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Krampus: The Goat Knows What You Did

Ancient History Fangirl

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Coughus Vives

In pre christian scandinavia, people used to hide the ule goat in each other's houses. The ule goat was eventually incorporated into some christian versions of this holiday. Images from the eleventh century depict a chained goat man figure led by saint nicholas signify the saint's control over the influences of satan. So it's possible that maybe crampus has a fourth root, and that root is sort of christian in this way, in this weird way.

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