The Yule Lads - Mischief Makers and Children Takers - European - Extra Mythology

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  • @extrahistory
    @extrahistory  5 років тому +697

    From now on, I promise to treasure every itchy pair of socks my grandma gifts me for the holidays.

    • @vojtechhykys1466
      @vojtechhykys1466 5 років тому +5

      I am from Czech republic and here presents are bringed by little Jesus. And we open our presents on 24th right after diner where we eat fish with potato salad and after that we open our presents and eat the MANY kinds of Christmas cokies and drink eegnog, sing chrisnas carols and watch local chrismas clasics until we go to sleep.
      Mery Christmas.

    • @hadtrio6629
      @hadtrio6629 5 років тому +1

      start on unknown mythology's of less known civilizations

    • @ole2922
      @ole2922 5 років тому +4

      Do Sinterklaas. It's very funny. They even have a Sinterklaasjournaal.

    • @adamenander9840
      @adamenander9840 5 років тому +4

      Plz do some scandinavian myths

    • @Ofxzh
      @Ofxzh 5 років тому

      Hey extra credits, I wanna learn how to make video games with easy to learn codes and engines. Is there any engine out there that has up to date tutorials so I can actually learn how to make a game?
      I really wanna get a duck rpg out of my head.

  • @Carols989
    @Carols989 5 років тому +1190

    i absolutely love that every culture has several monsters whose sole purpose is "kids if you misbehave you will DIE"

    • @GrifoStelle
      @GrifoStelle 5 років тому +136

      And considering how prevalent child mortality used to be in the time before accessible hospitals, treatments and law enforcement to return lost children... Mean neighbour parents could weave whatever lie they needed to get their kids to behave and survive

    • @gargoyles9999
      @gargoyles9999 5 років тому +14

      B_Potassio Well that escalated quickly

    • @Terrkas0
      @Terrkas0 5 років тому +16

      That probably makes it easier to make sure, they behave, sometimes.

    • @wintershafts5024
      @wintershafts5024 5 років тому +47

      My mom used to tell me when I was young that if I don't eat my food, Yellowbird (yes Yellowbird from Sesame St) was waiting outside and would catch me.

    • @Yingyanglord1
      @Yingyanglord1 5 років тому +46

      fear the big bird his size is great like his appetite for the naughty

  • @wienerschnitzel1739
    @wienerschnitzel1739 5 років тому +1632

    “Look, who’s that up in the rafters?!
    It’s sausage swiper, here to seal your sausage”

    • @MilleBjorn54
      @MilleBjorn54 5 років тому +133

      But you can get "salmonella" if you eat it

    • @davidgustavsson4000
      @davidgustavsson4000 5 років тому +64

      One of the funniest moments of QI: "which one of us is sausage swiper?" *camera pans across panel, mostly lesbians and straight men*
      Matt Lucas: "guess that's me then!"

    • @andrewvarney5687
      @andrewvarney5687 5 років тому +42

      Swiper no swiping!!!

    • @garcalej
      @garcalej 5 років тому +26

      (Points at him) “Swiper, no swiping!!!”
      Shit....worth a shot.

    • @vigglewiggle5396
      @vigglewiggle5396 5 років тому +17

      Ah, am an of culture

  • @shawnheatherly
    @shawnheatherly 5 років тому +963

    The Yule Lads are some incredibly specific pranksters.

    • @rannveig83
      @rannveig83 4 роки тому +6

      Ye

    • @rileydavidson207
      @rileydavidson207 4 роки тому +32

      I mean, if they come in the same order every year you can exploit them. Eat all your sausage before sausage swipper comes

    • @danielmiller2830
      @danielmiller2830 4 роки тому +1

      Toilet-licker

    • @demolisherman1763
      @demolisherman1763 4 роки тому +1

      My favorite WINDOW PEEPER

    • @AlmightyLoaf
      @AlmightyLoaf 4 роки тому +2

      Someone has to do the jobs...

  • @marschallblucher6197
    @marschallblucher6197 5 років тому +829

    "Do you do Halloween?"
    Icelander: No but we have Christmas.

    • @Dmitrisnikioff
      @Dmitrisnikioff 5 років тому +40

      Öskudagur, Ash Wednesday, actually is fairly similar, except the kids go to businesses, not individuals and they have to sing instead of extorting people with threats

    • @marschallblucher6197
      @marschallblucher6197 5 років тому +4

      @@Dmitrisnikioff XD noice!

