"Yule" Show Notes and Credits

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Sources

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The following sources were used in compiling the information in this video in particular:

Andy Orchard, Cassell’s Dictionary of Norse Myth & Legend (Cassell)
John Lindow, Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Ritual, and Beliefs (OUP)
Rudolf Simek, Dictionary of Northern Mythology (D.S. Brewer)
H.R. Ellis Davidson, The Rituals of Northern Europe (Penguin)
Kevin Crossley-Holland, The Penguin Book of Norse Myths: Gods of the Vikings (Penguin)
Robert L. Schichler, “Understanding the Outsider: Grendel, Geisel, and the Grinch,” Popular Culture Review 11 (2000): 99–105.
Tacitus, Germania (Loeb Classical Library)
The Saga of Grettir the Strong , trans., Bernard Scudder (Penguin) [or online]
“King Hrolf and his Champions” in Eirik the Red and Other Icelandic Sagas, trans., Gwyn Jones (OUP) [or online]
http://qi.com/infocloud/christmas
http://qi.com/infocloud/christmas-trees
http://qi.com/infocloud/santa-claus
http://www.gothichorrorstories.com/classic-gothic-ghost-stories/christmas-ghost-stories-the-ghost-of-christmas-past-goes-further-back-than-you-might-realize-2/
http://www.hypnogoria.com/html/ghoststoriesforchristmas.html
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/dec/23/ghost-stories-victorians-spookily-good
http://knowledgenuts.com/2013/12/24/the-victorians-creepy-christmas-eve-tradition/

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