The Yule Goat is one of the oldest Scandinavian and Northern European Yule and Christmas symbols and traditions. Its origin may be Germanic pagan, and the figure have existed in many variants during Scandinavian history. Today, the Yule Goat is typically a goat figure made of straw. The custom of wassailing is sometimes called "going Yule Goat" in Scandinavia.
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Famous quotes containing the words yule and/or goat:
“As I went on Yule day
In our procession,
Knew I jolly Jankin
By his merry tone—
Kyrie eleison.”
—Unknown. Jolly Jankin (l. Chorus.)
“There are some things, my dear Fisher, which do not bear much looking into. You undoubtedly have heard of the Siberian goat herder who tried to discover the true nature of the sun. He stared up at the heavenly body until it made him blind. There are many things of this sort, including love and death.”
—Stanley Kubrick (b. 1928)