Category:Companions of Saint Nicholas

**Companions of Saint Nicholas**
	folkloric figures who accompany the gift-bringer
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The companions of Saint Nicholas are a group of closely related figures who accompany Saint Nicholas throughout the territories formerly in the Holy Roman Empire. These characters act as a foil to the benevolent Christmas gift-bringer, threatening to thrash or abduct disobedient children. Jacob Grimm (Deutsche Mythologie) associated this character with the pre-Christian house spirit (kobold, elf) which could be benevolent or malicious, but whose mischievous side was emphasized after Christianization. The association of the Christmas gift-bringer with elves has parallels in English and Scandinavian folklore, and is ultimately and remotely connected to the modern Christmas elf in American folklore.

Subcategories

This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total.

B

Belsnickel (8 F)

C

Christmas elves (2 C, 27 F)

K

Knecht Ruprecht (14 F)
Krampus (12 C, 100 F)

L

La Befana (1 C, 34 F)

Z

Zwarte Piet (2 C, 235 F)

Media in category "Companions of Saint Nicholas"

The following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total.

Giocolieri al Natale Castiglionese.jpg 3,757 × 2,889; 1.66 MB
Mikuláš a čert v akci.jpg 2,448 × 3,264; 2.76 MB
Saint-Nicolas et son cortège.jpg 721 × 493; 72 KB

Subcategories

B

C

K

L

P

R

S

T

Z

Media in category "Companions of Saint Nicholas"