Meet the Icelandic Yule Lads — Giljagaur
The Gully Gawk
2 min readDec 8, 2019
This is the second 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: Giljagaur
English Translation: Gully Gawk
Arrival: December 13
Departure: December 26
The second was Gully Gawk,
gray his head and mien.
He snuck into the cow barn
from his craggy ravine.
Hiding in the stalls,
he would steal the milk, while
the milkmaid gave the cowherd
a meaningful smile.
