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Yule Traditions in the North Part 1: Ancient Rituals

Yule Traditions in the North Part 1: Ancient Rituals

Update: 2025-12-12
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Amina and Mathias dive into Yule traditions in the North. first, they talk about some aspects of pre-Christian Scandinavian jól -including if it even really existed, its place in the calendar, and what rituals took place in the period- and then they branch out to Celtic traditions. At the very end the pair derail themselves and get sucked into a conversation about Germanic and Celtic loans, the origin of things we think are Celtic and Germanic, and the stereotypes about Celtic and Germanic peoples. This is part one of two episodes on Yule.

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Guillermo the IVth

Is there an illustrated article that surveys the borrowing of knotwork from Roman through the Viking Age? And does it define (or at least attempt to define) when that knotwork distinguishes itself enough to be not just a copy but then becomes a specifically styled portion of that region’s/people’s art? I might bet with trade and cultural exchange and individual skillsets that’s hard to put a finger on, but given visual finds with dating, maybe?

Dec 22nd
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Yule Traditions in the North Part 1: Ancient Rituals

Yule Traditions in the North Part 1: Ancient Rituals

Mathias Nordvig and Amina Otto