Your story is very interesting!

Thank you, this was very interesting and informative!

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The "fjøsnisse" or barn gnome. Google translate comes up with "barnälva"... Is that a thing? But the folklore is pretty much the same.

@AnnoyedKitten

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Nah, that's something I never heard of. Google is probably just drunk. ;)

*Jenny NySTRÖM.

One thing I was curious about is the goat in one of the images that Tomte was touching while looking into a window. Is that part of the Story? I've heard people tell me that it was the Yule Goat, and that Tomte travels around on him. Wanted to check if that is accurate. (Writing a Christmas Series about Santa and all the other gift givers across the globe working together to preserve the holiday. While evil beings like Krampus, The Snow Queen, or Gryla & Her Yule Lads try to bring fear and terror.)

@AnnoyedKitten

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Julbocken (Yule goat) is a complex character in Sweden. I talk a bit about him in one of my other videos. The goat is a very old symbol of fertility in many of the Indo-Europeen cultures and he has been with us in many different shapes. It seems to have been a tradition since long back, probably pre-christian but we don't exactly know how old, to make straw goats out of the last harvest that you then kept for a good harvest until next year. The goat also appeared in the "Christmas caroling" (really more of a drunk bawling party very often) that young people did during Christmas and where they dressed up as different characters from the bible. Then the goat appeared as the devil. During late 18th cent when Christmas gifts started to become a thing the Yule goat was the one bringing presents to the kids, but also the one that whipped bad kids. So he was both a good and a bad character. When the tomte started to appear more he got the good part of giving gifts and the yule goat stayed only as a character of punish the kids. Then somewhere along the evil goat disappeared (probably because we stopped beating kids and understood that this was bad) and only the fertility goat in straw stayed behind. Which often makes the romantic artists during the late 19th/early 20th cent draw the tomte with goats but in a nice and pretty way instead of the evil devil. Hope this helps. :)

@captaindemobeard9560

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@@AnnoyedKitten Helps quite a bit thanks. Interesting History. The evil version of him sounds a lot like Krampus. I already have Krampus as the main antagonist in my concept. Since you are familiar with these traditions more than me. I'd like your opinion. Should I portray The Yule Goat as Tomte's mount who helps him deliver gifts, (The Good Version) Or should the name be another name for Krampus. (The Evil Version)

@AnnoyedKitten

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@@captaindemobeard9560 None those are pretty accurate historically. The goat as tomtens mount is a pretty modern construct. He has more to do with either fertility for the next year or as a symbol of the devil defeated by St Nicholaus.

@captaindemobeard9560

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@@AnnoyedKitten Would you prefer him as a Hero, or a Villain?

@AnnoyedKitten

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@@captaindemobeard9560 Well, neither, because he is neither. I am not sure I am being clear with this and it is a bit hard to explain. He is a very neutral character most often.

Oh yeah, if it's a Catholic drawing be sure any pagan symbol is evil.