Icelandic Christmas Cat Song

I always get myself a new shirt just in case.

Icelandic christmas cat song. The stories are directed at children and are used to scare them into good behaviour. And so did the jazz singer Ragnheiður Gröndal in 2004. The song is Björks contribution to the Hvit Er Í Borg og BÒ Christmas compilation issued on the Hljóðaklettur label in 1987.

Unlike other parts of the world where Father Christmas or Saint Nick is the only yuletide icon Icelandic culture depicts not one but 13 Christmas trolls. 1 jolakotturinn the christmas cat jolakotturinn or the christmas cat is an incredibly popular christmas song in iceland performed by bjork. Apparently farmers threatened their employees with being preyed upon by the Yule Cat in order to encourage them to complete the processing of the autumn wool before Christmas.

Lastly Sigríður tells me the song Morning Has Broken popularized by Cat Stevens in the 1970s it actually originated as a Scottish hymn in 1900 with English lyrics written in 1931 by Eleanor Farjeon has become a very popular Christmas song in Iceland. Icelandic Christmas folklore depicts mountain-dwelling characters and monsters who come to town during Christmas. Jólakötturinn The Christmas Cat is a beast that according to Icelandic folklore eats children who dont receive new clothes in time for Christmas.

Icelands favourite daughter sings her version of the carol jólakötturinn or the christmas cat by composer ingibjörg þorbergs. Im not convinced that shes entirely human. The first song is a 1987 recording of Björk singing a early 20th century poem by Jóhannes úr Kötlum who codified the many old folk stories and myths relating to Christmas.

Behave or a troll will terrorize you or a cat will eat you. 12282019 at 1107 AM. That is a great poem and it was made into a spooky song by Ingibjörg Þórbergs.

This is Skuggi perhaps a distant relative to. Grýla and Leppalúði have 13 children all of whom are male that are the Icelandic Santa Clauses. This year the fearsome felines likeness has been captured in a sculpture that is 5 meters 16 feet tall and 6 meters 19 feet wide and decorated with 6500 LED lights.