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Austria, Christmas

Perchta: The Alpine Christmas Witch Who Inspects Your Spinning, Rewards the Diligent, and Disembowels Everyone Else

John G / August 13, 2026

Perchta is a supernatural figure from the Alpine tradition of Austria, Bavaria, and Switzerland whose activities are concentrated in the […]

Austria, Christmas, Folklore, Legendary Creatures

Krampus: The Alpine Devil Who Punishes Naughty Children, His Pre-Christian Roots, and the Tradition the Church Tried to Suppress for Five Centuries

John G / July 9, 2026

Krampus is a horned, chain-dragging, cloven-hoofed devil figure from the Alpine tradition of Austria, Bavaria, and the surrounding regions of