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In the children's fantasy novel "Silver on the Tree" by Susan Cooper, Welsh boy Bran Davies has a phobia of the Mari Lwyd - the Welsh Christmas tradition of carrying a horse's skull door-to-door - and his terror pursues him as a demon shaped like a horse skeleton. #FaustianFriday
Hans Trapp is another "anti-Santa" who hands out punishment to bad children in the Alsace and Lorraine regions of France. The legend says that Trapp was a real man, a rich, greedy, and evil man, who worshiped Satan and was excommunicated from the Catholic Church. #FaustianFriday
Perchta is a shape-changer who enforces a strict no-spinning rule during the holidays. If you were well-behaved, she might leave you a present, but if you went against any of the season’s traditions, like eating wrong foods she would stuff your stomach with straw #FaustianFriday
The Yule Goat is a wide ranging Germanic tradition, made of straw or other materials depending on region and meant to represent the steed Father Christmas rides upon. This goat is likely a reference to Thor's rejuvenating goats, given that both represent food. #FaustianFriday
Fausto Zonaro (18 September 1854 – 19 July 1929) was an Italian painter, best known for his Realist style paintings of life and history of the Ottoman Empire.
We know very little about Yule itself, and less about the Yule-beings. This title was given to the Norse gods, who rode across the Yule night sky in grand procession, often indicated by a great howl! #FaustianFriday
🖼: P.N. Arbo
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Miserable, miserly, mean & extremely wealthy curmudgeon Ebenezer Scrooge in Dickens’ Christmas Carol, rejects the Christmas season of good will. By the end of the tale & after the visitation of 4 ghosts he is redeemed & a reformed man
🎨Anton Pieck
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There is no Yule without Krampus...
Pic Austrian postcard
In Cumbrian folklore, a Bargest is a frightening spirit which has the power of foretelling death. It generally appears in the form of a large black dog. A strike from it's paw leaves a wound that never heals
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HAPPY #10YearsOfAustinAndAlly! 🎉🎊
i vividly remember catching the first episode’s premiere when i was 13 and i thought this new show was sooo silly and funny i even wrote about it in my diary hahaha.
a genuine thank you to everyone who worked on A&A, i love this show much!!
@Skullgirls @CEOGaming i know it's not gonna happen, but please for the love of god please let it be my boy panzerfaust
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FRAU PERCHTA
...from Austrian and Bavarian tradition, the female counterpart of Krampus, depicted as a crone, with a beaked iron nose, prowling the streets, around Yuletide whatever you do..do not cross her..
First two sketch comms (still open) Faustine for @toanunnery
The @MagicTavern group is joined by the castle guards, Sir Baldsman and Sir Hairpiece, and Faustus Crum, who has a strange obsession with tigers.
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