{"id":357,"date":"2017-01-04T20:05:31","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T20:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/?p=357"},"modified":"2017-01-04T20:05:31","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T20:05:31","slug":"yule-lads-and-yule-cat-on-the-greatest-open-education-resource-wikipedia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/yule-lads-and-yule-cat-on-the-greatest-open-education-resource-wikipedia\/","title":{"rendered":"Yule Lads and Yule cat \u2013 on the greatest Open Education Resource: Wikipedia."},"content":{"rendered":"

Yule Lads \u2013 on the greatest Open Education Resource: Wikipedia.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Yule Lads – Picture taken by Inga Vitola CC-BY via Flickr (https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/360around\/8438686745\/in\/photolist-dRGtz4-dBRVEa-dBGFuw-5MeWDT-dBGFTu)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Yule lads<\/a> are 13 trolls from Icelandic folklore who put rewards (or punishments) in shoes laid out on windowsills by children on the 13 nights in the run up to Christmas. Some Yule lads are mere pranksters while some are\u2026 homicidal monsters who eat children.<\/p>\n

You can find out more about the Yule lads (and when they\u2019re due to arrive in town) on the greatest open education tool; Wikipedia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But just in case, below is a list of their names & descriptions so you can watch out for them (and their monstrous Yule Cat<\/a>)!<\/p>\n

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Icelandic Name<\/strong><\/td>\nEnglish translation<\/strong><\/td>\nDescription<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stekkjarstaur<\/em><\/td>\nSheep-Cote Clod<\/td>\nHarasses sheep, but is impaired by his stiff peg-legs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Giljagaur<\/em><\/td>\nGully Gawk<\/td>\nHides in gullies, waiting for an opportunity to sneak into the cowshed and steal milk.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
St\u00fafur<\/em><\/td>\nStubby<\/td>\nAbnormally short. Steals pans to eat the crust left on them.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00dev\u00f6rusleikir<\/em><\/td>\nSpoon-Licker<\/td>\nSteals spoons to lick. Is extremely thin due to malnutrition.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pottaskefill<\/em><\/td>\nPot-Scraper<\/td>\nSteals leftovers from pots.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Askasleikir<\/em><\/td>\nBowl-Licker<\/td>\nHides under beds waiting for someone to put down their bowl which he then steals.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hur\u00f0askellir<\/em><\/td>\nDoor-Slammer<\/td>\nLikes to slam doors, especially during the night.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Skyrg\u00e1mur<\/em><\/td>\nSkyr-Gobbler<\/td>\nA Yule Lad with an affinity for skyr<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bj\u00fagnakr\u00e6kir<\/em><\/td>\nSausage-Swiper<\/td>\nWould hide in the rafters and snatch sausages that were being smoked.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gluggag\u00e6gir<\/em><\/td>\nWindow-Peeper<\/td>\nA voyeur who would look through windows in search of things to steal.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
G\u00e1tta\u00feefur<\/em><\/td>\nDoorway-Sniffer<\/td>\nHas an abnormally large nose and an acute sense of smell which he uses to locate laufabrau\u00f0<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ketkr\u00f3kur<\/em><\/td>\nMeat-Hook<\/td>\nUses a hook to steal meat.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kertasn\u00edkir<\/em><\/td>\nCandle-Stealer<\/td>\nFollows children in order to steal their candles.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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