In the Rankin/Bass holiday special, his father is Donner and his mother is a tan doe named Mrs. Donner. In the GoodTimes retelling, Rudolph's father is Blitzen, and his mother is Mitzi.
Donner and Blitzen, together with Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, and Cupid, were all named by American writer Clement Clarke Moore in his 1823 poem, 'The Night Before Christmas'.
Dasher is a character in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie. He is the brother of Blitzen, Comet, and Cupid, the brother-in-law of Mitzi, the uncle of Rudolph and Arrow, and one of Santa's Flyers.
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and yes, even Rudolph, are ladies. The original eight — first introduced in the 1823 poem "A Visit from St.
From the Dutch word for 'lightning', Blitzen is a fast and playful reindeer, just like a lightning bolt.
Dasher#1. Dasher is the eldest of Santa's reindeer, respected by all the other reindeer and is the leader of the reindeer pack. When Santa takes a flight Dasher calls the directions and everyone follows.
In the GoodTimes retelling, Rudolph's father is Blitzen, and his mother is Mitzi.
Rudolph's sweetheart was named "Clarice" in honor of the bride-to-be of another close friend.
Blitzen also known as Blitz is the 20-year-old dwarf-demigod son of the Norse love goddess Freya and a dwarf named Billi (who was eaten by Fenris Wolf) and one of the main characters in the Norse mythology series Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard.
Nicholas: The Real Santa Claus. The legend of Santa Claus can be traced back hundreds of years to a monk named St. Nicholas. It is believed that Nicholas was born sometime around A.D. 280 in Patara, near Myra in modern-day Turkey.
The previous paper, published in DEINSEA in 2012, identified the cause of Rudolph's nose glow as “nasal mucosa induced by the exertion of pulling a heavy load: excessive stresses endured whilst flying with Santa and the sleigh in tow resulted in cerebral and bodily hyperthermia, overworking the nasal cooling system, ...
Rudolph's nose is red because it is richly supplied with red blood cells, comprises a highly dense microcirculation, and is anatomically and physiologically adapted for reindeer to carry out their flying duties for Santa Claus.
According to History.com, the monk who over time would evolve into Santa Claus was born in what is now modern-day Turkey in 280 A.D., making him a whopping 1,741 years old!
When Rudolph arrived and tried to pass himself off as a reindeer, they quickly turned on him. Dasher, the alpha male, was the first to ostracize the diminutive newcomer. Dancer, Dasher's sniveling, servile lackey, hectored Rudolph with taunts and jibes.
All eight reindeer were named, the first six being Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet and Cupid, and the final two "Dunder" and "Blixem" (meaning thunder and lightning in colloquial New York Dutch).
Vixen is a member of Santa Claus' sleigh team, a minor character in the 1964 film Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and a main character in it's 1974 prequel The Year Without A Santa Claus. She was the youngest member of the Sleigh Team (until Rudolph joined) having been on the team since she was a yearling.
Rudolph is the youngest and most famous of all the reindeer, universally celebrated for his heroics in the storm of 1939.
Even MORE About Rudolph's Age!
Rudolph is 83 human years old. But in Christmas reindeer years, he is only 18 years old. That's young for a reindeer! The other reindeer are quite a bit older than Rudolph.
a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder.
Clarice is the love interest and later girlfriend of Rudolph (Rankin/Bass) and one of the tritagonists of the 1964 Rankin/Bass TV film Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the deuteragonist in it's 2001 sequel Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and The Island Of Misfit Toys as well as the 2016 film Rudolph the Red-Nosed ...
In yet another departure from the rest of the deer family, reindeer aren't called bucks, does, or fawns. Instead, they share their terminology with cattle: A male is a bull (or in some cases a stag), a female is a cow, and a baby is a calf.
As a Teenager. Zoey and Rudolph take part in The Junior Reindeer Games event The Sleigh Race. Before the race, Zoey gives Rudolph her pendant for good luck and gives him a kiss on the cheek which causes Rudolph to blush and his nose to glow.
Blitzen, also known as Blitz, is a Norse demigod, son of the goddess Freya and the dwarf Bili. He is a skilled craftsman and fashion consultant.
What the scientist found was that Rudolph has a dense network of blood vessels in his nose. In fact, all reindeer, not just the most famous one of all, have 25 percent more capillaries that carry oxygen-rich blood to their nasal area than humans.
This has fired a suspicion that Santa's reindeer are, including Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer, all girls. However, Rudolf is still a boy. Castrated male reindeer drop their antlers in the spring like females. Tourism reindeer are almost without exception these male reindeer.