Grýla

grýla Icelandic Etymology The origin of the word is not clear and there are many places it could have come from. But it essentially is synonyms to a being that is meant to scare children. Danish da grue is to fear Norvegian no gryle means to howl or growl Faroese fo grýla is a monster that scared children; masked person Shetland scz grølek is a disguised person Middle High German griuwel is fear or terror Pronunciation is iːla Proper noun @@ is folklore Name of an ogress in Icelandic folklore, the mother of the Yule lads. She would come down from the mountains during Christmas to collect all the naughty children into her sack and carried them home to her cave to eat them. She and her whole family was used to scare children into behaving during the holidays in the old days. Monster who scares the children Declension f See also is Leppalúði jólaköttur jólasveinn grýlukerti tröll References Icelandic Ethology dictionary Article about Grýla, Árnastofnun (Icelandic studies institute)