Show Notes/Links Episode 75: Ominous Holiday Creatures, Itty Bitty Mushie Pop Crochet Pattern

Fodorś Travel - 7 Spooky Christmas Legends From Around the World - Tabit, Jesse

USA Today - Haunted holiday tales: From Krampus to Belsnickel, here are 7 scary stories from Christmas lore - Procell, Carlie & Borresen, Jennifer

Mental Floss - A Brief Guide to Iceland's 13 Mischievous Yule Lads - and Their Ogre Mother - Richard, Kristen 

Guide to Iceland - Gryla and Leppalúdi - the Parents of the Icelandic Yule Lads - Hrönn Ragnarsdóttir, Regína

Wikipedia - Icelandic Christmas folklore

Smithsonian Magazine - Meet the Thirteen Yule Lads, Iceland's Own Mischievous Santa Clauses - Nuwer, Rachel

The Elf School

Wikipedia - Yule cat

Smithsonian Magazine - Each Christmas, Iceland's Yule Cat Takes Fashion Policing to the Extreme - Lewis, Danny

Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm - Belsnickel: German Christmas Brings a Sidekick for Santa

Reading & Berks County, Pennsylvania's Americana Region - What - or Who - is Belsnickel?

Boroughs of the Dead - Frau Perchta, Terrifying Christmas Witch

Wikipedia - Perchta

Vice - Meet Christmas Goddess Perchta, a Belly-Slitting, Half-Demon Woman - McGill, Mary

German Girl in America - What is Frau Perchta? Goddess or Belly-Slitter? 

Bone & Sickle - Frau Perchta, the Belly-Slitter

Patheos - The Child-Eating Scarecrow of Christmas 

Ripley's - The Terrible Tale of Hans Trapp, the Christmas Scarecrow 

 

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