In Sardinia, Italy, goats, deer, boars, or bears may play the sacrificial role. Throughout Austria, Krampus, the beastly counterpart to St. Nicholas, frightens naughty children. But everywhere ...
including Germany and Austria. Krampus is often depicted as a half-demon, half-goat creature with horns, sharp fangs and a forked tongue. Menold posted an update on the Krampus in Pittsburgh ...
Just to catch you up to speed, Krampus -sometimes referred to as the Christmas devil – is described as a horned, half-demon, half-wolf figure (that originated in Central Europe) that punishes children ...