[Free] 49 Folklore Yule Cat

This non rhyming poem sums up all of the folklore regarding the yule cat.

Folklore yule cat. However iceland s jolakotturinn is no sleepy fireside feline. The cat has alternatively been described as merely eating away the food of ones without new clothes during christmas feasts. There were other similar yule animals that seem to have merged with it. Weirdly he doesn t persuade children to behave better. Northern europe has krampus iceland has jólakötturinn. The exact origin of the yule cat is unknown. A huge and vicious cat said to wander around the snowy countryside during christmastime.

According to folklore the yule cat is a massive vicious beast that hides amongst the ice and snow of the barren. The yule cat has become associated with other figures from icelandic folklore as the house pet of the giantess grýla and her sons. In fact he might eat you. It seems that íslendingar grow up in fear of the ferocious jólakötturinn the yule cat who prowls the frozen countryside around christmastime looking for humans to eat. Jólakötturinn or jólaköttur is a monster from icelandic folklore a huge and vicious cat said to lurk about the snowy countryside during yuletide to eat people who have not received any new clothes to wear before yule christmas eve. Iceland s jólakötturinn or yule cat warned lazy children or the offspring of unproductive employees would be eaten by a monster feline which has roots hundreds of years back and popularized by a poem by johannes ur kotlum. The perception of the yule cat as a man eating beast was partly popularized by poems of jóhannes úr kötlum as with the rest of the folklore.

Christmas legends make the freezing nights pass faster the children behave and sometimes push laborers to produce more and work harder. The yule cat icelandic. Jólakötturinn is the icelandic yule cat or christmas cat. This character is tied to an icelandic tradition in which those who finished all their. He is not a nice cat. This fierce yule cat that turns into a carnivorous monster if you do not give him an offering. It s not just any offering however.

Jolakotturinn or the yule cat cats often appear curled up contentedly on the yuletide fireside scenes of some christmas cards. An award winning icelandic poet named jóhannes úr kötlum wrote a poem about the yule cat called jolakötturinn. The yule cat is a monster from icelandic folklore out of the christmas tale of jólakötturinn. Instead he pursues anyone who isn t getting new clothes for christmas.