    • @paulchapman8023
      @paulchapman8023 5 років тому +5

      Isn’t wassailing pretty much the same as trick-or-treating?

    • @aj-gt4vj
      @aj-gt4vj 4 роки тому +3

      It's changing we are getting Halloween

    • @lif8387
      @lif8387 4 роки тому

      and Öskudaginn

  • @ZantharEos
    @ZantharEos 5 років тому +1811

    My face when me and the lads break into Olive Garden and lick all the pans

  • @IBMUAK99
    @IBMUAK99 5 років тому +422

    Denmark: "Hey, we gotta ta-"
    Iceland: "I-is this about the Spoonlicker?"
    Denmark: "Is it about the YES IT'S ABOUT THE DAMNED SPOONLICKER!"

    • @palosnes3147
      @palosnes3147 4 роки тому +13

      What about sausage swiper.

    • @magnikristinsson
      @magnikristinsson 3 роки тому +15

      er stúfur of hræðilegur?
      JA! DET ER KLART!

  • @MegaGullas
    @MegaGullas 5 років тому +150

    "There is no story of her previous two husbands"
    That's incorrect. There are at least stories of one of said husbands. He died and his spirit haunts the lands in the form of the chill wind that sends shivers down your spine.

    • @blauesserpiroyal2887
      @blauesserpiroyal2887 3 роки тому +12

      Is he by chance a spooky scary skeleton?

    • @MerkhVision
      @MerkhVision Рік тому +4

      Sounds like he’s akin to Jack Frost!

    • @gothnerd887
      @gothnerd887 11 місяців тому +2

      My brother: How does she keep pulling these men?

    • @begusmegus6628
      @begusmegus6628 10 місяців тому

      Literally, she's much stronger than them.@@gothnerd887

  • @GlidusFlowers
    @GlidusFlowers 5 років тому +288

    Icelander here, and while you impressed me with your perfect pronunciation of Grýla, the other pronunciations were a bit off ;).
    Also a side note, while the Yule Lads (jólasveinarnir) were the most famous of Grýla’s children, she had at least 20 other children, who are a lot less famous. Even here in Iceland the non-Yule-Lad Children of Grýla are basically unknown to children.
    Also, there are 77 recognized names for the Yule Lads, who are 13 in total, but the names you mentioned are the most famous ones for each of the Lads

    • @TakaG
      @TakaG 5 років тому +2

      I only know about them due to the Kókómjólk packs, listing some with the stranger names. ^_^

    • @MrThingstodotoday
      @MrThingstodotoday 5 років тому +2

      Já blessaður
      Didn't Grýla marry Satan? That's what my aunt had told me.

    • @aj-gt4vj
      @aj-gt4vj 4 роки тому +3

      Holy skítur I did not even know that even though I am Icelandic

    • @Luredreier
      @Luredreier 4 роки тому +3

      Hum, I don't live on Iceland, but still remember my mother singing about how Gryla is dead now...

    • @zilloguy42
      @zilloguy42 4 роки тому

      Thank you to the Icelandic lads for confirming this is all real. :)

  • @gzer0x
    @gzer0x 5 років тому +600

    Danish government of Iceland: "STOP TERRIFYING YOUR CHILDREN SO MUCH, CHRIST."

    • @kjolskistudios
      @kjolskistudios 5 років тому +38

      No.

    • @erikalansson8685
      @erikalansson8685 5 років тому +4

      Not icelandic

    • @Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat
      @Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat 5 років тому +17

      Spoonlicker is way too terrifying for little kids!

    • @gzer0x
      @gzer0x 5 років тому +3

      Erik Alansson edited to reflect that, thank you

    • @GA.1022
      @GA.1022 3 роки тому +14

      The Germans:
      Psst, hey Iceland want to know how to teach kids scary holiday stories when the church says no?

  • @TheEDBShow
    @TheEDBShow 5 років тому +461

    *insert Sam o’Nella reference here*

  • @TheShadowChesireCat
    @TheShadowChesireCat 5 років тому +174

    I like all the odd traditions. I think my fave is the Welsh Mari Lwyd.
    Who doesn't want a visit from a skeleton horse, who challenges you to a freeform poetry contest for the right to come inside and raid your house for snacks.

