Are you familiar with the 13 Yule Lads from Icelandic Christmas lore? Their names translate to things like "Spoon-Licker" and "Doorway-Sniffer." Learn more from : https://t.co/h3QiJJe8sx

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In Icelandic folklore December 21st is the 10th day that the Yule Lads come to town to play their pranks. ⁠

The 10th Yule Lad is Window-Peeper. Discover his story and more in our new episode. Illustration from (https://t.co/j4oxG0SguO)⁠

➡️ https://t.co/kWU9gNFwa1⁠ ⬅️

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In Icelandic folklore December 18th is the 7th day that the Yule Lads come to town to play their pranks. ⁠

The 7th Yule Lad is Door-Slammer. Discover his story and more in our new episode. Illustration from (https://t.co/j4oxG0SguO)⁠

➡️ https://t.co/kWU9gNFwa1⁠ ⬅️

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Yule Cat (Jólakötturinn) is a large & cranky kitty lurking in the Icelandic snow drifts during Yule & eats people who've not received new clothes to wear before Christmas Eve.🎄😾
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Art by Marina Vereshchagina

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In Icelandic folklore December 16th is the 5th day that the Yule Lads come to town to play their pranks. ⁠

The 5th Yule Lad is Pot-Scraper. Discover his story and more in our new episode. Illustration from (https://t.co/j4oxG0SguO)⁠

➡️ https://t.co/kWU9gNFwa1⁠ ⬅️

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Hafnarborg AIR: Open Call for 2021
> Deadline: November 30, 2020
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In Icelandic folklore December 15th is the 4th day that the Yule Lads come to town to play their pranks. ⁠

The 4th Yule Lad is Spoon-Licker. Discover his story and more in our new episode. Illustration from (https://t.co/j4oxG0SguO)⁠

➡️ https://t.co/kWU9gNFwa1⁠ ⬅️

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"Hjartad mitt" basically translates to "my heart" in Icelandic! Bloodhound and Mirage shipart

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Jólakötturinn 🐈🇮🇸🎄 The Yule Cat ❄️ 🎄I hope you like my drawing for this Adventskalender🎄

🇮🇸⬇️ A BIT OF ICELANDIC FOLKLORE DOWN BWLOW ⬇️🇮🇸

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Landscapes of Iceland 🇮🇸

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In Icelandic folklore December 14th is the 3rd day that the Yule Lads come to town to play their pranks.

The 3rd Yule Lad to appear is Stubby. Discover his story and more in our new episode. Illustration from (https://t.co/j4oxG0SguO)⁠

Listen here: https://t.co/kWU9gNFwa1

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In Icelandic folklore December 13th is the 2nd day that the Yule Lads come to town to play their pranks.

The 2nd Yule Lad to appear is Gully Gawk. Discover his story and more in our new episode. Illustration from (https://t.co/j4oxG0SguO)⁠

Listen here: https://t.co/kWU9gNFwa1

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Landscapes of Iceland.
via: cumacervik

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Instagram tips from an artist with 1/2 million followers! We went out to Iceland to talk to Benjamin Hardman about his career. Check out the full video here: https://t.co/2MLQcr59jM

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Winter in meant appeasing the winter witch Grýla (now associated with Christmas) a personification & threat of winter, darkness & cold
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icelandic variant cuz its closer to old norse and therefore a bit more historically accurate, wasnt sure how to norsify my name though (although cursory thought tells me its probably just kelli)

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Iceland ❄️

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"Iceland's Guardians" on sale now!!


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‘Iceland's Guardians’ by on sale NOW: https://t.co/qJfGA0F5FX

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