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While the Old Norse month name ýlir is similarly attested, the Old Norse corpus also contains numerous references to an event by the Old Norse form of the name, jól. In chapter 55 of the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál, different names for the gods are given; one is "Yule-beings" (Old Norse: jólnar).
Adils; Alaric and Eric; Arngrim; Ask and Embla; Aun; Berserkers; Bödvar Bjarki; Dag the Wise; Domalde; Domar; Dyggve; Egil One-Hand; Fafnir; Fjölnir; Gudrun; Harald ...
Geóhol-blót Yule blót: Devoted to Woden, Ingui (with whom they identify Freyr), [24] Wulð (with whom they identify Ullr), [25] and other "Yule Beings". Late December MÅdraniht Mother's Night: Devoted to the Mother goddesses, or Idese. Early January Twelftadæg (Twelfth Day) Devoted to Frig, and to nature spirits, see wassailing. February
Earl Sigvaldi swearing an oath to conquer Norway at the memorial feast of Harald Bluetooth. Halfdan Egedius: Illustration for Olav Trygvasons saga (1899). Heitstrenging (pl. heitstrengingar) is an Old Norse practice of swearing of a solemn oath to perform a future action.
A Yule goat on a Christmas tree. 'Old Christmas', riding a yule goat; 1836 illustration by Robert Seymour. The Yule goat is a Scandinavian and Northern European Yule and Christmas symbol and tradition. Its origin is from Germanic paganism and has existed in many variants during Scandinavian history. Modern representations of the Yule goat are ...
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Creatures in Norse mythology (6 C, 28 P) T. Trolls (3 C, 9 P) Pages in category "Scandinavian legendary creatures" ... Yule Lads This page was last ...
Yule marks the point at which the Sun begins to return to us—aka when the days begin to lengthen again. But the winter solstice is the darkest day of the year, so Yule is both a time of ...