What’s up, everyone. This is a Lucka, a dark counterpart to the Advent saint Lucy from the formerly German-speaking areas of Bohemia (modern Czech Republic), a beaked figure similar to the Alpine Schnabelpercht. Serving looks

The thing in her hand is a Federwisch (feather-wipe), a bone-in joint of a goose wing, which she would use to noisily wipe up dust as she went door to door inspecting homes on December 13

Saint Lucy is a popular December saint in Scandinavia, Sicily, and other parts of Italy, but Dark Lucys are all over the place. The Lussibrud, Fersenlutzel, Lutzelfrau, and the Lucu are just a few variants

FWIW, the rest of this photo displays the Lucka with another old school Bohemian Advent figure, a Barborka, a darker version of Saint Barbara, which I wrote about in this thread https://mobile.twitter.com/benito_cereno/status/1201995603770785792

Dark versions of Advent saints is a common thing, btw. While many people know Saint Nick’s various companions, Lucy, Barbara, Martin, and Thomas all have spookier, often violent counterparts (Bloody Thomas with the Hammer, for example)

Anyway that’s what it is