Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.

Responsive image


Yule goat

A Yule goat on a Christmas tree.
'Old Christmas', riding a yule goat; 1836 illustration by Robert Seymour

The Yule goat is a Scandinavian and Northern European Yule and Christmas symbol and tradition. Its origin is from Germanic paganism and has existed in many variants during Scandinavian history. Modern representations of the Yule goat are typically made of straw.[1]

  1. ^ Cf. Rossel & Elbrönd-Bek (1996:xiv).

Previous Page Next Page






Cabra de Yule Catalan Vánoční kozel Czech Gafr yr Ŵyl CY Julebuk Danish Julbock German Julbock Spanish Näärisokk ET Olkipukki Finnish Joulusikk FIU-VRO Jólabukkur FO

Responsive image

Responsive image