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A Yule goat on a Christmas tree.
'Old Christmas', riding a yule goat; 1836 illustration by Robert Seymour

The Yule goat is a Scandinavian and Northern European Yule and Christmas symbol and tradition. Its origin is from Germanic paganism and has existed in many variants during Scandinavian history. Modern representations of the Yule goat are typically made of straw.[1]

  1. ^ Cf. Rossel & Elbrönd-Bek (1996:xiv).

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