They leave small gifts in shoes that children have placed on window sills, but if the child has been disobedient they instead leave a potato in the shoe.[2]. Loch Ness Monster | Species Bloody Mary | Kroni | Kelpie of Loch Ness | Cirein-cròin | Boneless | La Viuda | Captain Nemo, Monsters, Animals & Anthropomorphic Beings Jól (Yule) is the title often given to an Icelandic Christmas. Dr. Victor Frankenstein | Sack Man | Licking Maniac | Stolas | "Fucking dammnit Sven, i told you to behave". Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Beast of Beckley | Spiders | Devastated, Gryla's spent the last thousand years trying to replace her lost child. Cain | Krampus’s sour seasonal antics may have gotten their own movie but some think Grýla would do equally well as a horror villain. Is this seasonal savage really so different to the mortals she preys on? Smithsonian quotes a historic passage about the tinsel-hating troll: “Down comes Grýla from the outer fields / With forty tails / A bag on her back, a sword in her hand, / Coming to carve out the stomachs of the children / Who cry for meat during Lent.” Certainly a contrast to “Sleigh bells ring, are you listening?”. 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Headless Horseman | Crying Boy | Gryla is an Ogress who lives in the mountains of Iceland. Billed as Grýla’s first ever appearance onscreen, the role was played by Heather Doerksen. Lutzelfrau, the Yule Witch, is the dark German counterpart to St. Lucia. Belphegor | Creon | Momo | Another great Christmas monster is the Icelandic ogress, Grýla– the Christmas witch. 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Termagant | Giants of Voronezh | Kali | ', "Hey mom, where did you put the---uh, never mind I can come back later.". Steals and licks wooden spoons. An off-handed remark about coal is usually enough to scare American kids into submission during the holidays. Manananggal | El Silbón | Order of Hecate Krampus’s sour seasonal antics may have gotten their own movie but some think Grýla would do equally well as a horror villain. Grim Reaper | For centuries, we've had to brave the wilderness alone. Ghost Cars | Clown Doll | Antichrist | This bizarre band of brothers existed in their own right to begin with. Poltergeists | Gryla loves gin. They cooked and devoured Gryla's son first, her only child, and then the other witch broke their pact. King Ahab | Relationships Krampus’s sour seasonal antics may have gotten their own movie but some think Grýla would do equally well as a horror villain. The Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water | They cooked and devoured Gryla's son first, her only child, and then the other witch broke their pact. You agree & accept our Terms & Conditions to signup. The Killer In the Backseat | Harasses sheep, but is impaired by his stiff peg-legs. Ghosts | The last time I saw this post, she was the mother of all giants or something. Emela-Ntouka | pic.twitter.com/ZPAEKwGm5c, — What’s Trending (@WhatsTrending) December 20, 2018. [5], "Top 10 places to spend your 2010 Christmas", "Yule lads: Peoria woman's family surprises her with Icelandic folklore", "Hallberg Hallmundson's translation of 'Jólasveinarnir' by Jóhannes úr Kötlum", "Grýla, Grýlur, Grøleks and Skeklers: Folk Drama in the North Atlantic in the Early Middle Ages? ._33axOHPa8DzNnTmwzen-wO{font-size:14px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.5px;line-height:32px;text-transform:uppercase;display:block;padding:0 16px;width:100%} Myling | She then brings them home to cook them alive and turn them into a stew. Gryla had appeared in older tales as a troll but had not been linked to Christmas before. [9] He is the house pet of Gryla and her sons. Hags | Alive Is this seasonal savage really so different to the mortals she preys on? Camazotz | Joliet the Haunted and Cursed Doll | Whether or not you were naughty or nice, or if you're an adult or child, you are at risk of being eaten by The Yule Cat. Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina included her in the special episode A Midwinter’s Tale. Yowie | Her clothing is rough, and she looks every bit the part of a primal witch living in the wild. The Man Upstairs | Tailypo | Zombies | Malsumis | Black Monk of Pontefract | Appearances Some say she is just a kind of bogeyman, who enjoys scarring people. This saw the Yule Lads arrive in Greendale, with the literal mother from hell on hand to rein them in. “She ate one of her husbands when she got bored with him,” reveals Terry Gunnell of the University of Iceland, talking to Smithsonian. Mothman | And even though America loves Saint Nick, a TV show recently brought the amoral antics of the Christmas witch to life. Lycaon | Fomorians (Balor, Bres) |