Impaginato 5.p65 - Universitat Rovira i Virgili

EVIDENCE IN FAVOR OF THE PALAEOLITHIC CONTINUITY REFUGIUM THEORY (PCRT)
Figure 11. Entrance of Nikolaus and the Krampus in Dorplatz, Austria. December 2, 2006.
Source: http://www.ybbstalbahn.at/nostalgie__alt.htm.
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In other contemporary European versions of this performance piece, for
example, in Amsterdam, the Christian bishop Nicholas called Sinterklaas, dressed
in white or red, enters first, followed by Zwarte Piet (Black Peter), his darkfaced
companion (Chris 1992). The former would interrogate the children and
in the case of a good report, distributes gifts. Meanwhile his black-faced
counterpart would stand at the door, poised, if need be, to administer punishment,
lashes, leaving whips, rods or chunks of coal behind for the misbehaving children.
Or he would simply stuff them into the sack that he carried for that purpose.
Fig. 12. St. Nicholas and his Servant – St. Nikolaas en zijn knecht by J. Schenkman].
Amsterdam: J. Vlieger, [ca.1885].
Source: http://www.kb.nl/uitgelicht/kinderboeken/sinterklaas/sinterklaas-ill.html.