    • @ServantofÄzrael
      @ServantofÄzrael 4 роки тому +7

      ...Hmmm, did you get that from Salm of Nela

    • @peytonreed937
      @peytonreed937 3 роки тому +7

      Someone definitely made a children’s book of someone trying to ride said skeleton horse

    • @lorisperfetto6021
      @lorisperfetto6021 3 роки тому +1

      @@ServantofÄzrael of course he did

    • @ServantofÄzrael
      @ServantofÄzrael 3 роки тому +1

      @@lorisperfetto6021 I mean, might've not, but there is always a possibility

    • @jieqiangluo5487
      @jieqiangluo5487 2 роки тому +2

      rap battling a horse skeleton

  • @eeveestar6826
    @eeveestar6826 5 років тому +147

    Honestly, I feel as though the Yule Cat is the most terrifying one.

    • @soleyh7988
      @soleyh7988 5 років тому +33

      For the kids it definitely is along with Grýla, but there is one Yule Lad that I was absolutely terrified of when I was younger and that was Window Peeper. They forgot to mention one thing about him, which is that he will steal whatever he sees that he likes and that includes children. So when he came around children would not be asleep in their beds but rather be hiding under something out of sight of the windows.

    • @terminator3000
      @terminator3000 5 років тому +6

      @@soleyh7988 as a kid, i assumed that no one would like me.

    • @magoswes3588
      @magoswes3588 4 роки тому +4

      terminator3000 That is both sad and hilarious

    • @bluelegocrane7754
      @bluelegocrane7754 4 роки тому +4

      I think a gigantic cat would be rather cute Acctually...

    • @carminecdinoproductions
      @carminecdinoproductions 3 роки тому +1

      Agreed

  • @juliom6555
    @juliom6555 5 років тому +76

    Sooo the yule lads are basically roommates that occasionally lives presents

  • @linneamankell5996
    @linneamankell5996 5 років тому +29

    Fun fact: here in Sweden we have a giant straw goat that always gets burned down each year. It’s become somewhat of a tradition of just waiting for someone to set it on fire!

  • @Galemont1992
    @Galemont1992 5 років тому +294

    Flashbacks to when Jesse Cox and Crendor postcast when they did a small feature on the Yule Lads xD

    • @phantomshotgun
      @phantomshotgun 5 років тому +10

      and had it animated

    • @FnKtelevision
      @FnKtelevision 5 років тому +5

      I was wondering how far I'd have to look for this. Second comment for those wondering

    • @analoren4745
      @analoren4745 5 років тому +6

      I don't think I remember them talking about the cat though

    • @Galemont1992
      @Galemont1992 5 років тому +4

      @@analoren4745 nope just on the lads themselves

    • @rolebo1
      @rolebo1 5 років тому +5

      @@analoren4745 one of the more recent one (second to last i think), they mentioned the cat.
      Edit: episode 221 (dogs and cats)

  • @mmWz-fz8to
    @mmWz-fz8to 5 років тому +289

    Looks whos up on the rafter
    . Its sausage swiper! Ready to swipe your sausage

    • @NoFlyZone31
      @NoFlyZone31 5 років тому +8

      Red
      Another person of culture

    • @charlesr1308
      @charlesr1308 5 років тому +2

      Red a cultured human

    • @greeses5482
      @greeses5482 5 років тому +3

      man of culture I see

    • @IceyFire527
      @IceyFire527 5 років тому +4

      Ah yes we true people of culture

    • @garcalej
      @garcalej 5 років тому +1

      (Points at him) “Swiper, no swiping.”
      Shit....he a ran away. Well it was worth a shot.

  • @Dragnfly_mynamewastaken
    @Dragnfly_mynamewastaken 5 років тому +62

    "And villagers would prank each other by sneaking large straw goats into each other's houses." OMFG that's what that was about! You just solved a decade-long mystery for me! You, sir, get a pickle!

  • @thegayghost872
    @thegayghost872 5 років тому +257

    I desperately need to hear about the pooping Christmas log

    • @gabrielsarda8472
      @gabrielsarda8472 5 років тому +12

      It is pretty self exeplenatory

    • @Biggestofoofs
      @Biggestofoofs 5 років тому +1

      Check Jessie and crendots vid on it.

    • @nicolasdiaz1542
      @nicolasdiaz1542 5 років тому +8

      You literally just beat the literally candy shit out of it

    • @delarkaBCN
      @delarkaBCN 5 років тому +1

      A.M.A.

    • @brianblake9589
      @brianblake9589 5 років тому +1

      Cox n' Crendor have a video on it. They also do a few on the Yule Lads.

