Icelandic Christmas Cat Song

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Icelandic christmas cat song. Imagine the most celebrated and loved comedian in your country. The poem Jólakötturinn tells the story of the dreaded Christmas Cat a horrible beast which ate poor children who didnt get new clothes for Christmas. Lastly Sigríður tells me the song Morning Has Broken popularized by Cat Stevens in the 1970s it actually originated as a Scottish hymn in 1900 with English lyrics written in 1931 by Eleanor Farjeon has become a very popular Christmas song in Iceland.

12282019 at 1107 AM. This year the fearsome felines likeness has been captured in a sculpture that is 5 meters 16 feet tall and 6 meters 19 feet wide and decorated with 6500 LED lights. Grýla and Leppalúði have 13 children all of whom are male that are the Icelandic Santa Clauses.

2 thoughts on A song about the Icelandic Christmas Cat from Björk Petros says. Here you can listen to Icelands most famous singer Björk singing about the Icelandic Christmas Cat - and read the translation of the text from Icelandic to English. It was part of his childrens book of Christmas poems based on Icelandic folklore Jólin koma.

Icelandic Christmas folklore depicts mountain-dwelling characters and monsters who come to town during Christmas. Unlike other parts of the world where Father Christmas or Saint Nick is the only yuletide icon Icelandic culture depicts not one but 13 Christmas trolls. Apparently farmers threatened their employees with being preyed upon by the Yule Cat in order to encourage them to complete the processing of the autumn wool before Christmas.

Im not convinced that shes entirely human. Behave or a troll will terrorize you or a cat will eat you. The feline was made famous in a 1932 poem by Icelandic poet Jóhannes úr Kötlum.

Superstition was rife in Iceland in the past. No matter how old you are youre never safe from Icelands Christmas Cat. Grýla and Leppalúði are the parents of the 13 Icelandic yule lads.