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Yule

Yule (Old English: ġēol, Old Norse: jól) is a winter festival and time of the year historically observed by heathen Germanic peoples that was later merged with the festival of Christmas during the process of Christianisation. The oldest accounts describe two Yule-months around the winter solstice in early, and sometimes explicitly heathen, Germanic…

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Historical Nordic traditions

Skaldic poetryKenningHuginsHalfdanr svartiEponymous saga
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Etymology and derived terms

Middle EnglishProto-GermanicJacob GrimmRunic calendarsLatin
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Contemporary traditions

ÁgripÓlaf TryggvasonShetlandOrkneyFaroes
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Timing of heathen Yule celebrations

Procopius of CaesariaHeruliThuleAnglo-SaxonJulian calendar
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Date
Middle of winter (see § Date of observance)
Frequency
Annual
Observed by
Germanic pagans, Modern pagans (Heathens, Wiccans), LaVeyan Satanists
Related to
Midwinter, Christmastide, Christmas
Significance
Winter festival
Type
Pagan

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Yule months

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Yule

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Yule

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related to Relationship with Christmas in Northern Europe · 40
Yule → Alfred, As Christianity, Augustine, Christian, Christians, Christmas, Christmas Day Geohel-dæg, Christmastide, Doom, Easter, English, Faroes, Finnic, Germanic, Good, Great, Hákon, Hákonar, Iceland, In
related to Existence of pre-Christian Yule · 26
Yule → Anglo-Saxons, Bede, British, CE, Christian, Christian Yule, Christianity, Christmas, England, Germanic, Haraldskvæði, Heimskringla, Hutton, It, North Germanic, Old English, Old Norse, Ronald Hutton, Scandinavian, Snorri
related to Supernatural visitations · 26
Yule → An, Another Yule, Beowulf, Breiðafjörður, Changes, Christian, Christianisation, Eyrbyggja, Frægdegjeva, Furthermore, Given, Glamur, Green Knight, Grettir, Grettis, Grimi Skeljungsbana, Iceland, Jesus, Northern Europe, Often
related to Timing of heathen Yule celebrations · 26
Yule → According, Andreas Nordberg, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon Yule, Anglo-Saxons, Bede, Caesaria, Christian Yule, December, Germanic, Giuli, Gregorian, He, Heruli, In, January, Julian, Norway, Procopius, Scandinavia
related to Yule months · 19
Yule → Anglo-Saxons, Bede, CE, CE Codex Ambrosianus, Christians, December, English, Geola, Germanic, Gothic, January Giuli, Jesus, Modranecht, Mothers, The Reckoning, This, Time, Two, Yule-month
related to Games and performances · 18
Yule → Christian, Eysteinssonar, Frey’s, Furthermore, Games, Haraldskvæði, Hjálmþés, Hálfdanar, Króka-Refs, Leikr, Old English, Old Norse, Performances, Ragnars, Sutton Hoo, The, This, Yuletide
related to Blót, feasting and drinking · 17
Yule → Another, Christian, Communal, Good, Hákon, Hákonar, In, Jólaveizlur, King Halfdanr, Lade, Mære, Old Norse, Scandinavia, Sámi, This, Yule-feast, Yule-feasts
related to Etymology and derived terms · 16
Yule → Christmas, Despite, English, In, It, Jacob Grimm, Latin, Middle Ages, Middle English, Old English, Other Old English, Proto-Germanic, Scholars, The, The Old English, Various
related to Significance and connection to other events · 16
Yule → As, By, Christian Germanic, Christian Yule, Christianisation, Germanic, However, In Scandinavian, Interpretations, Latin, More, Part, Scholarly, Simek, The Yule, This
related to Heitstrenging · 8
Yule → Freyr, Heitstrenging, Heiðreks, Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar, Hervarar, Some, The, Yule-Eve

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christmas heathen old also winter english germanic festival norse solstice jól century including time midwinter host modern attested two around

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YuleDateMiddle of winter (see § Date of observance)1.00infobox
YuleFrequencyAnnual1.00infobox
YuleObserved byGermanic pagans, Modern pagans (Heathens, Wiccans), LaVeyan Satanists1.00infobox
YuleRelated toMidwinter, Christmastide, Christmas1.00infobox
YuleSignificanceWinter festival1.00infobox
YuleTypePagan1.00infobox
julebukkinginstance ofSuch traditions closely resemble folk practices and beliefs from the modern period0.80text
the Wild Huntinstance ofSuch traditions closely resemble folk practices and beliefs from the modern period0.80text
which may have partly heathen roots.Because of the blending of the festival periodinstance ofSuch traditions closely resemble folk practices and beliefs from the modern period0.80text
Christmasinstance ofSuch traditions closely resemble folk practices and beliefs from the modern period0.80text
Yuleinstance ofSuch traditions closely resemble folk practices and beliefs from the modern period0.80text
its cognates are still used to refer to Christmasinstance ofSuch traditions closely resemble folk practices and beliefs from the modern period0.80text

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