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Grýla

In Icelandic folklore, Grýla is a monstrous entity who lives in the wilderness of Iceland. The name Grýla is first attested in medieval sources. The earliest unambiguous references to Grýla's gender and her association with Christmas, though, date only from the 17th century. In 17th-century poems about Grýla, she is generally represented as a hideous and…

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In Christmas folklore and popular culture

Ásgrímur MagnússonRímurHallgrímur PéturssonStefán ÓlafssonYule cat
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In premodern sources

HeitiProse EddaSkaldSnorri SturlusonArctic fox
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IcelandFolkloreChristmasTrollCrone
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Grýla

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Triples42
Avg. degree1.94
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related to In Christmas folklore and popular culture · 19
Grýla → Christmas, Fell, Grýla's, Grýlukvæði, Guðmundur Erlendsson, Hallgrímur Pétursson, Leppalúðakvæði, Leppalúði, Magnússon, Rev, Several, Since, Sléttuhlíð, Stefán, The, This, Vallanes, Yet, Yule
related to In premodern sources · 18
Grýla → Arctic, Christmas, Faroe Islands, Grýla's, Grýlu, Gunnell, However, Iceland, Icelandic, In, North Atlantic, Not, Poems, Prose Edda, Several, Snorri Sturluson, Terry Gunnell, The
related to External links · 4
Grýla → Christmas, GrýlaWaking, IcelandGetting Even, Wiggle-Waggle Monsters
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Grýla → monstrous entity who lives in the wilderness of Iceland

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christmas icelandic iceland grýla's century generally children folklore appears poem poems yule character appearance monstrous sources references composed one associated

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Grýlais amonstrous entity who lives in the wilderness of Iceland0.90text
Grýlarelated to External linksChristmas0.60section
Grýlarelated to External linksIcelandGetting Even0.60section
Grýlarelated to External linksGrýlaWaking0.60section
Grýlarelated to External linksWiggle-Waggle Monsters0.60section
Grýlarelated to In Christmas folklore and popular cultureChristmas0.60section
Grýlarelated to In Christmas folklore and popular cultureThe0.60section
Grýlarelated to In Christmas folklore and popular cultureRev0.60section
Grýlarelated to In Christmas folklore and popular cultureGuðmundur Erlendsson0.60section
Grýlarelated to In Christmas folklore and popular cultureFell0.60section
Grýlarelated to In Christmas folklore and popular cultureSléttuhlíð0.60section
Grýlarelated to In Christmas folklore and popular cultureMagnússon0.60section

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