Novel Grand Award
1 appearances
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Edition 31 (2000) honorable mention / readers grand prize
Yule
ユール
Yūru
Profile
- Gender
- Unknown
- Nationality
- Northern Europe
- Languages
- Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, English
Career
- Occupations
- festival, folk tradition
- Influenced By
- Ancient Germanic midwinter rites, Norse mythology, Mithraism and Roman Saturnalia influences
- Influenced
- Nordic Christmas customs, Folkloric motifs (Yule log, Yule goat, etc.)
Awards & Nominations
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Oral-tradition based descriptive folk narrativesAccounts that combine mythic and ritual elements
- Recurring Motifs
- solar rebirthyule log (firewood)yule goatfire and light (bonfires, candles)ancestral spirits / the Wild Hunt
Legacy
Yule is a midwinter festival originating among the Germanic and Nordic peoples. It has merged in many ways with Christian Christmas customs and influenced modern Nordic culture and global Christmas traditions. Practices such as the Yule log, Yule goat, and Saint Lucia celebrations persist regionally.
Academic Societies
- Folklore societies
In Popular Culture
- The Yule log is sometimes cited as the origin of the Bûche de Noël (Yule log cake).
- Straw Yule goats and large Yule Goat displays (e.g. the Gävle Goat) are known as modern Christmas decorations/events.
Quotes
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Yule was a festival held around the midwinter (winter solstice) among ancient European Germanic peoples and Vikings.
Source: Wikipedia article 'Yule' (Japanese)
Trivia
- In Scandinavian languages, Christmas is still often called 'Jul' (Yule).
- The Yule Goat originally derives from Thor's goats and survives as straw decorations in Nordic countries.