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17 gru 2013 · They may enjoy 13 Santa Claus-like visits, but they also have to contend with a creature called Grýla who comes down from the mountains on Christmas and boils naughty children alive, and a giant...
Who is celebrated in Iceland at Christmas if not Santa Claus? What role does the giantess Gryla play in Icelandic Christmas folklore, and what was the Christmas Cat? Continue reading to learn about Gryla and the Yule Lads, Iceland’s most famous Christmas characters.
Today the Yule lads dress in traditional Icelandic peasant wear, but for most of the 20th century the lads all wore red, like the American Santa Claus. The re-introduction of traditional dress was made by the Icelandic National Museum in the 1980s.
Icelandic Christmas folklore depicts mountain-dwelling characters and monsters who come to town during Christmas. The stories are directed at children and are used to scare them into good behavior. The folklore includes mischievous pranksters who leave gifts at night and monsters who eat disobedient children. The figures are depicted as living ...
The Yule Lads of Iceland & Grýla: 13 Quirky Christmas Trolls And A Witch. One of Iceland’s most beloved Christmas traditions is that of the Yule Lads. It’s like Iceland’s version of Santa Claus, except there’s no reindeer-drawn sleigh, red suit, or chimney – okay, so more like Santa’s third cousins! These 13 Yule Lads are brothers ...
17 lut 2016 · The Icelandic Yule Lads have little resemblance to the famous Santa Claus. The Icelandic Yule Lads are descended from trolls and their original role was to strike fear in the hearts of children. The thirteen brothers are the sons of two of the most hideous ogres ever known in Iceland, Grýla and Leppalúði. Follow the journey of the Yule Lads ...
20 paź 2021 · In many countries, we know the famous Santa Claus, bringing gifts to the well-behaved children, passing by the chimney and traveling with his sleigh and reindeers. Well, in Iceland the Santa Claus you might picture in your mind is rather different.
