27+ Folklore Yule Cat

There were other similar yule animals that seem to have merged with it.

Folklore yule cat. Jolakotturinn or the yule cat cats often appear curled up contentedly on the yuletide fireside scenes of some christmas cards. 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. According to folklore the yule cat is a massive vicious beast that hides amongst the ice and snow of the barren. A huge and vicious cat said to wander around the snowy countryside during christmastime. He is not a nice cat. The yule cat is a monster from icelandic folklore out of the christmas tale of jólakötturinn. 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.

It s not just any offering however. Instead he pursues anyone who isn t getting new clothes for christmas. Jólakötturinn is the icelandic yule cat or christmas cat. Weirdly he doesn t persuade children to behave better. This giant yule cat prowls around at christmas looking for victims. In fact he might eat you. An award winning icelandic poet named jóhannes úr kötlum wrote a poem about the yule cat called jolakötturinn.

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. Northern europe has krampus iceland has jólakötturinn. But this giant. This fierce yule cat that turns into a carnivorous monster if you do not give him an offering. The exact origin of the yule cat is unknown. The cat has alternatively been described as merely eating away the food of ones without new clothes during christmas feasts.

This character is tied to an icelandic tradition in which those who finished all their. Cats in folklore don t make good christmas creatures. This non rhyming poem sums up all of the folklore regarding the yule cat. Christmas legends make the freezing nights pass faster the children behave and sometimes push laborers to produce more and work harder.