Cary G Dean.
Let us investigate the traditional Santa story even more closer.
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It is significant that Black Peter, Pelze-Nicol, Knecht Rupprecht and all of St. Nicholas companions are openly identified as the devil.
To the medieval Dutch, Black Peter was another name for the devil.
Somewhere along the way, he was subdued by St. Nicholas and forced to be his servant.
(Del Re, Gerard and Patricia. The Christmas Almanack. New York: Random House, 2004, p. 44)
Somewhere along the way, he was subdued by St. Nicholas and forced to be his servant.
(Del Re, Gerard and Patricia. The Christmas Almanack. New York: Random House, 2004, p. 44)
In Denmark, Sweden, and Norway creatures resembling both the Schimmelreiter and the Klapperbock are or were to be met with at Christmas.
People seem to have had a bad conscience about these things, for there are stories connecting them with the Devil.
A girl, for instance, who danced at midnight with a straw Julebuk, found that her partner was no puppet but the Evil One himself.
(Miles, Clement A. Christmas in Ritual and Tradition Christian and Pagan. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1912, p. 202)
People seem to have had a bad conscience about these things, for there are stories connecting them with the Devil.
A girl, for instance, who danced at midnight with a straw Julebuk, found that her partner was no puppet but the Evil One himself.
(Miles, Clement A. Christmas in Ritual and Tradition Christian and Pagan. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1912, p. 202)
Thus, in parts of Europe, the Church turned Herne into Saint Nichola's captive, chained Dark Helper, none other than Satan, the Dark One, symbolic of all evil.
(Renterghem, Tony van. When Santa Was a Shaman. St. Paul: Llewellyn Publications, 1995, p. 97)
(Renterghem, Tony van. When Santa Was a Shaman. St. Paul: Llewellyn Publications, 1995, p. 97)
One of the bizarre jobs of St. Nick's devilish helper was to "gleefully drag sinners" to hell!
On the eve of December 6, the myth told that this bearded, white-haired old 'saint,' clad in a wide mantel, rode through the skies on a white horse, together with his slave, the swarthy Dark Helper.
This reluctant helper had to disperse gifts to good people, but much preferred to threaten them with his broom-like scourge, and, at a sign of his master, would gleefully drag sinners away to a place of eternal suffering.
(Renterghem, Tony van. When Santa Was a Shaman. St. Paul: Llewellyn Publications, 1995, p. 111)
This reluctant helper had to disperse gifts to good people, but much preferred to threaten them with his broom-like scourge, and, at a sign of his master, would gleefully drag sinners away to a place of eternal suffering.
(Renterghem, Tony van. When Santa Was a Shaman. St. Paul: Llewellyn Publications, 1995, p. 111)
It is also alarming that Santa's popular title, "Nick," is also a common name for "the devil."
Old Nick:
A well-known British name of the Devil.
It seems probable that this name is derived from the Dutch Nikken, the devil."
(Shepard, Leslie A. Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology. New York: Gale Research Inc. 1991, p. 650)
A well-known British name of the Devil.
It seems probable that this name is derived from the Dutch Nikken, the devil."
(Shepard, Leslie A. Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology. New York: Gale Research Inc. 1991, p. 650)
Nick, the devil.
(Skeat, Walter W. Concise Dictionary of English Etymology. Ware: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1993, p. 304)
(Skeat, Walter W. Concise Dictionary of English Etymology. Ware: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1993, p. 304)
Devil:
Besides the name Satan, he is also called Beelzebub, Lucifer, and in popular or rustic speech by many familiar terms as Old Nick.
(Oxford English Dictionary)
Besides the name Satan, he is also called Beelzebub, Lucifer, and in popular or rustic speech by many familiar terms as Old Nick.
(Oxford English Dictionary)
Nicholas is one of the most common devil's names in German, a name that remains today when Satan is referred as Old Nick.
(Siefker, Phyllis. Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men: The Origins and Evolution of Saint Nicholas. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1997, p. 69)
(Siefker, Phyllis. Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men: The Origins and Evolution of Saint Nicholas. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1997, p. 69)
The shocking truth is Santa Claus originated from a character identified as the devil or Satan.
Something else that fashioned our modern day Santa was the popular medieval Christmas plays of the tenth through the sixteenth century.
These miracle, moral, mystery and passion dramas acted out scenes from the scriptures and the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church.
Combining humor and religion, they flourished during the fifteenth century.
It is significant that St. Nicholas was a dominant theme among these plays.
Much of the myth and outlandish miracles of St. Nicholas originated from these dramas.
And much of the bizarre characteristics of Santa were planted in these Christmas plays.
These miracle, moral, mystery and passion dramas acted out scenes from the scriptures and the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church.
Combining humor and religion, they flourished during the fifteenth century.
It is significant that St. Nicholas was a dominant theme among these plays.
Much of the myth and outlandish miracles of St. Nicholas originated from these dramas.
And much of the bizarre characteristics of Santa were planted in these Christmas plays.
In the classic, Teutonic Mythology, author Jacob Grimm provides us with some revealing detail into St, Nicholas's transformation into Santa.
Notice in the following excerpt from Teutonic Mythology where Nicholas converts himself into the Knecht Ruprecht [the devil], a "man of Clobes" or a "man of Claus."
Grimm states, the characters of Nicholas and Knecht Ruprecht get mixed, and Clobes [Claus] himself is the "man."
Notice in the following excerpt from Teutonic Mythology where Nicholas converts himself into the Knecht Ruprecht [the devil], a "man of Clobes" or a "man of Claus."
Grimm states, the characters of Nicholas and Knecht Ruprecht get mixed, and Clobes [Claus] himself is the "man."
The Christmas plays sometimes present the Saviour with His usual attendant Peter or else with Niclas [St. Nicholas].
