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.)
“My men, like satyrs grazing on the lawns,
Shall with their goat feet dance an antic hay.”
—Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593)