Child Stealers

One of the most notorious evildoers in fiction, Child Stealers, also referred to as Child Snatchers, Child Kidnappers, and Child Abductors, are villains whose evil deeds involve kidnapping individuals between the ages of 0-12. In other words, they are usually notorious for stealing children and babies.
Child Stealers are often featured in fairy tales, consisting of witches, trolls, pirates, ogres, and goblins. Bogeymen, military villains, slavers, and the like also fit this category. In extreme cases, some Child Stealers come off as pimps, rapists, and pedophiles.
No matter the genre, these are one of the worst of all evildoers, as kidnapping children can also involve the villain threatening and/or toying with their freedom, since it's an allegory for destroying innocence. Most Child Stealers have a severe hatred for children and/or treat them like slaves. In the worst cases, these villains can also steal children after murdering their families.
Child Stealers often kidnap children for these reasons:
*To use as pawns.
*To hold for ransom.
*To raise as their own, and raise them to believe that they should do evil things.
*To lure people (usually the hero/heroine) into their hands.
*In extreme cases, to murder.
*In the case of man-eaters and cannibals, to devour.
*In the case of pedophiles, to molest, grope, rape, etc.
*To obtain their youth and vitality.
*In the case of child slavers, to sell and enslave for profit.
Ranging from mildly annoying to pure evil, Child Stealers continue to be the bane of many a childhood.