  • @calzone7529
    @calzone7529 5 років тому +57

    “Who’s that in the window, you bet it’s window peeper”

    • @aj-gt4vj
      @aj-gt4vj 4 роки тому +1

      Where did the curtains go

  • @IAmTheAce5
    @IAmTheAce5 5 років тому +75

    Yule cat: I'll devour you...
    Zoe: You have *_no idea_* who you're dealing with

    • @abcdef27669
      @abcdef27669 5 років тому +11

      Yule cat, seeing Zoey: "Finally a worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary!"

    • @stoptheohiomemes
      @stoptheohiomemes 2 роки тому +1

      I have *clothing*

    • @rebeccarobinson8174
      @rebeccarobinson8174 Рік тому

      Meanwhile all the cat children of Cryonoke island are huddled near the camp fire with concerned looks on their faces

  • @quinn5109
    @quinn5109 5 років тому +44

    Once a king gets of Iceland threatened not to give his kid clothes, then ended up forgetting to give him new clothes and the kid was so traumatized that when he grew up and became king himself he made a law saying that you can’t you mythological figures to threaten children. Also, the government of Iceland spent something like 40,000 Kronos on a statue of the Yule cat, and it’s quite controversial

    • @asdisgunnarsdottir2472
      @asdisgunnarsdottir2472 3 роки тому +2

      @@snuurferalangur4357 actually there was one king of Iceland, in like the 1500s, he was put in power by the danish king to be his hand over here, he was appropriately called "hundadaga konungur" or "the king of dog days" he was king for all of 9 months before the pressure of being responsible for this country got to him and he fled back to Denmark. ( he was given his nickname because he spent most of his rule drunk and ignoring our problems, hence the "dog days" of Iceland)

    • @judim5379
      @judim5379 Рік тому +3

      I think I desperately need to see a picture of this statue and as a trio to see it to my bucket list

  • @sweatyskeleton7390
    @sweatyskeleton7390 5 років тому +337

    UH OH! IT’S SKYR-GOBBLER

    • @mmWz-fz8to
      @mmWz-fz8to 5 років тому +59

      READY TO GOBBLE UP YOUR SKYR

    • @dabtican4953
      @dabtican4953 5 років тому +24

      Oh crap he's gonna go and gobble up all our skyr!

    • @yaboicash6666
      @yaboicash6666 5 років тому +16

      Red which is like a Nordic yogurt type thing

    • @charlesr1308
      @charlesr1308 5 років тому +5

      Sweaty Skeleton ahh another enlightened one

    • @lapatron555
      @lapatron555 5 років тому +2

      @@yaboicash6666 its only Icelandic not nordic

  • @jacobshore5115
    @jacobshore5115 3 роки тому +6

    Pretty Cool how Hilda adapted this myth into its story.

  • @TheStebbi112
    @TheStebbi112 5 років тому +92

    I still remember my first potato. My mother found me sitting in a chair in the livingroom, tears in my eyes, trying to eat the evidence. Ah, good ol' times

    • @aj-gt4vj
      @aj-gt4vj 4 роки тому +4

      Never in my life have I got a potato

    • @HopeRock425
      @HopeRock425 4 роки тому

      Did your parents give you the potato just for a joke cause they thought your reaction would be funny or were you actually a very misbehaved child?

    • @ShoeNerd
      @ShoeNerd 4 роки тому +2

      That most not have been tasty

    • @jaggerguth4391
      @jaggerguth4391 3 роки тому +1

      My Potato Grew into a Giant and Turned People into Couch Potatos.

    • @nenasiek
      @nenasiek Рік тому +1

      3 years late but this made me laugh, thank you for sharing

  • @adammasterx5854
    @adammasterx5854 5 років тому +167

    The peeper is my favourite one because he’s like my uncle

  • @rodrigorivero1939
    @rodrigorivero1939 5 років тому +23

    I’m loving the sound design in this one

  • @azhrayharris8
    @azhrayharris8 5 років тому +6

    I am so pleased with the accuracy of your video! I'm half Icelandic and thus grew up on these stories. I have so many fond memories of trying to catch the Yule Lads in my house, and waiting anxiously for the package from my grandma with my new socks to arrive.
    I am always a little apprehensive when I see Yule Lad videos, but I was pleasantly surprised! Keep up the good work!

