tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post8998803320275816466..comments2024-02-15T19:34:03.944+00:00Comments on The Hermitage: Knecht RuprechtRima Staineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10044701472535300254noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-6785624513196061172009-02-19T23:07:00.000+00:002009-02-19T23:07:00.000+00:00The Hungarian version would be 'Krampusz' a demoni...The Hungarian version would be 'Krampusz' a demonic creature who accompanies Mikulás (The Hungarian Santa) when he visits children on the night of the 6th December. Good children have their stockings filled with fruit and walnuts, bad children are beaten with a broom by Krampusz.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-13963262927749520472008-12-08T20:55:00.000+00:002008-12-08T20:55:00.000+00:00I believe "Knecht" could be more correctly transla...I believe "Knecht" could be more correctly translated as 'knave', a male servant. Knecht Ruprecht, as I see him, is more of a representation of old beliefs of germany, taken over by the Christian based Santa Claus. Demonizing these old religions, Ruprecht is represented as an evil, black clothed prankster. Another destruction of mythology and heritage with that toxic Christianity..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-55679280316978927152008-12-05T15:48:00.000+00:002008-12-05T15:48:00.000+00:00Knecht Rupert seems to also mirror the Dutch Schwa...Knecht Rupert seems to also mirror the Dutch Schwartzpeter and the Austrio-Germanic KrampusNacht (tonight actually Dec 5) when a Devil-figure called Krampus goes house to house scaring children and is bought off with gifts of booze and foodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-67165508834765294152008-01-01T19:34:00.000+00:002008-01-01T19:34:00.000+00:00Sounds like your year is off to a rollicking good ...Sounds like your year is off to a rollicking good start! If you visit the queen's kettle blog you can see how some of these winter spirits speak through this writer...Queen's Kettlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10811110774275497632noreply@blogger.com