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Icelandic Christmas folklore depicts mountain-dwelling characters and monsters who come to town during Christmas. The stories are directed at children and are used to scare them into good behavior. The folklore includes mischievous pranksters who leave gifts at night and monsters who eat disobedient children. The figures are depicted as living together as a family in a cave and include: These Christmas-related folktales first appeared around the 17th century and displayed some variation based on region and age. In modern times, these characters have taken on slightly more benevolent roles.[2] The first mention of the Yule Lads can be found in the 17th-century Poem of Grýla. Grýla had appeared in older tales as a troll but had not been linked to Christmas before. She is described as a hideous being who is the mother of the gigantic Yule Lads, a menace to children. Early on, the number and depiction of the Yule Lads varied greatly depending on location. They were used to frighten childre

Icelandic Christmas folklore - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article needs more citations . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . Find sources: "Icelandic Christmas folklore" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( December 2022 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Grýla and Skyrgámur (a Yule Lad fond of skyr ) depicted in a sculpture at Keflavík International Airport Icelandic Christmas folklore depicts mountain-dwelling characters and monsters who

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