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The Devil Within

Holiday Horror Series - The Cursed Creatures of Christmas

The Devil Within

Evio

True Crime

3.22.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

From an island nation born from fire and ice in the frosty North Atlantic to an ancient land in the British Isles... the old ways that pre-date Christianity are rife with terrifying creatures that dominated the nightmares of good and bad, young and old alike when the calendar turned to late December... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This series contains adult language and depictions of graphic violence.

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The land was old, carved from fire and ice. It's written in layers of basalt and the relentless creep of glaciers.

1:00.7

Iceland, they called it, though its name belied the fiery heart beneath.

1:06.1

The people who dwelt here were hearty and inventive, shaped by the capricious whims of nature,

1:13.0

where a good harvest or an early frost meant the difference between life and death.

1:19.8

It was in the shadow of this duality of warmth and cold, feast and famine, that the legend of the

1:26.4

Yule Cat was born.

1:28.6

To understand the story, we need to journey back to the island's early days,

1:33.7

when the settlers came with their sturdy ships and fragile hopes, bringing their sheep and their

1:40.1

stories. Among the early settlers was a woman named Brinja, known for her skills with a loom.

1:48.5

Her fingers worked like magic turning the rough wool of her sheep into fine garments that were

1:54.4

prized throughout the fjords. Yet it was not mere skill that guided her hand, but necessity.

2:02.3

For winter in Iceland was no season for idleness.

2:05.9

Woll was life itself, shielding the people from the cutting winds that blew in from the North

2:11.5

Atlantic.

2:14.5

Welcome back to the Devil Within's holiday horror series.

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