There is a legend in Iceland of a monstrous cat who lives in the forests and mountains. It's called the Yule Cat because it looks for people to eat over the Yuletide season. If people have not been given clothes as presents for Christmas, then the Yule Cat will find them and devour them. This giant cat knows who hasn't had new clothes by Yule. People make sure that they've got new warm clothes by Winter solstice to avoid being dinner for the Yule Cat. Children were always warned to do as they're told and to finish chores otherwise the Yule Cat will get them.
Going by the description of Yule Cat in a poem by Johannes ur Kotlum, the Yule Cat is enormous in size with unknown dwellings. Its eyes are glowing bright, its teeth are very sharp, and the Yule Cat is so scary that even grown men shudder. It has very sharp whiskers and terrible claws. This monster cat prowls through the snowy landscape. Everyone stays indoors when the Yule Cat roams the streets. People feel so afraid that Yule Cat will growl or even snatch someone. Worst of all the Yule Cat peeps through the windows with lights on, spying on everyone inside and checking to make sure that people are wearing new garments. The Yule Cat's victims are usually poor people who don't have new clothes. The poem suggests that people with plenty should help those poor families without anything to keep the evil Yule Cat away.
This certainly is scary. To read the full Yule Cat poem: Go here
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