On this trail I will be looking at the Winter Solstice and ancient festivals celebrated around this time of year. Then take a more detailed look into the Roman festival Saturnalia and the Scandinavian and Icelandic tradition of Yule or Yuletide. With Yule I will go over both ancient and modern practice, even some recipes of yule treats. Then in the Mythological Minute I stay in the Yule tradition with a family of Trolls or sometimes Giants, so would you kindly grab your thermos and fill them up and we will set out on this trail.
The Great Journey Podcast
Host: Luke Keish
Sources
Winter Solstice: https://www.crystalinks.com/wintersolstice.html
http://www.planetquest.org/learn/sundagger.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_solstice
https://silverlotus.net/wicca/rites/wheel-of-the-year/winter-solstice-lore-and-ritual/
Ancient Festivals: https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/harking-back-ancient-pagan-festivities-our-christmas-rituals-007237
https://mythology.net/roman/roman-gods/sol-invictus/
Saturnalia: https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/busy-romans-needed-mid-winter-break-too-and-it-lasted-24-days-007233
https://astrologyexplored.net/home/?p=3014
Yule: https://www.goddessandgreenman.co.uk/yule
https://www.sacredearthjourneys.ca/blog/traditions-and-symbols-of-yule/
https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/christmas-traditions-0011166
https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/mistletoe-holly-and-yuletide-cheer-weaving-natural-elements-ancient-021772
Mythological Minute: https://www.ancientpages.com/2019/12/11/gryla-cannibalistic-evil-troll-and-her-sons-yule-lads-in-icelandic-folklore/
https://guidetoiceland.is/history-culture/the-icelandic-yule-lads-and-gryla
Mythological minute & Undertakers fee: Barbara by U.S. Army Blues is licensed under a Public Domain Mark 1.0 License.
Intro/outro music:
Thunder and Lightning by Brown Bird is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License.
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