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Embassy of Iceland, Washington DC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. "Grýla og jólasveinar". jol.ismennt.is. Archived from the original on 18 November 2005. Pictures by Halldor Petursson ca. 1950. "The Yule Lads". Jo's Icelandic Recipes. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. "Jólasveinarnir (Yuletide Lads)". Yule in Iceland.
In 2024, Grýla appears as a key character in the Amazon produced movie Red One (a 2024 Christmas action adventure comedy film from Warner Bros. Pictures), portrayed by Kiernan Shipka. She is referred to as the Christmas witch and has some magical powers. She is both the ogre like creature of mythology and a shape shifter that can take human form.
"Alfar i huldufólk. O islandzkich elfach w mitologii, sagach i podaniach ludowych [The Icelandic elves in mythology, sagas and folk legends]". In Roman Chymkowski; Włodzimierz K. Pessel (eds.). Islandia: Wprowadzenie do wiedzy o społeczeństwie i kulturze [Iceland: Introduction to knowledge about society and culture] (in Polish). Warsaw: Trio.
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.
A tomtenisse made of salt dough.A common Scandinavian Christmas decoration, 2004. Modern vision of a nisse, 2007. A nisse (Danish:, Norwegian: [ˈnɪ̂sːə]), tomte (Swedish: [ˈtɔ̂mːtɛ]), tomtenisse, or tonttu (Finnish:) is a household spirit from Nordic folklore which has always been described as a small human-like creature wearing a red cap and gray clothing, doing house and stable ...
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (CBS, 1966) Directed by Chuck Jones and Ben Washam. Written by Bob Ogle and based on the book by Dr. Seuss. Director Ron Howard and actor Jim Carrey made a valiant ...
Christmas movie aficionados have seen all the remakes of the Grinch's story, including the one with Jim Carrey starring in the titular role, but the original "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" just ...
1900s illustration of Saint Nicholas and Krampus visiting a child. The Krampus (German: [ˈkʁampʊs]) is a horned anthropomorphic figure who, in the Central and Eastern Alpine folkloric tradition, is said to accompany Saint Nicholas on visits to children during the night of 5 December (Krampusnacht; "Krampus Night"), immediately before the Feast of St. Nicholas on 6 December.