Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men

Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men
Author :
Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 227
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780786429585
ISBN-13 : 0786429585
Rating : 4/5 (585 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men by : Phyllis Siefker

Download or read book Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men written by Phyllis Siefker and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2006-11-27 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much of the modern-day vision of Santa Claus is owed to the Clement Moore poem "The Night Before Christmas." His description of Saint Nicholas personified the "jolly old elf" known to millions of children throughout the world. However, far from being the offshoot of Saint Nicholas of Turkey, Santa Claus is the last of a long line of what scholars call "Wild Men" who were worshipped in ancient European fertility rites and came to America through Pennsylvania's Germans. This pagan creature is described from prehistoric times through his various forms--Robin Hood, The Fool, Harlequin, Satan and Robin Goodfellow--into today's carnival and Christmas scenes. In this thoroughly researched work, the origins of Santa Claus are found to stretch back over 50,000 years, jolting the foundation of Christian myths about the jolly old elf.


Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men Related Books

Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men
Language: en
Pages: 227
Authors: Phyllis Siefker
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-11-27 - Publisher: McFarland

GET EBOOK

Much of the modern-day vision of Santa Claus is owed to the Clement Moore poem "The Night Before Christmas." His description of Saint Nicholas personified the "
Manheimer's Cataloging and Classification, Revised and Expanded
Language: en
Pages: 418
Authors: Jerry Saye
Categories: Computers
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-09-09 - Publisher: CRC Press

GET EBOOK

This work has been revised and updated to include the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (2nd ed), the Dewey Decimal System Classification (21st ed) and the Libra
Santa Claus Worldwide
Language: en
Pages: 249
Authors: Tom A. Jerman
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-05-11 - Publisher: McFarland

GET EBOOK

This is a comprehensive history of the world's midwinter gift-givers, showcasing the extreme diversity in their depictions as well as the many traits and functi
The Sacred Santa
Language: en
Pages: 240
Authors: Dell deChant
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-04-24 - Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

GET EBOOK

Bigfoot
Language: en
Pages: 296
Authors: Joshua Blu Buhs
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-08-01 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

GET EBOOK

Last August, two men in rural Georgia announced that they had killed Bigfoot. The claim drew instant, feverish attention, leading to more than 1,000 news storie