Icelandic Christmas Cat Song

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Icelandic christmas cat song. I always get myself a new shirt just in case. That is a great poem and it was made into a spooky song by Ingibjörg Þórbergs. Imagine the most celebrated and loved comedian in your country.

The Christmas Cat is said to eat children who do not receive clothing as Christmas presents. If playback doesnt begin shortly. Behave or a troll will terrorize you or a cat will eat you.

The figures are depicted as living together as. And so did the jazz singer Ragnheiður Gröndal in 2004. The threat of being eaten by this massive monster of a cat was not only used to motivate kids.

No one is quite sure where the Yule Cat belief comes from but what has made the Cat universally famous is perhaps the poem by Jóhannes úr Kötlum 18991972 the beginning of. Icelandic Christmas celebrations traditionally begin on December 23rd and involve a mix of religious practices and intriguing Icelandic mythology. This is Skuggi perhaps a distant relative to.

12282019 at 1107 AM. Unfortunately if there are no colourful new clothes among these gifts the innocent little ones instead of feasting on the Christmas banquet next day will become feasted on by the Yule Cat. A faithful cover of the Shakin Stevens song Snow is Falling but Laddis charming voice and the Icelandic lyrics makes it into one of the most popular Icelandic Christmas songs.

2 thoughts on A song about the Icelandic Christmas Cat from Björk Petros says. 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. Here you can listen to Icelands most famous singer Björk singing about the Icelandic Christmas Cat - and read the translation of the text from Icelandic to English.