A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In Icelandic folklore, Gryla (Grýla) is a giantess dwelling in Iceland’s mountains.
In Snorre Sturluson’s Prose Edda, from the thirteenth century, she is talked about as probably the most horrible sorcerer who scared kids into obedience.
Many tales about Gryla have lengthy scared Icelandic kids, and they didn’t dare to exit throughout Christmas time, however her function modified a lot with time.
Today, Gryla (her identify means ‘a scare’ or ‘one thing that scares’) is strongly related with Christmas time, although this connection appeared for the primary time within the seventeenth/18th century. Since then, speaking about Gryla and horrifying kids has been forbidden.
Gryla is a cannibalistic troll, typically described as having horns and hoofs, a big warty nostril, and 13 or fifteen tails, in accordance with Sturlunga Saga. On every tail, she had 100 sacks, and in every of them, she stuffed disobedient kids.
She was identified to haven’t one however many heads. The troll’s evil nature completely displays Gryla’s hideous look.
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