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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday December 25 2018, @10:47PM   Printer-friendly
from the Pitches-and-forks-time-lads dept.

It's that time of year again where the good folks of Gavle, Sweden build a gigantic goat and the bad folks of Gavle try to burn it down. For five decades, Gavle has built a Gavlebocken, a large scale Yule Goat made out of straw. For decades Santa will be putting coal in their stocking for trying to destroy the gigantic goat. In its 52nd year, technology and goat protection methods have improved including fireproofing and a live web cam. Only 15 out of 51 goats built were not destroyed in years past. Let's hope this one survives.

[The linked story has incorrect spelling of the name of the town in Sweden and goat — it should be Gävle and Gävlebocken, respectively. --martyb]


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 26 2018, @09:07AM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 26 2018, @09:07AM (#778526)

    This guy knows how to ritual cannibalize!

  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday December 26 2018, @09:48AM (3 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday December 26 2018, @09:48AM (#778529) Journal

    This guy knows how to read.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanngrisnir_and_Tanngnj%C3%B3str [wikipedia.org]

    Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Tanngrisnir (Old Norse "teeth-barer, snarler") and Tanngnjóstr (Old Norse "teeth grinder") are the goats who pull the god Thor's chariot in Norse mythology. They are attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century.

    The Prose Edda relates that when Thor cooks the goats, their flesh provides sustenance for the god, and, after Thor resurrects them with his hammer, Mjölnir, they are brought back to life the next day. According to the same source, Thor once stayed a night at the home of peasant farmers and shared with them his goat meal, yet one of their children, Þjálfi, broke one of the bones to suck out the marrow, resulting in the lameness of one of the goats upon resurrection. As a result, Thor maintains Þjálfi and his sister Röskva as his servants. Scholars have linked the ever-replenishing goats to the nightly-consumed beast Sæhrímnir in Norse mythology and Scandinavian folk beliefs involving herring bones and witchcraft.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 26 2018, @10:18AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 26 2018, @10:18AM (#778532)

      Never try to teach a educate a moron; it wastes your time, and it annoys the moron.

    • (Score: 4, Funny) by coolgopher on Wednesday December 26 2018, @11:42AM (1 child)

      by coolgopher (1157) on Wednesday December 26 2018, @11:42AM (#778539)

      That lameness is all Loki's fault. It's always Loki's bloody fault.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 26 2018, @04:11PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 26 2018, @04:11PM (#778585)

        Don't worry, he's really dead this time.