The 13 Yule Lads, Gryla, and the Yule Cat

Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths

Tyler and Charlie

Society & Culture, Science, Comedy, Natural Sciences

4.7 • 781 Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to another episode of Believing the Bizarre! As we get closer to Christmas, we thought it would be fun to tackle Icelandic Christmas folklore - the 13 Yule Lads. Essentially, these are Icelandic pranksters that come to town one by one during the last 13 nights before Yule, and perform a particular task. Some weird and some even weirder. We also discuss the terrifying troll, Gryla, and the big black Yule Cat. But how believable is all of this Christmas fun? Listen now. Sponsor: Get 13% at Loudmouth Threads by using the Discount Code: BIZARRE at checkout: https://loudmouththreads.bigcartel.com/ Support Believing the Bizarre and get tons of extra content by joining our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/believingthebizarre For updates and extra content, follow Believing the Bizarre on social media: https://www.instagram.com/believingthebizarre/ https://www.facebook.com/believingthebizarre/ You can rep Believing the Bizarre and buy some unique merch here: https://believing-the-bizarre.creator-spring.com/

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0:00.0	Have you ever seen a tiny monster staring through your window?
0:04.3	What happens to that dirty pot you forgot to clean?
0:08.1	Is there a creature hunting children in Iceland?
0:11.8	Today we test the believability of the 13 lads and a yuletide cat.
0:20.4	Music Welcome to Believing the Bazaar, where we dive into the unknown and the unusual.
0:43.4	And tell you whether or not we find it believable.
0:46.2	Oh, my gosh, that is right.
0:48.0	So this is one of our Christmas episodes.
0:52.0	What were those questions?
0:59.4	Oh, man, this is going to be a weird one, man. It's cool. If you were listening and you heard the first question and you answered yes, apparently this episode is for you.
1:06.7	Yeah. Yeah. Like all the time, Little head, big arms, creepy eyes.
1:11.4	Yeah.
1:11.8	Well, okay.
1:12.6	All right.
1:13.2	What if somebody has that problem, but this episode doesn't solve their problem?
1:16.6	I can almost guarantee this will not solve your problem.
1:21.7	Nothing we do ever on the podcast is meant to solve problems.
1:24.5	I feel like that's a disclaimer we should do before episode 88, but I'm just throwing it out there now.
1:30.3	This is very focused in a certain area in the world.
1:36.1	Christmas or like in the world, like in the...
1:38.6	Iceland.
1:39.5	Yes.
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