Difference between revisions of "Krampus"
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** "Toll of the Wildebell" and "Bells of Certain Punishment" are in reference to the bells that are rung to announce the arrival of the Christmas season and the season when Krampus is active. | ** "Toll of the Wildebell" and "Bells of Certain Punishment" are in reference to the bells that are rung to announce the arrival of the Christmas season and the season when Krampus is active. | ||
* Krampus' Halloween variant is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Yama_(Buddhism)|Yama]] from East Asian and Buddhist mythology (or Enma in Japanese), a god that judges the dead and dispenses punishment deemed unworthy. | * Krampus' Halloween variant is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Yama_(Buddhism)|Yama]] from East Asian and Buddhist mythology (or Enma in Japanese), a god that judges the dead and dispenses punishment deemed unworthy. | ||
** His pseudonym in the event is Kris Enma, which is a fusion of the name of the aforementioned Enma and Kris Kringle, an alternate name for Santa Claus and also an Americanized pronunciation and spelling of [[Wikipedia:Christkind|Christkindl]] | ** His pseudonym in the event is Kris Enma, which is a fusion of the name of the aforementioned Enma and Kris Kringle, an alternate name for Santa Claus and also an Americanized pronunciation and spelling of [[Wikipedia:Christkind|Christkindl]]. | ||
*[[The New Champion of Christmas]] | *[[The New Champion of Christmas]] | ||
**Krampus's arrival as an enforcer of justice is coupled with the ring of Christmas bells | **Krampus's arrival as an enforcer of justice is coupled with the ring of Christmas bells | ||