Viggen Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 I was in town today at the opening of the Krampus season, and the mask is called in austrian (bavarian) dialect Perchtan which i found out is directly related to the germanic godess Perchta. Wikipedia has quite a big article on it in english so i tought i share this probably not so well known germanic godess here Her name means "the bright one" (Old High German beraht, bereht, from a Common Germanic *berhto-, ultimately root-cognate to Latin flagrare "blaze", flamma "flame") and is probably related to the name Berchtentag, meaning the feast of the Epiphany. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perchta those are some of the Krampus i had to put up with today, scary beasts.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Paulinus Maximus Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 I don't think my kids would want to celebrate Christmas if we had the Krampus roaming the streets of the UK, that is seriously scary stuff, I don't think they would sleep at night!! On the other hand if they were that scared of Christmas and didn't want to celebrate it, I would be a hell of a lot richer that's for sure!! Mmmmmm I wonder where I can get my hands on one of those Krampus masks??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Hey, that's cool. It's like Halloween and Christmas rolled into one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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