Icelandic Christmas Cat Song

The figures are depicted as living together as. The song is Björks contribution to the Hvit Er Í Borg og BÒ Christmas compilation issued on the Hljóðaklettur label in 1987. Behave or a troll will terrorize you or a cat will eat you.

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Im not convinced that shes entirely human.

Icelandic christmas cat song. This year the fearsome felines likeness has been captured in a sculpture that is 5 meters 16 feet tall and 6 meters 19 feet wide and decorated with 6500 LED lights. Grýla and Leppalúði have 13 children all of whom are male that are the Icelandic Santa Clauses. Björk also recorded a popular version of the song in the late 1980s.

Above you can listen to one of Icelands most famous and loved Christmas songs about this feared Christmas Cat. No matter how old you are youre never safe from Icelands Christmas Cat. Apparently farmers threatened their employees with being preyed upon by the Yule Cat in order to encourage them to complete the processing of the autumn wool before Christmas.

The Christmas Cat was made famous in a 1932 poem by Icelandic poet Jóhannes úr Kötlum. It was part of his childrens book of Christmas poems based on Icelandic folklore Jólin koma. Jólakötturinn The Christmas Cat is a beast that according to Icelandic folklore eats children who dont receive new clothes in time for Christmas.

A song about a monster. Björk - Jólakotturinn Christmas Cat 1987 - YouTube. The first song is a 1987 recording of Björk singing a early 20th century poem by Jóhannes úr Kötlum who codified the many old folk stories and myths relating to Christmas.

The Christmas Cat is said to eat children who do not receive clothing as Christmas presents. I am not afraid of the Christmas cat. The Yule Cat is a huge and nasty cat from Icelandic folklore.

Lastly Sigríður tells me the song Morning Has Broken popularized by Cat Stevens in the 1970s it actually originated as a Scottish hymn in 1900 with English lyrics written in 1931 by Eleanor Farjeon has become a very popular Christmas song in Iceland. And for modern Icelanders most of making sure we got something new for Christmas. That is a great poem and it was made into a spooky song by Ingibjörg Þórbergs.