Companions of Saint Nicholas

id: companions-of-saint-nicholas-308-15112275
title: Companions of Saint Nicholas
text: 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 or the countries that it influenced culturally. These characters act as a foil to the benevolent Christmas gift-bringer, threatening to thrash or abduct disobedient children. Jacob Grimm associated this character with the pre-Christian house spirit which could be benevolent or malicious, but whose mischievous side was emphasized after C
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description: Folkloric figures who accompany the gift-bringer
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Companions_of_Saint_Nicholas
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date modified: 2023-08-25T04:27:16Z
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image: {"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Nikolaus_krampus.jpg","width":2425,"height":2156}
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