Yule goat

Description Long winter nights and freezing temperatures are kept at bay when the candles are lit and the Yule festivals are near! The Yule Goat, or Julbocken brings holiday cheer and presents and even adorns your Christmas tree. Celebrate this wonderful creature with an illustrated journal page featuring facts about the goat, Scandinavian traditions and folklore! Watercolour and ink Prints available here: www.etsy.com/uk/listing/564756…

Christmas is celebrated in many different ways around the world. So it's no surprise that the most iconic figure of the season also has many guises.

THE CONTEST The theme for the fourth Norse Mythology Blog art contest is midwinter . During the winter solstice on December 21, tho...

Grass Goat Package: you will get 17.7 inch Christmas straw goat, it is very retro and traditional, traditional Scandinavian traditions for centuries, donors and collectibles, Christmas messengers; It looks very beautiful, which will become an eye catching centerpiece when Christmas comes Safe Material: our Scandinavian Christmas straw ornaments are mainly made of straw, which is lightweight, safe, without bad smell, plus our straw is manicured, so you do not have to worry about easily…

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Julbocken (Yule Goat) - John Bauer

A Blessed Yule to All of our Friends! of Flesh, Fur ~ Feather or Fin! I have long-loved the tradition of gnomes, trolls, tomtes or tomtens... nisse, elf, pixie or fae ~ those often-times helpful, but sometimes mischievous sprites that I believe are around us. I wanted to share with you a few of my very favorite antique postcards depicting the little 'beings' that have captured my heart and imagination since childhood: please enjoy their beautiful illustrations and sometimes cheeky humor…

Many pre-industrial cultures marked and celebrated the winter and summer solstices (as well as the autumnal and spring equinoxes). This was done both as a

As a Swede, holidays at my house look like the inside of Ikea. Straw ornaments, Swedish flags, St.Lucia, Tomtes, and Yule goats abound! The latter, known in Swedish as the Julbock, is a goat that delivers presents alongside the Jultomte on Christmas night. As with most folklore, the origins of this tradition lie within pre-Christian Scandinavian spiritual practices.