  • @not2hot99
    @not2hot99 5 років тому +173

    Samonella taught me about this already :^)

  • @grug8711
    @grug8711 5 років тому +988

    are you sure these Yule lads aren’t just homeless people?

    • @elysian-prince
      @elysian-prince 5 років тому +108

      Be careful or i'll send door sniffer after you.

    • @jaketucker2559
      @jaketucker2559 5 років тому +62

      I’d love to see a r rated animated Christmas movie about them

    • @StefanGous
      @StefanGous 5 років тому +88

      I sort of got the feeling of drunk family members visiting. The kids wake up the next morning "What happened to the ham?" "Ohhh... Uhhh.... Yule lads. Damn Yule lads" *pan to uncle sleeping in the corner with the ham as a pillow*

    • @Alusnovalotus
      @Alusnovalotus 5 років тому +2

      You Called or tax assessors?

    • @rallyman619
      @rallyman619 5 років тому +18

      Nice Cox n Crendor reference

  • @krankarvolund7771
    @krankarvolund7771 5 років тому +166

    In France; "If you will not behave, Father Whipper will come and whipped you"
    In Iceland "If you will not behave, Gryla will come and eat you"
    Yeah, Icelanders are much more hardcore than us XD

    • @DanielPereira-ey9nt
      @DanielPereira-ey9nt 5 років тому +17

      Here in Brazil we have the cuca, a half alligator hag that stells and eats disobedient childrem, especially the ones who refuse to go to sleep because she herself can only sleep one night each 7 years, there's even a lullaby about her

    • @FaultyGear9
      @FaultyGear9 5 років тому +10

      Poland during the time of Polish People's Republic had the story about a black Volga car and those who drove it abducted children, so the blood and organs could be used as transplants for rich Westerners. More of an urban legend than a myth but it's awesome, especially if you read about who apparently drove the thing.

    • @lyric7702
      @lyric7702 5 років тому +14

      Krankar Volund
      In America they have the man who just... gives you coal for being bad
      Wow

    • @krankarvolund7771
      @krankarvolund7771 5 років тому +6

      @@lyric7702 That came from Europe too, I think it's either spanish or dutch ^^

    • @petergray2712
      @petergray2712 5 років тому +7

      @@khalidgagnon8753 The Austrians had Frau Perchta, a witch that disemboweled children, and replaced their organs with stones and straw, and reanimate their corpse to serve as her servants

  • @anntan9913
    @anntan9913 5 років тому +11

    Have to say i love the little sound effects added to this one, gives it a little spice lmao...The scuttles of the lads are hilarious.

  • @smorebob2418
    @smorebob2418 4 роки тому +10

    The Yule Lads are just me and my friends on weekends

    • @arkinyte13
      @arkinyte13 2 роки тому

      Which one is the best boy spoon licker?

  • @VealDeal
    @VealDeal 5 років тому +35

    “The lazy children”
    I’m going back to doing my homework

  • @JustAManFromThePast
    @JustAManFromThePast 5 років тому +28

    All old Christmas stories, "Be good or you'll get tortured to death."

  • @annalepper457
    @annalepper457 5 років тому +5

    Been waiting a whole year for this! I love how super specific the Yule lads are.

  • @BobisOnlyBob
    @BobisOnlyBob 5 років тому +36

    Eve Online, being made by the Icelandic CCP, had a Christmas event themed around the Yule Lads! They even did a whole UA-cam skit explaining the 13 lads.

    • @sabribeser2268
      @sabribeser2268 4 роки тому +2

      Extra credits:talks mysterious and serious
      Samoella academy:İ am high on craaaaack

  • @Postimist
    @Postimist 5 років тому +19

    My wife and I are spending our honeymoon in Iceland for Christmas this year. We're gonna stay up all night to keep Skyr-licker away. That shit's expensive.

  • @DoubledeckManwhich
    @DoubledeckManwhich 5 років тому +16

    Skyr gobbler is my spirit Yule, mostly when I’m late for school and gotta chug my danimals smoothie

    • @aj-gt4vj
      @aj-gt4vj 4 роки тому +1

      Put just a bit of sugar in the skyr

  • @afunnymonkey4948
    @afunnymonkey4948 5 років тому +8

    Yes, I just learned about these guys a couple weeks ago and I just find them hillarious. I am so glad you are covering them!

  • @carminecdinoproductions
    @carminecdinoproductions 3 роки тому +5

    I can imagine King from The Owl House hanging out with Krampus, Gryla, the Yule Cat, and the Yule Lads as the Yuletide King of Christmas Creeps and Demons!

