by Minimanta » Tue Dec 17, 2024 8:16 pm
I just watched a particular Christmas movie yesterday which introduced me to Gryla, a troll woman from Icelandic folklore related to Christmas. And I think she would make for an awesome AC litter one year :D
Mind you, I am not Icelandic, so if an Icelandic person would further explain the tradition/lore around her, that would be awesome. But this is what I've gathered from Wikipedia:
I imagine the litter being mostly dogs but could be anything other than cats and one cat and it would be 15 outcomes in total.
Gryla would be the only adult dog/non-cat, she is described as an old, monstrous troll-like woman who kidnaps naughty children.
Gryla is the mother of the 13 "Yule Lads", these guys are described as being pranksters. Most depictions of them show them as gnome/tomte like creatures. They are each named after the thing they like to prank people with. I imagine these guys would be PPS pups/non-kittens somehow representing the 13 different pranks. As an example one of them is called "Spoon Licker" in English, this one would have a spoon in the design, something like that.
And finally Gryla also have a pet, the Yule Cat. Described as a giant, vicious cat that eat people (or simply their food in the toned down versions) who didn't get new clothes before Christmas.
I think this would be such a fun litter to see, I love to learn about old pre-Christian Christmas traditions and lore from around the world.
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