Bartel
demonic earth Styria single tradition · 2
Bartel is a "dark" or threatening companion figure of Saint Nicholas in Styria. These characters act as a foil to the benevolent Christmas gift-bringer, threatening to thrash or abduct disobedient children.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Pelzebock, Pelznickel, Belzeniggl, Belsnickel, Schmutzli, Rumpelklas, Bellzebub, Hans Muff, Drapp, Buzebergt, Zwarte Piet, čert, anděl, Rubbels, Hanstrapp, Père Fouettard, Krampus, Befana, Knecht Ruprecht, Parkelj, Klaubauf
- serves
- Saint Nicholas
- aspect of
- Nis Puk
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“Bartel in Styria;”
#34396 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“One Pug is known to have had the proper name Bartel.”
#34565 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5