At other times however Mary with Gabriel, or with her aged Joseph, who, disguised as a peasant, acts the part of Knecht Ruprecht Nicholas again has converted himself into a "man Clobes" or Rupert.
As a rule there is still a Niclas, a saintly bishop and benevolent being distinct from the "man" who scares children.
The characters get mixed, and Clobes himself acts the "man."
(qtd. in Siefker, Phyllis. Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men: The Origins and Evolution of Saint Nicholas. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1997, p. 69)
At other times however Mary with Gabriel, or with her aged Joseph, who, disguised as a peasant, acts the part of Knecht Ruprecht Nicholas again has converted himself into a "man Clobes" or Rupert.
As a rule there is still a Niclas, a saintly bishop and benevolent being distinct from the "man" who scares children.
The characters get mixed, and Clobes himself acts the "man."
(qtd. in Siefker, Phyllis. Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men: The Origins and Evolution of Saint Nicholas. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1997, p. 69)
From Grimm's account, in the early 1100's, the transformation of St. Nicholas into Santa Claus from the devil Knecht Ruprecht was in full throttle.
There is not enough space in these blog's to adequately document the influence and inspiration of the medieval plays into the making of Santa, but let us examine Santa's trademark.
"Ho! Ho! Ho!".
Most people have no idea where this came from, and more important whom it came from.
"Ho! Ho! Ho!".
Most people have no idea where this came from, and more important whom it came from.
In The Drama Before Shakespeare - A Sketch, author Frank Ireson, describes the popular Miracle Play.
Notice the description of the devil as "shaggy, hairy," etc. (as Santa), and notice the devil’s trademark "exclamation on entering was.
ho, ho, ho!":
Notice the description of the devil as "shaggy, hairy," etc. (as Santa), and notice the devil’s trademark "exclamation on entering was.
ho, ho, ho!":
Besides allegorical personages, there were two standing characters very prominent in Moral Plays-the Devil and Vice.
The Devil was, no doubt, introduced from the Miracle Plays, where he had figured so amusingly.
He was made as hideous as possible by his mask and dress, the latter being generally of a shaggy and hairy character, and he was duly provided with a tail.
His ordinary exclamation on entering was, "Ho, ho, ho! what a felowe [sic] am I."
(Ireson, Frank."The Drama Before Shakespeare, A Sketch." 1920 )
The Devil was, no doubt, introduced from the Miracle Plays, where he had figured so amusingly.
He was made as hideous as possible by his mask and dress, the latter being generally of a shaggy and hairy character, and he was duly provided with a tail.
His ordinary exclamation on entering was, "Ho, ho, ho! what a felowe [sic] am I."
(Ireson, Frank."The Drama Before Shakespeare, A Sketch." 1920 )
Siefker also collaborates the devil's trademark
"ho, ho, ho."
"ho, ho, ho."
In these plays, the devil's common entry line, known as the "devil’s bluster," was
"Ho! Ho! Hoh!"
(Siefker, Phyllis. Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men: The Origins and Evolution of Saint Nicholas. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1997, p. 69)
"Ho! Ho! Hoh!"
(Siefker, Phyllis. Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men: The Origins and Evolution of Saint Nicholas. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1997, p. 69)
The devil's trademark "ho, ho, ho" was carried over from the early medieval Miracle Plays to the popular old English play "Bomelio," as the following lines from the play verify:
What, and a' come? I conjure thee, foul spirit, down to hell! Ho, ho, ho! the devil, the devil! A-comes, a-comes, a-comes upon me.
(Dodsley, Robert. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VI. The Project Gutenberg Ebook. )
(Robin Hood was created from him).
Robin Goodfellow was a caricature of the devil, dressed with horns, shaggy, furs, and cloven feet.
The Welsh called him Pwca, which is pronounced the same as his Irish incarnation Phouka, Pooka or Puca.
Parallel words exist in many ancient languages - puca in Old English, puki in Old Norse, puke in Swedish, puge in Danish, puks in Low German, pukis in Latvia and Lithuania - mostly with the original meaning of.
A demon, devil or evil and malignant spirit.
(Edwards, Gillian Mary. Hobgoblin and Sweet Puck. London: Bles Publishers, 1974, p. 143)
"Robin itself was a medieval nickname for the devil" and,
"Robin's trademark laugh is
"Ho Ho Ho!"
And there were many 17th century broadside ballads about him.
Robin's trademark laugh is
"Ho Ho Ho!"
Robin itself was a medieval nickname for the devil.
(Wright, Allen W. "The History of a Hobgoblin."
"Ho! Ho! Ho!"
Was common knowledge before the coming of Santa Claus.
(Renterghem, Tony van. When Santa Was a Shaman. St. Paul: Llewellyn Publications, 1995, p. 93)
Herne or Pan is the horned god.
It is common knowledge that Pan and Herne are popular names for Satan.
The Satanic Bible lists Pan as one of the Infernal Names of Satan.
(LaVey, Anton Szandor. The Satanic Bible. New York: Avon Books, Inc., 1969 p. 144)
The Origins and Evolution of Saint Nicholas, authored by the late University of Kansas associate, Phyllis Siefker.
This is no child's book, but a scholarly exploration into the origin of Santa Claus.
It is published by the prestigious McFarland Publishers, a leading publisher of reference and academic books.
This book carries no Christian bias, but is simply a secular, non Christian scholastic study.
With that in mind, the following analysis by Siefkler is even more alarming.
They have the same origin.
On the surface, the two figures are polar opposites, but underneath they share the same parent, and both retain many of the old symbols associated with their.
"Father The Devil".?
From these two paths, he arrived at both the warmth of our fireplace and in the flames of hell.
(Siefker, Phyllis. Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men: The Origins and Evolution of Saint Nicholas. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1997, p. 6)
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