  • @evelynsobel9373
    @evelynsobel9373 4 роки тому +9

    I just learned about them today in season 2 of Hilda omg

  • @nomnomgoblin8901
    @nomnomgoblin8901 5 років тому +25

    On the 23rd before Christmas eve and people finish their shopping "
    *laughs and then cries in retail*

  • @maggiehydeck8182
    @maggiehydeck8182 4 роки тому +2

    The sound effects and music upped the scare factor to 11. This didn’t leave me sleeping too peacefully on Christmas Eve.

  • @sitdownlad7918
    @sitdownlad7918 5 років тому +4

    The sound ambient in this episode is so impressive, I like it

  • @armannschelander2725
    @armannschelander2725 3 роки тому +3

    The current version of the Yule Lads as they're known today was really canonized by poet Jóhannes úr Kötlum with his book Jólin Koma (Christmas is coming) in 1932. That's where the 13 yule lads are named and described. Before then their names and numbers tended to vary from place to place and even today there are popular Christmas songs that talk about there only being nine, rather than the more common thirteen

  • @matesafranka6110
    @matesafranka6110 5 років тому +46

    I can highly recommend the Drawfee episode on the same topic. I mean, I can highly recommend and Drawfee episode, but, you know. Relevance.

    • @sabbathjackal
      @sabbathjackal 5 років тому +2

      there are 3 of them

    • @Atypical-Abbie
      @Atypical-Abbie 5 років тому +3

      Funny, was gonna mention that they just posted a video about Yule Lads as well hehe.

    • @htutkhantko2902
      @htutkhantko2902 5 років тому +1

      Sam o'nella is pretty good too.

  • @gybyro
    @gybyro 5 років тому +8

    Halló, actual Icelander here. I wanted to say good video, very well researched even though a few things were a bit here and there but the overall all things where really well done!

    • @aj-gt4vj
      @aj-gt4vj 4 роки тому

      Hæ ég á líka heima á íslandi

  • @lienhua5558
    @lienhua5558 5 років тому +10

    Omg I love the legend of the Yule Lads

  • @muttonhawk9683
    @muttonhawk9683 5 років тому +2

    Kudos to the champion in charge of sound effects! It made this episode complete.

  • @jaketucker2559
    @jaketucker2559 5 років тому +12

    Friggin love the yule children’s name would love to see a rated r movie with them

    • @FistoftheSnackBar
      @FistoftheSnackBar 5 років тому +1

      I definitely mentally built a plot outline for a Yule Cat horror movie just now.

    • @shirleymaemattthews4862
      @shirleymaemattthews4862 11 місяців тому

      Nah, a childrens movie will BE MORE BETTER...in the sense of accuracy.

  • @ModeratelyTrumpet
    @ModeratelyTrumpet 4 роки тому +4

    I'm really looking forward to the Christmas log that poops.

  • @tomoldg
    @tomoldg 5 років тому +126

    I love how UA-cam is recommending Peppa Pig and the crappy 3D animation videos. They must not like Icelandic mythology.

    • @cosmicrider5898
      @cosmicrider5898 5 років тому

      Or theyre the same thing

    • @wienerschnitzel1739
      @wienerschnitzel1739 5 років тому +2

      Same bro, that’s happening to me as well

    • @jakarnilson
      @jakarnilson 5 років тому +8

      It's been happening for months if you like animation. Apparently, cartoons are only for little kids, even if most of the animation happens to be stuff like Fritz the Cat, Heavy Metal, Legend of the Overfiend, etc. etc.

    • @florbengorben7651
      @florbengorben7651 5 років тому

      Yeah, what? Like this isn't necessarily directed at kids, it's just a (mostly) family-friendly channel. I was just getting the same recommendeds

    • @Monkey-l8s
      @Monkey-l8s 4 роки тому

      Same

  • @starwarsstudio100
    @starwarsstudio100 4 роки тому +15

    *Weissnacht Event intensifies*

  • @brianhoelzle8111
    @brianhoelzle8111 5 років тому +5

    I've always loved the Yule lads since I saw Drawfee drawing some of them last year. But it was perfect timing that just after I finished watching their second video on them this came out. Love it!

  • @Mich-oh2gr
    @Mich-oh2gr 4 роки тому +33

    No one:
    Not even the yule cat:
    Yule lad:Hippity hoppity your sausages are now my property.

