Scary book of Christmas lore 50 terrifying Yuletide tales from around the world
"You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen... but do you recall the most petrifying Christmas figures of all? Not all children fear just a lump of coal in their stockings. Discover the terrifying Yuletide fables that have horrified kids for generations. He sees you when you're sleeping, he kn...
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Nashville, Tennessee :
Cider Mill Press Book Publishers LLC,
[2023]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- St. Nicholas and the butchered children
- Krampus
- Frau Perchta
- Frau Gaude
- The Night Folk
- Türst
- Sträggele
- Belsnickel
- Knecht Ruprecht
- Schönperchten and Schiachperchten
- Rauhnacht
- The knocking knights
- Pelzmärtel
- Wild Barbaras
- Bloody Thomas
- Schmutzli
- A host of holiday horrors
- The original nutcracker
- The wild hunt
- Victorian Christmas ghost stories
- Mari Lwyd
- The Nuckelavee
- Père Fouettard
- Hans Trapp
- Zwarte Piet
- Grýla and Leppalúoði
- The thirteen yule lads
- Jólakötturinn, the yule cat
- The Tomte
- Is Santa Claus actually Odin?
- Is Santa Claus a shaman?
- Nuuttipukki and Joulupukki
- The hiding of the brooms
- Lussi
- Mummers
- La Befana
- Saturnalia
- The Kallikantzari
- Bocuk and Bocuk night
- Karakoncolos
- Good King Wenceslas looked down...and was stabbed and impaled
- Caga Tió
- Winter werewolves
- Christmas spiders
- Svyatki
- Korochun
- Santa Kuroshu and other traditions
- Yuki-onna
- La Quema del Diablo
- The modern mystery of Danny the ghost.
