Dag 11/Day 11

This year the fire didn’t take it but the wind 🌬️ 🔥

#gävlebocken #julbock #enomdagen #enbildomdageniettår #onepictureaday
The pagan Yule Goat / Julbock of straw 🐐#Gävlebocken is up, as magnificent as ever 💞
Pagan traditions are still a tradition in Sweden for the Midwinter Solstice, mixed up with Christmas. The God Odens goats very much so.

#Paganism #Yule #Oden #Goat #Julbock #Gävle #Sweden

Update! The official Wikipedia page has called it.

This is the first year for “destroyed by jackdaws” - @Nifflas you’ll have to let us know if the local betting pool has also called it or not. 🤣

#GavleGoat #YuleGoat #Gavlebocken #julbock #TeamBirds #BirdItDown

“Standing with damage” is my current mood.

Also, this is way weirder and way funnier than being burned down like it usually is.

#YuleGoat #julbock #GavleGoat #gavlebocken #TeamBurn #TeamBirds

"This year, so far, the Gävle Goat stands tall, proud, and unburned. But it has a new enemy: jackdaws. ... [T]his year’s straw has lots of grain still stuck to it. Flocks upon flocks of jackdaw birds have decided that the Goat makes a tasty Christmas treat. They have been pecking away at it diligently since it was unveiled ...." — Brian Klaus

https://open.substack.com/pub/brianklaas/p/will-the-gavle-goat-survive-this

#GävleGoat
#GävleBocken
#Goatwatch2023 #jackdaws #YuleGoat #Julbock

Will the Gävle Goat survive this Christmas?

A lovely, hilarious story about a town in Sweden, a giant goat, and the relentless drive of arsonists to destroy it every year. Yule love reading it.

The Garden of Forking Paths
I think it’s deeply regrettable that the #gävlebocken is not on Mastodon. #julbock #sverige #sweden
When do I burn my neighbor’s Julbock? Is it rude to have not burned it yet? #sweden #julbock Hashtag Gävlebocken
Wore my Julbock tie for the final HT334 class today, December 7. #GradSchool #MDiv #interreligious #chaplaincy #HT334 #Julbock #tie #holiday #selfie #me