  • @kaceywooster3866
    @kaceywooster3866 5 років тому +8

    My Mom knows these stories since she was raised on them from her Mother who was from Iceland

  • @hakonhjorvars3174
    @hakonhjorvars3174 5 років тому +1

    Your pronunciation of Grýla was absolutely spot on and when you said jól, you gained a fan for life 👍

  • @Clavus
    @Clavus 5 років тому +5

    You guys sure had fun with the foley in this episode.

  • @Arkylie
    @Arkylie 4 роки тому +2

    A couple of years ago, I realized that the thing I was most looking forward to for Christmas was some new socks.
    Like, colorful socks that go up to my ankles. Just that. I just wanted new socks.
    Not that I wouldn't've enjoyed some cooler things, but I wasn't expecting anything much for Christmas, and I honestly did want more socks. I figured that's a mark of some level of maturity... probably?

  • @wesleyt.4581
    @wesleyt.4581 5 років тому +4

    I love holiday legends from other countries and areas! I especially love the “anti-santi” characters like krampus. Please do more!

  • @thunderbro7218
    @thunderbro7218 2 роки тому +2

    As a Hilda fan it’s cool knowing this detailed story of the Yule lads

  • @thevioletskull8158
    @thevioletskull8158 5 років тому +5

    Iceland: Oh phooey with all your sun shine and lollipops! Where I come form,Christmas is a nightmare!

  • @owenward2624
    @owenward2624 3 роки тому +1

    Sheep-Cote Clod, Gullygock, Spoon-Licker, Pot-Scraper, Bowl-Licker, Door-Slammer, Skyr-Gobbler, Sausage-Swiper, Window-Peeper, Door-Sniffer, Meat Hook, Candle-Beggar...
    AND Stubby. Hands-down the best part thing about the Yule Lads

  • @puskajussi37
    @puskajussi37 5 років тому +8

    Watch out, I think UA-cam has classified this video as "child safe".

  • @kahlilg9824
    @kahlilg9824 5 років тому +8

    Because the descendants of the Vikings do everything hardcore.

  • @KenWojcik
    @KenWojcik 5 років тому +6

    Years of Sam O Nella have prepared me for this moment

  • @mindykanitz6255
    @mindykanitz6255 3 роки тому +2

    Good thing my sister, Brandi, and I got some new nightgowns and Christmas shirts this year.

  • @morithedoll7537
    @morithedoll7537 4 роки тому +4

    Fun fact: every Christmas eve everyone in my family gets new pajamas the night before Christmas and we had no idea this was a thing

  • @cosmicrider5898
    @cosmicrider5898 5 років тому +7

    Are your children disobedient?
    Lie to them and instill fear in them.
    They wont distrust you at all.

  • @certifiedcoolguy583
    @certifiedcoolguy583 5 років тому +8

    when all your friends want a christmas story but you're still in the halloween mood

  • @anettblischke9938
    @anettblischke9938 5 років тому +1

    Very accurate video, exept for that spoon licker doesnt lick spoons, instead he licks your "þvara" witch is a long stick with a spoon like thing at the top witch you stur your soup with. And bowl licker licks the "Aska" withc is a mini-barrel looking bowl with a lid you can turn up and down on it.

  • @rexkane.7480
    @rexkane.7480 5 років тому +15

    "are we sure they art just homeless men?" crendor

  • @kaitlynclarke7651
    @kaitlynclarke7651 5 років тому +2

    The sound design for this video was great!

  • @Scarshadow666
    @Scarshadow666 5 років тому +4

    A Gryla and Krampus epic rap battle would be super lit!

  • @varishthsingh731
    @varishthsingh731 4 роки тому +2

    Kid misbehaves*
    Every parent: your time has come!

  • @elysian-prince
    @elysian-prince 5 років тому +3

    Door slammer is the best lad.

  • @emeraldleafeon4705
    @emeraldleafeon4705 4 роки тому +3

    "Wait, who dat up on the rafters?"
    *IT'S SAUSAGE SWIPER, HERE TO STEAL YOUR SAUSAGE. "Oh, c'mon!"

