Fifty shades of green: Grýla de troll and her 13 sons.
In the Netherlands we celebrate Saint Nicholas.
And anyone who is over 40 (I estimate) remember that (black) Piet would bring naughty children in the bag to Spain.
I remember that my mother often said that she wouldn't mind having to go along at all, but as a kid I was of course very impressed.
In Iceland, they do something different: there they celebrate Christmas, and they have Grýla!
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What beautiful drawings! I imagine it's great books.! Inside, still child. Only my body thinks differently, haha!
@ellesvandenbroek my body thinks it's still young. but in practice it looks more like Gryla 😉
What fun. You can see that just about every culture has something similar to each other. Probably all of them have the same origins somewhere.
The Scandinavian countries are busier in the weather with their gnomes anyway. Christmas too. And that cat isn't ugly at ALL !! 🤣🤣
@Marion's World Do you call Grýla a gnome now? Beware Christmas.
How fun I love stories and legends like this. thank you to share
It will also often have ridden a crooked skate that Grÿla seen her famous nose and her most beloved children who all have a nose from the Santa Klaus.
Super handsome communication and drawings, and a story I didn't know about.
Super handsome communication and drawings, and a story I didn't know about.
I believe your love for this writer right. I also find the pictures to feast. Thank you Unnur too because now we can enjoy it too.
Oh what fun, what a nice characters, am now totally curious about the booklet. Remains so fun and special those old folktales and traditions.
@NOOS Happy Words I searched for you, but frtnight before christmas can't be found in NL. The Yule lads well, also a lot of fun! If you succeed to go to Iceland in February, you should want to look for you?
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