# Where did you first hear of Krampus?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 8, 2015, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-first-hear-of-krampus/739767 "2015-12-08T01:14:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-first-hear-of-krampus/739767/61 "2015-12-09T02:37:07Z")

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I think the 1JJ Swiss tarot Devil card is based on Krampus.

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**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-first-hear-of-krampus/739767/62 "2015-12-09T06:19:27Z")

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The movie. But then I did see the American dad episode recently as well which is when I looked it up and found it was a real myth.

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