Category:Companions of Saint Nicholas

**Companions of Saint Nicholas**
	folkloric figures who accompany the gift-bringer
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Said to be the same as	Piet
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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 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.

B

Belsnickel‎ (5 F)

K

Knecht Ruprecht‎ (1 C, 11 F)
Krampus‎ (11 C, 94 F)

L

La Befana‎ (30 F)

S

St. Nicholas's suites in the Czech Republic‎ (3 C, 11 F)

Z

Zwarte Piet‎ (3 C, 225 F)

Media in category "Companions of Saint Nicholas"

The following 8 files are in this category, out of 8 total.

Belsnickel in Modern Day Travel Attire.JPG 3,216 × 4,288; 2.96 MB
Fort Furggels - They are here (11276499005).jpg 3,938 × 2,625; 3.92 MB
Giocolieri al Natale Castiglionese.jpg 3,757 × 2,889; 1.66 MB
Küssnachter Samichlaus.jpg 4,133 × 3,456; 2.65 MB
Mikuláš a čert v akci.jpg 2,448 × 3,264; 2.76 MB
Pelznickel - Guabiruba (7).jpg 5,472 × 3,648; 10.12 MB
Samichlausschwimmen 02.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 7.05 MB
St. Nicholas (serial) (1873) (14781683324).jpg 1,420 × 2,132; 584 KB