The Evil Helpers of St. Nicholas
The Evil Helpers who accompany St. Nicholas and Christkindl were intended to create a threat of discipline for those children who were not well mannered without requiring Christian figures like St. Nicholas or Christkindl to do so.
Pere Fouettard
Father Switch is shown in the act of whipping a child
Christkindl and Hans Trapp 1873
Illustration from the January 1873 edition of Harper’s New Monthly Magazine.
Nikolo with Christkindl, Krampus 1890
Illustration by Slovenian painter Jurij Subic
Mikulás and Krampusz 1865
1865 illustration by an unknown artist
Das Niklasfest-Sint Niklas and Evil Helper 1876
Illustration by Swiss artist Nach Karl Jauslin
Der Niklo Abends Franz Kollarz 1869
1869 illustration by Franz Kollarz
Saint Nikolaus und Belzebub bei der Einker in einem Schwarzwalder Haus J Nepomuk Heinemann 1853
1853 illustration by German lithographer J. Nepomuk Heinemann
Nikolaus and Krampus in Viennese home artist unknown 1896
illustration by an unidentified artist shows Nikolaus and Krampus in Viennese home
Saint Nicolaus der Krampus auch in’s Haus 1820
1820 painting by an Austrian artist
Niklaus und Klaubauf Johann Michael Mettenleiter 1790
This 1790 painting of St. Nicholas and Klaubauf