Christmas gift-bringer the leader of the Wild Hunt at the time of Yule. Santa Claus's reindeer has also been compared to Sleipnir, the eight-legged horse of Odin in Norse mythology. Jacob Grimm ("Deutsche Mythologie") traces the threatening or scary companions of Saint Nicholas (such as the Krampus of the Austro-Bavarian dialect region) to Christianized versions of house-spirits (kobolds, elves). After Christianization, the benign mid-winter gift-bringer was associated with the 4th-century Christian Saint Nicholas of Myra. This association took place mainly in the territories of the Holy Roman Empire, including German-speaking Europe, the Low Countries, the Czech lands, Hungary and Slovenia. The basis
Eight Legged Freaks "Larger Than Life", which also handled a spider-fighting storyline. The film was originally titled "Arac Attack" (under which it was released in some parts of Europe and other countries around the world) but the similarity to "Iraq Attack" made the title seem inappropriate so near the start of the Iraq War. The title "Eight Legged Freaks" is a line that Arquette ad-libbed in the movie: "Get back, you eight-legged freaks!" A video game adaptation titled "Eight Legged Freaks: Let the Squashing Begin" was also released in 2002 for PC and Mac and could be downloaded from the official website, which