Yule goat

The function of the Yule goat has differed throughout the ages.

Modern representations of the Yule goat are typically made of straw.

Other traditions are possibly related to the sheaf of corn called the Yule goat.

The tomte is preceded by another mythological creature: the Yule goat.

The custom of wassailing is sometimes called "going Yule goat" in Scandinavia.

The Yule goat's origins might go as far back as pre-Christian days.

Due to the positive reaction their Yule Goat received that year, they built another one the following year and from then on.

The Yule goat in Scandinavia today is best known as a Christmas ornament.

The group of Christmas characters would often include the Yule goat, a rowdy and sometimes scary creature demanding gifts.

In Scandinavia, the figure of the Yule Goat remains a common Christmas ornament.

The Natural Science Club's Yule Goat were also burnt and vandalised; one year it was run over by a car.

Traditionally, the Yule goats appeared on Christmas Eve, knocking on the doors of their homes, handing out presents.

Seymour's illustration shows Old Christmas dressed in a fur gown, crowned with a holly wreath, and riding a yule goat.

The Yule goat was later replaced by or conflated with the tomte or nisse, whose appearance is somewhat similar to that of a garden gnome.

Prior to the influence of St. Nicholas in Sweden, the job of giving out gifts was done by the Yule Goat.

Noflan was used to protect a giant straw yule goat or julbocken from arson in Gävle, Sweden during December 2006.

In recent years, the city has received a lot of international attention due to its large Yule Goat figure made of straw - the Gävle Goat.

Through the years, the Finnish Santa Claus (Joulupukki or "Yule Goat") has received over eight million letters.

Until the 20th century, presents were instead distributed by the Yule Goat, still today used as Christmas decoration and remembered by the famous Gävle goat.

Yule Goat originally denoted the goat that was slaughtered around Yule, but it may also indicate a goat figure made out of straw.

In this, there might be a relation to Santa Claus and the Yule goat's origin in the medieval celebrations of Saint Nicholas.

The Yule goat is a Scandinavian and Northern European Yule and Christmas symbol and tradition.

The straw statue of the Swedish Yule goat in Gavle, near Stockholm, has been torched for the third consecutive year, turning anti-torching security measures to ash.

The Yule Goat became one of the oldest Scandinavian and Northern European Yule and Christmas symbols and traditions.

The Gävle Goat is a giant version of the Yule Goat, erected every year in the Swedish city of Gävle.