goats, deer, boars, or bears may play the sacrificial role. Throughout Austria, Krampus, the beastly counterpart to St. Nicholas, frightens naughty children. But everywhere there is the wild man. ...

Decorating trees with fairy lights and dressing up tables is standard practise – but across Europe, far stranger ... to burning effigies of giant goats – some of these real life antics are ...

Pottery vessel or oinochoe decorated in 'Wild goat style'. The pot has been covered with cream slip and decorated in 'black glaze'. On the shoulder there is a palmette or fan with 7 leaves with ...