This project comes from my interest in myths and legends; I believe that by studying ancient traditions we can understand the society that we live today. The project aims to rediscover the magical climate in which some Italian folk traditions have born, referring specifically in this chapter to the phenomenon of Trentino's Krampus. Ototeman is primarily a visual metaphor of man's ancestral relationship with nature, wich is initially conflicting for all living beings. The natural activity was ruthless and incomprehensible for the first men who approached it with fear, creating over time an animistic imaginary that made it less inaccessible. Through magical practices and rituals, man has tried to exorcise spirits and energies that they believed hidden in the elements, in an attempt to influence the environment in their favor and subdue everything that has always upset their soul: the deep-rooted fear of the invisible, the uncertain, all that is beyond human control. The oldest observable ritual documentation is found painted in a cave in France, dating back to more than 10,000 years ago, showing a man wearing the skins of a deer and his antlers on the head. Today it is considered the first form of human sacred representation. In a climate where magic and mysticism were daily bread, the ancient men unite to control an uncontrollable scenario by giving birth to rituals that search for the benevolence of animal and natural spirits, and also remove negative influences frightening evil spirits with the deafening noise of the bells and the terrifying appearance of masks. Despite the cultural and geographical distance, we can see a lot of similarities in these rituals of the past that have come to us through a massive process of Christianization. Something must be common in all of us as a species. The forest, the unknown, the night, the man alone at the mercy of wild creature and the following metamorphosis with them; these are the themes that this project tries to investigate, going to rediscover the animistic atmosphere in which certain rituals have come to life.