  • @thevioletskull8158
    @thevioletskull8158 5 років тому +8

    Mat: Ho ho,welcome to mid winter my friends!
    People like me who live in a place were it's hot at Christmas: :/

  • @chyupinp
    @chyupinp 5 років тому +7

    Can we talk about the horrific sounds that are in this video

  • @TheCrazyspikes
    @TheCrazyspikes 5 років тому +11

    OMG, the yule lads are amazing! I love the stories and how they changed over time.
    Have you considered that the stories of the yule lads might've started with beggars and homeless people roaming the countryside in the past? The thieving, stealing and pranking might suggest that. And maybe the decree in 1746 might've been driven by an enlightenment ideal to stop people from harassing poor and homeless people or use them to scare children.
    But that's just an idea. Not sure if that is provable :P

    • @MerkhVision
      @MerkhVision 5 років тому

      Thats an interesting and probable idea!

  • @quinsomnia4934
    @quinsomnia4934 4 роки тому +1

    Love the sound effects for this one. I have a real problem with a spoon licking demons.

    • @aj-gt4vj
      @aj-gt4vj 4 роки тому

      Uhhh those are no demons

  • @this_is_patrick
    @this_is_patrick 5 років тому +3

    The sound effects on this video is hilarious lmao.

  • @lordshaxx887
    @lordshaxx887 5 років тому +1

    oh man this was the perfect video for the night its snowing and I'm in my room with my massive wool blanket with hot cocoa thanks fro the video really made my night

  • @peeb6412
    @peeb6412 5 років тому +3

    0:10 NASA is freaking out right now

  • @ezradelsman6743
    @ezradelsman6743 3 роки тому +1

    Whoever did the foli for bowl licker needs a promotion.

  • @murphyboy24
    @murphyboy24 5 років тому +23

    *woah* who’s that up in the rafters why it’s *Sausage Swiper*

    • @aj-gt4vj
      @aj-gt4vj 4 роки тому

      You have sumoned him he is now coming for you're sausage

  • @davidw2417
    @davidw2417 5 років тому +1

    Yo the sounds design was really good in this one!

  • @ahy1484
    @ahy1484 5 років тому +10

    5:06 Oh its your boy spoon liker

  • @pavarottiaardvark3431
    @pavarottiaardvark3431 2 роки тому +1

    England: If you are naughty, Father Christmas will only give you coal and a tangerine.
    Iceland: If you are naughty A TROLL WILL KIDNAP AND EAT YOU

  • @Tabby3456
    @Tabby3456 5 років тому +6

    -Cat as a Companion
    -sinister laugh
    -Loves christmas
    HMMMMMM

  • @DaT1aGEnDerANdRosExUaL
    @DaT1aGEnDerANdRosExUaL 4 роки тому +2

    I'm pagan, and to stop the "Yule Lads" or "Bad spirits" from entering your house you need place a Yule log under your bed or let it burn throughout the whole night without it going out. Although unlike Christmas, Yule is only celebrated on the Winter Solstice, so that you can make your way for a new year.

  • @ossi_2429
    @ossi_2429 5 років тому +13

    Fun fact: over half of Iceland’s population allegedly believes in Elves.

    • @abcdef27669
      @abcdef27669 5 років тому

      When people will understand you shouldn't believe in elves? They tell lies all the time!

    • @ossi_2429
      @ossi_2429 5 років тому +4

      abcdef27669 elves are tricksters. Gnomes are the friendly ones. Don’t get me started on Trolls.

    • @magnikristinsson
      @magnikristinsson 4 роки тому

      @@ossi_2429 the trolls turn to stone in daylight

  • @Kaikaku
    @Kaikaku 5 років тому +2

    Give us the magical Christmas log! It sounds really strange and mythical. You teased it already last year in the Krampus video!

  • @berniekatzroy
    @berniekatzroy 3 роки тому +5

    Hilda brought me here.

  • @KaiserAfini
    @KaiserAfini 5 років тому +1

    Rolf from Ed, Edd & Eddy had a celebration that warded off a magical old lady that baked the holiday feast, but cooked lazy or disobedient children. So Yeshmiyek was based around Grylla and the traditions were based on Yule, interesting.

  • @imatsoup2186
    @imatsoup2186 5 років тому +2

    More ideas for yule lads: Balloon popper, log stealer, horse whipper, helium sucker, (can't do much thanks to balloon popper) and worst of all, elf that doesn't pet doggos.

  • @Brogrammist
    @Brogrammist 5 років тому +2

    Loved the audio work in this one!

  • @evilproductionstudios9659
    @evilproductionstudios9659 5 років тому +3

    You have scared me this Christmas

  • @graveman2216
    @graveman2216 Рік тому +1

    How did you die? "A cat thought my jordans were fake