Señor!