These Details About Krampus, the Christmas Demon, would Make all Children Fear the Holidays

16. Krampus’s Depiction Has Changed

Older depictions of Krampus, particularly from the Middle Ages, depict him as being a demonic creature with cloven feet and a tongue that lolls out of his mouth. Even when he began to be revived at the end of the twentieth century, depictions of him were quite grotesque. Modern Krampuskarten, however, tends to portray him with a more Cupid-like appearance.