Yule became quite the beast to many a neopagan and reconstructionist of the 19th and 20th centuries, included in the Wiccan Rede and as a central part of the Wheel of the Year that codified in the years after pagan beliefs were made legal in countries like the UK.

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●||And drawing process
It took 7 hours(´ ∀ ` *)

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In Norse mythology the sun is a wheel that changes the seasons & it was from the name of this wheel, houl, that the word yule came. At the mid-winter solstice they would light bonfires, tell stories, drink ale & generally make merry.
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References to it as bûche de Noël or, in English, Yule Log, can be found from at least the Edwardian era (for example, F. Vine, Saleable Shop Goods (1898 and later).

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Happy Winter Solstice. Here is a Yule cat.

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🎄Blessed Yule and Merry Christmas 🎄

Today is the winter solstice, the longest night of the year! Our 1st lesson from our Magickal Menagerie is this Yule Prosperity Spell! We hope you use it and enjoy 🥰

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Yule Blessings and happy solstice, witches! 🤍

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💙🤍merry yule🤍💙

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The piece is inspired by the legend of the Yule Cat. In Icelandic tradition, this giant and vicious cat is active during Christmas time, when it may travel to towns and cities and eat anyone who hasn't received new clothes to wear before Christmas.

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Merry Yule!🍎🎄🕯️I hope your day is full of warm drinks and good company! Meri Lewyd Apple is coming a-wassailing to your home and orchard!

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Who's next? It's Gáttaþefur or Doorway-Sniffer! Our eleventh Yule Lad boasts a massive nose with which he can smell Icelandic laufabrauð (leaf bread) from great distances. Miraculously, he never gets a cold!

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🎨Artwork🎨
¡Feliz Yule!
Quería hacer una ilustración sobre un personaje muy importante en los pueblos escandinavos, concretamente en Finlandia, y no es nada más y nada menos que Joulupukki, la Cabra de Navidad, que se ha ido transformando hasta Papá Noel.
Abro Hilo:

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Happy Solstice to all who celebrate such things! The days are going to get longer and brighter from tomorrow. Hoorah!

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Blessed first day of Yule, and night of the winter solstice! Tonight is our longest night!

May your homes be warm, your hopes high, and your bellies full!

How are you spending this evening? Every year I always watch the Little Bear winter specials, and make a nice dinner ❄️💙

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wishing you a crumlush and peaceful Yule. May we all take it upon ourselves to hold the light for another turn of the wheel.

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It's time to turn the Year Wheel from darkness to light - Yule, the winter solstice is coming!
This night the Yule Cat wanders peering into snow-covered windows and checking if everything is ready to meet renewed sun!
Blessed Yule, my good ones!

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