The Yule Goat is one of the oldest Scandinavian and Northern European Yule and Christmas symbols and traditions. Its origin may be Germanic pagan, and the figure have existed in many variants during Scandinavian history. Today, the Yule Goat is typically a goat figure made of straw. The custom of wassailing is sometimes called "going Yule Goat" in Scandinavia.
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Famous quotes containing the words yule and/or goat:
“As I went on Yule day
In our procession,
Knew I jolly Jankin
By his merry tone—
Kyrie eleison.”
—Unknown. Jolly Jankin (l. Chorus.)
“But he answered his father, Listen! For all these years I have been working like a slave for you, and I have never disobeyed your command; yet you have never given me even a young goat so that I might celebrate with my friends. But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fatted calf for him!’”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 15:29,30.