Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men: The Origins and Evolution of Saint Nicholas, Spanning 50,000 YearsMcFarland, 1 de jan. de 1997 - 219 páginas Much of the modern-day vision of Santa Claus is owed to the Clement Moore poem The Night Before Christmas. His description of Saint Nicholas personified the jolly old elf known to millions of children throughout the world. However, far from being the offshoot of Saint Nicholas of Turkey, Santa Claus is the last of a long line of what scholars call Wild Men who were worshipped in ancient European fertility rites and came to America through Pennsylvania's Germans. This pagan creature is described from prehistoric times through his various forms--Robin Hood, The Fool, Harlequin, Satan and Robin Goodfellow--into today's carnival and Christmas scenes. In this thoroughly researched work, the origins of Santa Claus are found to stretch back over 50,000 years, jolting the foundation of Christian myths about the jolly old elf. |
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Preface 135 | 1 |
His Clothes Were All Tarnished with Ashes and Soot | 17 |
He Was Dressed All in Fur from His Head to His Foot | 39 |
Satan Dons Furs | 65 |
When Out on the Lawn There Arose Such a Clatter | 107 |
On Board the Ship of Fools | 123 |
European GiftGivers | 155 |
A Right Jolly Old Elf | 165 |
The Fairy and the Wild Man | 191 |
Bibliography | 207 |
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Ainu ancient animal appeared areas bear beard beast beast-man became bells Bellsnickle Berchta Black Pete boar called carnival carried cave celebration century Cernunnos character child chimney Chläus Christian church comic costume creature custom dancers death devil dressed dwarfs earth elves Enkidu Europe European fairies Fasnet Father Christmas fertility figure Folklore fool Freyja Freyr German gift-giver gifts goat goat-man goddess gods Greek hair hairy Harlequin head heathen Holda horned god horns human humpbacked hunt hunter Joulupukki killed king Knecht Ruprecht Lapps legend lived Lussi mask masqueraders mummers mumming plays Murray Mythology Neanderthal night Nuremberg original Papa Bois parade Pelznichol Pennsylvania Puck reindeer religion resurrection ritual Robin Goodfellow Robin Hood role Ruprecht Saint Nicholas Santa Claus Satan skins Skrat societies sticks story sword dance symbol Teutonic traditional Urnäsch Vanir village wild horde Wild Man festivals Wild Man's witch woman women worship York Yule
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Homeland Mythology: Biblical Narratives in American Culture Christopher Collins Visualização parcial - 2010 |