Father Frost
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Father Frost is a gift-bringing figure in Eastern Slavic countries. He is associated with Midwinter or Christmas traditions in European folklore. The traditions have mutually influenced one another, and have adopted aspects from Christian hagiography, even before the modern period.
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- co occurs with
- tomten, Father Christmas, Christkind, Joulupukki
- syncretized with
- Santa Claus
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wikipedia (1)
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“In Eastern Slavic countries, the figure is Father Frost.”
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