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Nov 19, 2019 · Krampus is a half-goat, half-demon creature covered with fur. He has a long tongue, pointed horns and wicked eyes. He is in the nasty business of visiting towns and cities in advance of Santa,...
Dec 4, 2013 · In European folklore, the Krampus is Nikolaus’s dark servant—a hairy, horned, supernatural beast whose pointed ears and long, slithering tongue gave misbehavers the creeps! The Krampus terrorized...
- Jerome Ludwig
Dec 22, 2015 · A Chicago dad’s letter to Krampus. Visions of Habsburger Vengeance Beasts dance in their heads. This week’s blog post is by The Paternity Test co-host Matt Boresi, who lives in the Edgewater Glen neighborhood of Chicago with his wife (“Professor Foster”) and their 4-year-old daughter Viva, who loves a good Austro-Bavarian Alpine folk demon.
- Matt Boresi
Dec 9, 2022 · Evolved from Central Europe’s pagan past and reimagined by Church elites as a kind of unholy enforcer, Krampus is now a global icon for the digital age. But what explains the ascent from obscure...
- Gemma Tarlach
Jim Thorpe, Pa hosted its inaugural Black Forest Krampusnacht celebrating St. Nicholas' helper, Krampus.
The Krampus is a horned anthropomorphic figure who, in the Central and Eastern Alpine folkloric tradition, is said to accompany Saint Nicholas on visits to children during the night of 5 December ( Krampusnacht; "Krampus Night"), immediately before the Feast of St. Nicholas on 6 December.
Nov 29, 2013 · Originally appearing under that name in Austria (St. Nikolaus) and Southern Germany, his distinctive devilish appearance is not easily confused with Northern Germany’s hooded Knecht Ruprecht...