Gryla the christmas witch

Who is the Gryla the Christmas Witch? Come with us on a mythical adventure to Iceland and beware Gryla, the Yule Lads and the Yule Cat!

"Frau Perchta travels from town to town on the first 12 days of Christmas, checking on people and children if they behaved and worked hard all year. Those who are diligent received bountiful blessings. Those who did not, especially children, are slaughtered, opened from their belly to their chest. The souls she kept, as a reminder to uphold tradition." A Christmas Artjam for an Art group I'm in.

Unlike her depiction in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Grýla isn't depicted as a beautiful woman who wears dark eyeshadow, wine red lipstick and dark contour. Grýla, like your average troll, has an appetite for misbehaving children. She's often depicted with several tails, horns, a beard, and a hag-like appearance. In other words, she's appealing enough by troll standards to put a ring on it.

What Is Icelandic Christmas? Who Are The Yule Lads? Why The Grýla? - The Reykjavik Grapevine

Continuing to explore the female figures associated with Yule. Many of these figures were suppressed or distorted during the changeover to Christmas.

'Grýla I' by Amy Haslehurst (@brokensundowns)

Discover the 13 legendary Yule Lads with theirquirky personalities, favorite treats and terrifying family members.

The Befana and baby Krampus di Vincent-Covielloart su DeviantArt