Eager to complete the Christianisation of Europe, the evangelising monks came up against the cult of the three elder virgins, which was still very much alive and which gave their triune male god an air of déjà vu. So they demonised the elder tree and attributed to Saint Nicholas the powers held by the three maidens. Saint Nicholas thus became a kind of hero with superpowers, the grandfather of Batman and Spiderman! Other avatars followed in his footsteps, of which Father Christmas is the most famous. Discover this incredible saga in My friend the eldertree!
