This article is about the ancient pagan festival and its modern revivals. For the Christian festival, see Christmas.
"Joulu" redirects here. For the album, see Joulu (album).
Yule
Hauling a Yule log in 1832
Also called
Yuletide, Yulefest
Observed by
Various Northern Europeans, Germanic peoples, Heathens, Wiccans, atheistic Satanists
Type
Cultural, Germanic pagan, modern pagan
Significance
Winter festival
Date
See § Date of observance
Frequency
Annual
Related to
Midwinter, Christmastide, Christmas
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Yule (also called Jul, jól or joulu) is a winter festival historically observed by the Germanic peoples that was incorporated into Christmas during the Christianisation of the Germanic peoples. In present times adherents of some new religious movements (such as Modern Germanic paganism) celebrate Yule independently of the Christian festival. Scholars have connected the original celebrations of Yule to the Wild Hunt, the god Odin, and the heathen Anglo-Saxon Mōdraniht ("Mothers' Night"). The term Yule and cognates are still used in English and the Scandinavian languages as well as in Finnish and Estonian to describe Christmas and other festivals occurring during the winter holiday season. Furthermore, some present-day Christmas customs and traditions such as the Yule log, Yule goat, Yule boar, Yule singing, and others may have connections to older pagan Yule traditions.
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