The Ferocious Yule Cat - Holiday Myths - Extra Mythology #shorts

Ever hear of a Holiday Myth with a ferocious Yule Cat? This beloved pet of the child-eating Ogre Gryla and her Yule Lads reminds every Icelandic child to don their best new threads for Christmas. Otherwise, they'll get a visit from these legendary creatures.

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[extrahistory]

For more Holiday History why not check out our Very Merry Extra Credits Christmas Playlist?!

[hlibushok]

Christmas in all the countries of Europe: Happy and Merry holiday.
Christmas in Scandinavia: Basically, a horror movie plot.

[konigsberghq]

I guess if you don’t get socks…

Yule regret it…

[ShortHax]

American Parents: “Alright kids, if you’re good this year, you’ll get presents from a jolly old man on Christmas”
Icelandic Parents: “Listen closely children, if you don’t get clothes this Christmas, you’ll be eaten by a giant cat”

[akmemeopsyt]

Also in iceland, they have the weirdest christmas creatures, spoon licker, sausage swipe, door sniffer there are plenty more

[safaiaryu]

I decided a while ago that the sign that you've reached adulthood is appreciating stocks for Christmas.

[arngrimurjokull]

I can confirm. Every icelander know of the cat

[ccggenius]

I was thinking to myself that you'd already done an episode on this stuff, then you went and said you did. Yay for memory!

[oddforoddssake]

And here I was thinking it was another tale of Zoey's hijinks lol

[fluffydragon]

Extra credits lore:
Matt can hold and control every single infinity stone in his hand without batting an eye
Zoe is the Yule cat

[Bustermaniax]

Somewhere between childhood and adulthood socks became a superb gift for me...love a good pair of socks...

[.Elliott.Draws.]

I find that extremely funny for the fact that the way my family celebrates Yule is we get a book each (since we also celebrate Christmas)

[wallacehenryhartley]

Naa, the cat’s name is Cleo and belongs to OPS Blue. Oh and Cleo does more than just feeds off of you. She meow at night and if you don’t get up and do what she wants, she pounces on to you shelf and knocks over your Lego sets forcing you to rebuild them

[gvendurst]

Excellent pronunciation of Grýla. Well done :)

[Bombi]

I’m Icelandic and I used to have nightmares about Gryla and the Yule cat

[parker-boy]

I like how you made it look like a big cat and not a giant small cat. Makes the creature more intimidating.

[redsparks]

What's up, the Yule cat got your tongue? mmmnnmmmnnnmmnn.

[frizzyfazbearnfriends]

I might have accidentally watched all of your videos in one sitting and it only took me 2 hours😂

[hebl]

I get this feeling that the colder the climate, the more F-ed up the mythology gets.

[thegreatbritishcircusfeatu]

if you’ve ever complained about the neighbours cat ruining your garden remember that it could be worse