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The Krampus And The Old, Dark Christmas: Roots and Rebirth of Folkloric Devil
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- ISBN-13
- 9781627310345
- ISBN
- 9781627310345
- Book Title
- Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas : Roots and Rebirth of the Folkloric Devil
- Item Length
- 10 in
- Publisher
- Feral House
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Genre
- Body, Mind & Spirit, History
- Topic
- Europe / Germany, Witchcraft (See Also Religion / Wicca)
- Item Width
- 7 in
- Item Weight
- 28 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 200 Pages, 248 Pages
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The Krampus, a folkloric devil associated with St Nicholas in Alpine Austria and Germany, has been embraced by the counterculture and is lately skewing mainstream. The new Christmas he seems to embody is ironically closer to an ancient understanding of the holiday as a perilous, haunted season. In the Krampus' world, witches rule Christmas and saints can sometimes kill. As mainstream interest in Krampus is on the rise, this book is a brilliant, heavily-illustrated primer on this medieval, devil-like character.
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Publisher
Feral House
ISBN-10
1627310347
ISBN-13
9781627310345
eBay Product ID (ePID)
221572393
Product Key Features
Book Title
Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas : Roots and Rebirth of the Folkloric Devil
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Europe / Germany, Witchcraft (See Also Religion / Wicca)
Publication Year
2016
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Body, Mind & Spirit, History
Number of Pages
200 Pages, 248 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
10 in
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Width
7 in
Item Weight
28 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Bl480
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Ridenour (Offbeat Food) serves up an immensely accessible, well-researched history mixed in with his own personal journey tracing the Krampus, a Christmas devil with roots in Austrian and German folklore...Those interested in folklore, anthropology, history, counter-culture, and cosplay will enjoy this thorough assessment and its plethora of illustrations.-- Publisher's Weekly, October 2016 The Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas: Roots and Rebirth of the Folkloric Devil is jam-packed with information on the history and meaning of the Krampus as well as scads of photos and art prints. The dozens of photos of celebrants of myriad regional-variant Yuletide festivals in bizarre and terrifying costumes is worth the price of admission alone. Award-winning designer Sean Tejaratchi has laid everything out gorgeously, augmenting Ridenour's thoughtful analysis. I really can't recommend this highly enough. If you have any interest in the subject, this book is simply a must-have.-- Dangerous Minds
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Tejaratchi, Sean
Table of Content
Table of Contents Introduction: The Dead of Winter Christmas wasn't always a time of peace and domestic coziness. In German-speaking lands, the Twelve Nights of Christmas were closer to Halloween. Chapter 2: Gruß vom Krampus! How America fell in love with the Krampus. Pop-culture Krampus. 19th-century Krampus postcards, featuring the iconic slogan, "Gruß vom Krampus," ("Greetings from the Krampus.") Similar figures in North Germany, Holland, France, etc. Chapter 2: The Devil at the Door Firsthand account of the Krampus in Austria. How the Krampus groups organize and conduct traditional house-visits with St. Nicholas. Details and history regarding masks and costumes. Chapter 3: The Beast Pursues his Game The Krampuslauf ("Krampus run") and modernizing influences. Issues of traditionalism, violence, alcohol, and gender involved in runs. Chapter 4: The Church Breeds a Monster Evolution of the Krampus from devils in medieval mystery plays. The surprisingly unruly Alpine Nikolausspiele ("Nicholas plays") and parades of 17th-18th century contribute to Krampus practice. Chapter 5: Frau Perchta, Witches, Ghosts The witch-goddess Frau Perchta or Frau Holda as folkloric leader of seasonal horde of lost souls, ghosts, or demons, sometimes called Perchten. Frau Perchta and her Perchten as forerunners of Krampus custom. Chapter 6: The Haunted Season The Krampus' native habitat is the season between St. Martin's Day and Epiphany haunted by the Nußmärtel ("Nut Martin") a sooty-faced, bearded character with a whip, the Bärbele, moss- faced crone-like characters carrying switches on St. Barbara's Day, a "Bloody" St. Thomas and sickle wielding St. Lucy. Chapter 7: The Perchten, Ancient Spirits of the Alps? Perchten are largely indistinguishable from the Krampus but appear during the Twelve Nights, particularly Epiphany Eve. Perchten runs described, including oldest in Bad Gastein dating to 1730. A few theories as to why Perchten do what they do. Chapter 8: American Krampus: Return of the Old, Dark Christmas Immigrant Krampus traditions in American backwoods. Krampus' in German Brazil. American's old, dangerous Christmas
Copyright Date
2016
Dewey Decimal
202.16
Dewey Edition
23
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