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The massive scary Yule Cat from Icelandic Mythology has always amused me. I may have to write a One-Shot adventure for it some day. Homebrew monster stat-ed by Star Sail Games
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#icelandic traditions#Iceland#christmas traditions#books#booklr#booksareawesome#reading#hpl#reading is awesome#hammond public library#we love our library
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#meme#mattsmemes#memes that make you go hmmm#christmas#Christmas memes#iceland#book#tradition#christmas tradition#christmas traditions#books#books make me happy#iceland has the right idea#jolabokaflod#christmas books
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Jólabókaflóð, (no, I can’t pronounce it either) is an Icelandic tradition where books are exchanged as Christmas Eve presents and the rest of the night is spent reading them and eating chocolate.
Sounds like my kind of night! And why have I not heard of this until now?!
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Yule Lads
Yule lads, or trolls, originate in Icelandic folklore. While legends abound about them, the official number is thirteen, and they come to town, one per day, between today and Christmas Eve.
10 facts about Yule Lads:
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The yule cat from Icelandic folklore is a giant cat that prowls around to attack and eat anybody who not received any new clothes before Christmas. So be glad if you get socks or a sweater cause you have been spared this Kitty's wrath!
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Christmas Traditions Around The World
There are quite a few old Christmas traditions around the world, and I’d like to visit a few countries that celebrate Christmas in a very superstitious or unusual way.
Around The World: An Icelandic Yule Cat
Ever wonder why you always buy a new outfit for the holidays? Perhaps it derives from the legend of the Icelandic Yule Cat.
Jólakötturinn, as it’s called in Iceland, is another enforcer of…
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Gleðìleg bókajól!
Since many of my patrons will have gotten this card already and this piece was revealed on the Scribbling Vaguely Downward advent calendar today, I thought I’d go ahead and post it here. :)
Jolabokaflod, celebrated December 24th in Iceland, also known as Book Christmas, or Book Yule, is a day to stay cozy inside, read and drink hot chocolate. I think Aziraphale would be all in for this tradition, and Crowley will be content to watch him celebrate. ❤️
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More on the lore of the Icelandic Christmas Legend of the Yule Cat.
Credit to Monster Wiki
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Old Icelandic tradition - Another interpretation says: The Yule Cat is a huge and vicious cat who lurks about the snowy countryside during Christmas time and eats people who have not received any new clothes to wear before Christmas Eve. So, either way, you’re screwed.
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ICELAND LOOKS ADORABLE IN HIS LITTLE VEST, AAAA
He's the cutest!! Seriously though, thank you so much for all the nice comments you have left under the post. I got overwhelmed when checking them all aaaa (cries)
People spotting all the little details and references makes my heart jump <3 Though I didn't think much of it while creating the piece. I just added whatever came to mind as I went, based mainly on what belongs in my own Christmas traditions!
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Just curious, do you know of any resources in English for learning about Icelandic Asatru? (or other Scandinavian recon groups?) I respect that their tradition is closed, but I also think it's important to learn from the living cultural descendants of the religion we're reconstructing, both to avoid cultural appropriation and to help filter out folkish bullshit, you know? Are there ways to do this in English, or do I need to start learning to read Icelandic or another Scandinavian language?
It’s not that the tradition is closed, it's that Iceland itself has laws for orgs. @thorraborinn made a recent post about it. Heathenry is otherwise completely open, including that which comes from Iceland. The only restrictions you’ll find generally pertain to the fact some things need to be taught orally.
The thing to keep in mind about the way Ásatrú/Asatro works in northern Europe is that orgs are not the 'keepers' of it. It's actually unusual for Asatro to be put into an org context due to the fact it's more of a family/community cultural thing. It would be like if USAmericans made an org dedicated to celebrating secular Christmas.
Which is all to say that asking Icelanders directly, and learning about greater Icelandic culture, would be your best bet for learning more about how they practice Heathenry. If they're anything like their continental counterparts, then most of them know how to speak English. It's finding them that'll be the tricky part.
As for books...So far, I've yet to find any books on Heathenry written by Icelanders in English. It's tough enough finding any book written by Scandinavians in English that talk about these customs. And while there are many reasons why this might be, I think a large one is because Heathenry is primarily taught orally.
(It's difficult to put something into a book-format when the knowledge of it was just something you acrued as you grew up.
It's extra-difficult trying to write it in a language that you aren't a native speaker of, that additionally lacks the nuance and cultural concepts found within your own.
Case in point: I've watched Scandinavians grow absolutely befuddled when I mentioned that my brain automatically interprets "a troll that is a boulder" and "a troll that is a person" as "two different kinds of trolls." This is not a distinction they make, and it took a bit of back-and-forth to figure out why—because troll is a quality, and something is a troll when it has this quality. What a troll looks like, tangible or intangible, doesn't play any part in this classification system.
Now imagine getting into this sort of disambiguation with every cultural concept that pertains to Heathenry.)
Honestly, this is something that you learn simply through repeated exposure and disambiguation. It takes time.
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