Meet the Icelandic Yule Lads — Þvörusleikir
The Spoon-Licker
2 min readDec 13, 2019
This is the fourth in a fourteen-part series on the Icelandic Jólasveinar, or Yule Lads. For an introduction and the full list of mischievous Christmas imps, and one terrifying Christmas cat, you should read the following:
Icelandic Name: Þvörusleikir
English Translation: Spoon Licker
Arrival: December 15
Departure: December 28
The fourth was Spoon Licker;
like spindle he was thin.
He felt himself in clover
when the cook wasn’t in.
Then stepping up, he grappled
the stirring spoon with glee,
holding it with both hands
