
Kringle Krampus the Christmas Beast
This design of Krampus was created by me and
Tobias-Radjin

Category Artwork (Traditional) / Fantasy
Species Daemon
Size 850 x 1100px
File Size 438 kB
Listed in Folders
Well, Krampus is pretty popular in Europe, and becoming popular in the United States as a sort of reaction to the overhyped nature of modern Christmas. That said, he's basically the other half of the Santa coin; where Father Christmas rewards the good children, Krampus punishes the naughty children. It's hard to become popular when you're the Bad Cop.
As far as I know, he was a wild spirit that did not do well when Christianity spread to his territory, terrorized people, probably ate children, until Saint Nicholas trapped him in chains until he knows right from wrong. He accompanies Nicholas on his sleigh ride and while Santa gives gifts to the good children, Krampus scares if not torments the naughty children.
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