Top 15 Creepiest Christmas Creatures That Will Give You Nightmares
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Top 15 Creepiest Christmas Creatures That Will Give You Nightmares This is the Top 15 Creepiest Christmas Creatures That Will Give You Nightmares! Do you know of any scary Christmas Monsters? Have you heard of any of these Creepy Christmas Creatures? Gyrla, The Yule Lads, Krampus, Zwarte Piet, Hans Trapp, Frau Perchta, Belsnickel, Knecht Ruprecht, JÓLAKÖTTURINN, Mari Lwyd, The Grinch, The Ghost of Christmas Future, Pere Fouettard, or la Befana. Let's Rank the Top 15 Creepiest Christmas Creatures That Will Give You Nightmares! Gyrla - Gryla is a giantess with an appetite for the flesh of mischievous children. Gryla is enormous and her appearance is repulsive. Current-day Gryla has the ability to detect children who are misbehaving year-round. Gryla comes from the mountains to search nearby towns for her meal. Gryla leaves her cave, hunts children, and carries them home in her giant sack. Gryla devours children as her favorite snack. Gryla's favorite dish is a stew of naughty kids for which she has an insatiable appetite. According to folklore, Gryla has been married three times. The Yule Lads - The 13 sons of Gryla - The Yule Lads are a group of 13 pranksters who steal from or harass the population. The Yule Lads come to town one by one during the last 13 nights before Christmas. The Yule Lads leave small gifts in shoes that children have placed on window sills,. The first mention of the Yule Lads can be found in the 17th-century Poem of Gryla Krampus - Krampus is a horned, anthropomorphic figure described as "half-goat, half-demon". Krampus punishes children who have misbehaved. Krampus is one of the companions of Saint Nicholas. The origin of the Krampus is unclear; some have postulated Krampus as having pre-Christian origins. Krampus is featured on holiday greeting cards called Krampus karten . Zwarte Piet - Zwarte Piet is the companion of Saint Nicholas in the folklore of the Low Countries. Zwarte Piet first appeared in an 1850. Traditionally, Zwarte Piet is black because he is a Moor from Spain.Those portraying Zwarte Piet usually put on blackface. , Zwarte Piet has become the subject of controversy. The Zwarte Piet characters appear only in the weeks before the Feast of St. Nicholas. Zwarte Pietare amuses children. Hans Trapp - Anti Santa - Hands Trapp Sold His soul to the Devil. Hans Trapp was exiled to the forests. Hans Trapp evil was felt. Disguising himself as a scarecrow by stuffing straw into his clothing, Hans Trapp began to prey on children. Frau Perchta - Frau Perchta and other variations, was once known as a goddess in Alpine paganism in the Upper German and Austrian regions of the Alps. Frau Perchta name may mean "the bright one". Frau Perchta has two forms is usually seen as elderly and haggard. Frau Perchta had one large foot. Grimm thought the strange foot symbolized Frau Perchta 's being a higher being. Belsnickel - Belsnickel is related to other companions of Saint Nicholas in the folklore of German-speaking Europe. Belsnickel may have been based on an older German myth, Knecht Ruprecht, a servant of Saint Nicholas. Unlike those figures, Belsnickel does not accompany Saint Nicholas. Belsnickel is a man wearing furs. Belsnickel is typically very ragged and disheveled. Belsnickel wears torn, tattered, and dirty clothes. Belsnickel carries a whip or switch. Knecht Ruprecht - Knecht Ruprecht is Saint Nicholas' most familiar attendant in Germany. According to some stories, Knecht Ruprecht began as a farmhand. Knecht Ruprecht wears a black or brown robe with a pointed hood. Sometimes Knecht Ruprecht walks with a limp, because of a childhood injury. Knecht Ruprecht can be seen carrying a long staff and a bag of ashes, and on occasion wears little bells on his clothes. JÓLAKÖTTURINN - The Yule Cat Jolakotturinn- a huge and vicious cat who eats people who have not received any new clothes to wear before Christmas Eve. The Yule Cat Jolakotturinn is the house pet of Gryla and her the yule lads . The Yule Cat Jolakotturinn is scary Mari Lwyd - The Grinch - We all Know The Grinch. You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch The Ghost of Christmas Future - We all know the Ghost of CHristmas Futre too! Pere Fouettard - Pere Fouettard is a character who accompanies Saint Nicholas. Pere Fouettard is known mainly in the far north and eastern regions of France, Pere Fouettard was said to bring a whip with him to spank all of the naughty children who misbehaved. La Befana - In Italian folklore, Befana is an old woman who delivers gifts to children throughout Italy on Epiphany Eve. La Befana is similar to Santa. La Befana rides a broom and looks like a witch. Top 15 Creepiest Christmas Creatures That Will Give You Nightmares FairyTale Waltz by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100232 Artist: http://incompetech.com/
