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The Swansea Devil, also called Old Nick, is a wood carving of the Devil in Swansea, Wales. It was carved by an architect whose designs for St. Mary's Church had been rejected by a committee.
6 kwi 2014 · A fairly recent hypothesis derives Old Nick from Old Iniquity, the name of the devil in medieval plays. The derivation is clever, and the OED mentions it in a noncommittal way, [...]
5 cze 2013 · More than one etymologist suspected that Old Nick “nicks” (kills) people, that is, cuts them; leaves a notch in them; has something to do with their necks, or taunts them (compare German necken “tease”). A truly bizarre etymology of Old Nick connects Nick with Niccolò Machiavelli.
29 sie 2023 · The Devil; Satan. He sat down in the middle of the floor, took his chalk out and marked a large ring around him, and round about this he wrote the Lord's Prayer, and then he did not feel afraid even if Old Nick himself should come.
13 gru 2021 · Christmas Past: The Old Nick/Saint Nick Connection. Today’s festive clipping comes from — of all places — Demonology and Devil Lore Volume 1, an 1881 book by Moncure Daniel Conway that includes a section discussing the origins of a nickname for the Devil: Old Nick.
31 lip 2014 · JON REES introduces us to Old Nick, the Swansea Devil! This is not a haunting, but more of a spooky case of local Swansea folklore. In the middle of Swansea’s city centre lies St Mary’s Church. Built in 1896, it was designed by the famous architect Sir Arthur Bloomfield.
Krampus is the dark companion of St. Nicholas, the traditional European winter gift-bringer who rewards good children each year on December 6. The kindly old Saint leaves the task of punishing bad children to a hell-bound counterpart known by many names across the continent — Knecht Ruprecht, Certa, Perchten, Black Peter, Schmutzli ...
