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Saint Nicholas and Krampus visit a Viennese home (1896 illustration). The Hans Trapp character in a 1953 photograph taken in Wintzenheim, Alsace.. The companions of Saint Nicholas are a group of closely related figures who accompany Saint Nicholas throughout the territories formerly in the Holy Roman Empire or the countries that it influenced culturally.
Jacob Grimm (Deutsche Mythologie) associated this character with the pre-Christian house spirit (kobold, elf) which could be benevolent or malicious, but whose mischievous side was emphasized after Christianization.
Jennifer Miller (also known as Saint Reverend Jen and Reverend Jen; born July 24, 1972, in Silver Spring, Maryland) is an American performer, actress, author, painter, director, and poet residing in Brooklyn, New York City. [1] [2] [3] In 2002, Miller was named the Village Voice's "Best D.I.Y. Go-Girl" in the category of "Over 21". [4]
Bernard, the number one elf, was portrayed by sixteen-year-old David Krumholtz. By the time the second sequel was made in 2006, Krumholz was too old to play an elf and was starring as an adult in his own television series, so the number two elf was promoted to number one. The Christmas Elves are featured in the 1998 TV movie Like Father, Like ...
Also surviving are the English surname Elgar (Ælfgar, "elf-spear"), and the name of St Alphege (Ælfhēah, "elf-tall"). [14] German examples are Alberich, Alphart and Alphere (father of Walter of Aquitaine) [15] [16] and Icelandic examples include Álfhildur. These names suggest that elves were positively regarded in early Germanic culture.
Saint Ailbe (Irish: Ailbhe [ˈalʲəvʲə]; Latin: Albeus, Alibeus), usually known in English as St Elvis (British/Welsh), Eilfyw or Eilfw, [4] was regarded as the chief 'pre-Patrician' saint of Ireland (although his death was recorded in the early 6th-century). He was a bishop and later saint.
An elf is a mythological creature, originally from Germanic mythology. Elf or Elves may also refer to: Entertainment. Fictional entities. Christmas elf;
A person in a traditional Zwarte Piet costume A person in a modernized Sooty Pete costume. Zwarte Piet (Dutch: [ˈzʋɑrtə ˈpit]; Luxembourgish: Schwaarze Péiter; West Frisian: Swarte Pyt; Indonesian: Pit Hitam), also known in English by the translated name Black Pete, is the companion of Saint Nicholas (Dutch: Sinterklaas; French: Saint-Nicolas; West Frisian: Sinteklaas; Luxembourgish ...