- Yule is a pagan holiday that predates Christianity. The word is a derivative of the Old Norse word jól, meaning winter or slackening of winter.
- For a slightly higher octane Yule, as well as doing the above activities you can add these to your plans. Make a Yule Log: a wooden one rather than an edible one!
- In present times adherents of some new religious movements (such as Modern Germanic paganism) celebrate Yule independently of the Christian festival.
- Yule or Jol is an ancient Germanic holiday season. The name Jol is believed to come from a name for Odin himself – JÓLFAÐR, which translates to Yule Father.
- History of Yule. Our ancestors depended on the passage of times and seasons. ... Yule and Christmas both share certain similarities, and they often overlap as well.
- 'Yule' Nedir ve Nasıl Kutlanırdı? Yule, Eski İngilizce "geol" kelimesinden türemiş olup "Noel Günü" anlamına gelmektedir.
- " Christmas Traditions Through the Prism of Paganism and Christianity " tells us that Yule is a multi-day holiday. The origin of the term Yule is based on the calendar.
- We can easily find the basis of the Christmas feast in the Yule and Saturnalia, pagan and Roman winter festivals celebrated since ancient times.
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- Yule is a pagan holiday that goes back thousands of years and was celebrated by the Germanic peoples of Germany and Scandinavia.
