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The modern English noun Yule descends from Old English ġēol, earlier geoh(h)ol, geh(h)ol, and geóla, sometimes plural. [1] The Old English ġēol or ġēohol and ġēola or ġēoli indicate the 12-day festival of "Yule" (later: "Christmastide"), the latter indicating the month of "Yule", whereby ǣrra ġēola referred to the period before the Yule festival (December) and æftera ġēola ...
It simultaneously celebrates the shortest day of the year, midwinter, the return of the Sun, and a festival of rebirth. This year, it occurs from December 21, 2022, to January 1, 2023.
The modern Icelandic festival of Þorrablót is sometimes considered a "pagan holiday" due to folk etymology with the name of the god Thor. [5] The name, while historically attested, is derived from Þorri which is not explicitly linked to Thor, instead being the name of a month in the historic Icelandic calendar and a legendary Finnish king.
What Was the Original Yule Log Tradition? The yule log tradition can be traced back to Scandinavia, where Yule, a festival dedicated to the winter solstice, started.To ring in the shortest day of ...
Up Helly Aa (/ ˌ ʌ p h ɛ l i ˈ ɑː / UP-hel-ee-AH; [1] [2] literally "Up Holy [Day] All") is a type of fire festival held annually from January to March in various communities in Shetland, Scotland, to mark the end of the Yule season. Each festival involves a torchlit procession by squads of costumed participants (known as guizers) that ...
Sadeh is a midwinter festival that was celebrated with grandeur and magnificence in ancient Iran. It was a festivity to honor fire and to defeat the forces of darkness, frost, and cold. Chahar Shanbeh Suri: Festival of Fire, Last Tuesday of the Iranian Calendar year. It marks the importance of the light over the darkness, and arrival of spring ...
Around 7 p.m. on December 1, 2017, deputies with the Park County Sheriff’s Office were called to a house fire at a home in Bailey, Colo. The 911 caller told a dispatcher that there were people ...
Articles relating to Yule, a festival historically observed by the Germanic peoples. Scholars have connected the original celebrations of Yule to the Wild Hunt , the god Odin , and the pagan Anglo-Saxon Mōdraniht ("Mothers' Night").