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The Yule cat (Icelandic: Jólakötturinn, IPA: [ˈjouːlaˌkʰœhtʏrɪn], also called Jólaköttur and the Christmas cat [1]) is a huge and vicious cat from Icelandic Christmas folklore that is said to lurk in the snowy countryside during the Christmas season and eat people who do not receive new clothing before Christmas Eve. In other ...
Grýla and Skyrgámur (a Yule Lad fond of skyr) depicted in a sculpture at Keflavík International Airport. 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.
Gyeonmyo jaengju is a Korean folktale that has been traditionally been cited as the reason why cats and dogs fail to get along with each other. The story appears in numerous variations in several history folktale collections.
The post Legendary Mythological Dogs and Dog-Loving Deities appeared first on DogTime. Our canine friends have been a part of human mythology about gods and goddesses forever. Do we still worship ...
Grýla is closely associated with Christmas folklore in younger traditions. [2] The oldest extant source connecting Grýla with Christmas is a poem that was likely co-composed by the Rev. Guðmundur Erlendsson of Fell in Sléttuhlíð and his brother-in-law Ásgrímur Magnússon, who was a farmer and rímur-poet.
When you think of a yule log, you probably picture a roaring, wood-burning fire casting a warm light on an ornament-adorned Christmas tree.Or perhaps you have a sweet tooth and the first thing ...
This is a list of dogs from mythology, including dogs, beings who manifest themselves as dogs, beings whose anatomy includes dog parts, and so on. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mythological dogs .
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