- Père
Fouettard (French for 'Father Whipper' / 'Old Man Whipper';
pronounced [pɛʁ fwɛtaʁ]) is a
character who
accompanies Saint Nicholas on his rounds...
-
Netherlands and
Belgium (Zwarte Piet in Dutch, Le Père
Fouettard in French). Le Père
Fouettard is a
sinister figure dressed in
black who
accompanies Saint...
- Montbéliard
Saint Nicolas is
accompanied by the Père
Fouettard, but the
character of the Père
Fouettard is well
known across all the
French territory. He...
- was ****igned to St Nicholas; such as
Farmhand Rupert, Schmutzli, Père
Fouettard, or
Zwarte Piet, who
would go down the
chimney or
punish the
naughty children...
-
figure is
known as
Schmutzli (derived from Butzli) in German, or Père
Fouettard in French. A
similar figure, Krampus,
appears in the
folklore of Alpine...
- German-speaking
Lorraine and
Hanstrapp in Alsace, East of
France and the Père
Fouettard (Wallonia,
Northern and
Eastern France).
Often the
subject of
winter poems...
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Saint Nicholas Belsnickel Elves Knecht Ruprecht Krampus Mrs.
Claus Père
Fouettard Sack Man
Santa Claus'
daughter Santa's
reindeer Rudolph the Red-Nosed...
- and
Polish Saint Nicholas traditions in the
characters of Krampus, Père
Fouettard, Schmutzli, Perchta,
Knecht Ruprecht, Rubbels, Hanstrapp,
Little Babushka...
-
movie is to
destroy Christmas. See
Belsnickel §
Etymology Krampus Le Père
Fouettard Zwarte Piet Adams,
Thomas (21
December 1854). "Hurrah, Hurrah, Hurrah...
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Saint Nicholas Belsnickel Elves Knecht Ruprecht Krampus Mrs.
Claus Père
Fouettard Sack Man
Santa Claus'
daughter Santa's
reindeer Rudolph the Red-Nosed...
