St. Nikolaos of Myra Minecraft Skin

Published Dec 16th, 2014, 12/16/14 9:36 pm

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Althestane
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One more 'Santa'. This one's the real deal... no seriously, this is St. Nicholas of Myra, the Bishop that sparked the Santa Claus myth in the 4th century. There's many depictions of him, and they're all pretty consistent - you can see how he morphed into the character we know today.
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Gender	Male
Format	Java
Model	Steve
Tags	Famous People Santa Nicholas Bishop Nikolaos

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11/24/2018 3:43 pm

Level 19 : Journeyman Mage

Captain Confibula

The links still seem to be broken

11/26/2018 1:42 pm

Level 64 : High Grandmaster Narwhal

Althestane

The download link, or the image link?
Can't do much about the image link (darn photobucket image hosting site).
But if the download link isn't working, i may just need to re-upload the skin.

03/06/2015 4:17 am

Level 1 : New Miner

aos9001

I don't know if it's just me, but the download link seems to be broken.

03/06/2015 7:11 am

Level 64 : High Grandmaster Narwhal

Althestane

Hmm...the previewer also seems to be broken. I may have to re-upload the skin...let me look into it and see if I can fix it.

12/17/2014 6:38 pm

Level 12 : Journeyman Explorer

Candycane

how many Santas are there? o.o

12/18/2014 10:49 am

Level 64 : High Grandmaster Narwhal

Althestane

Quite a few, it turns out! Every western country probably has their own version, but Nikolaos of Myra was probably the start of the actual "Santa" character. But there are also many older, even ancient traditions and cultural folk-tales that have been absorbed into the Santa-mythos, most of which centered around the winter solstice, giving gifts, and preparing for the new year. Krampus is one of my favorite ones (did a skn of him too), and there's also an old Italian tradition where an old woman who rides around on a broomstick delivers presents to good children or coal to bad ones. I think her name is Befana...perhaps I will make a skin of her too.

12/18/2014 10:54 am

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Candycane

isnt Krampus that Christmas devil or something ;-;

12/18/2014 11:28 am

Level 64 : High Grandmaster Narwhal

Althestane

Yep! He's become sort of the anti-santa. Instead of leaving gifts, he hits the bad children with Birch sticks. In some stories, St. Nicholas 'defeated' him and he's forced to follow St.Nick around, punishing the bad children while St.Nick rewards the good ones. The origin of Krampus isn't 100% known, but in some of the earlier stories, he actually gave presents to good children too, and there is some evidence that he's even older than St. Nick. As a horned figure, he may have been part of old pagan myths - horns were a sign of fertility, not evil, so he may have been a good character, bringing a lust for life and good cheer at the winter solstice, but we may never know :P

12/17/2014 4:26 pm

Level 63 : High Grandmaster Sweetheart

Myra_

12/17/2014 8:03 pm

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Mayanaisee

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