Yule
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Yule ("Yule time" or "Yule season") is a festival historically observed by the Germanic peoples. Scholars have connected the original celebrations of Yule to the Wild Hunt, the god Odin, and the pagan Anglo-Saxon Template:Lang.
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See also
- Dísablót}}, an event attested from Old Norse sources as having occurred among the pagan Norse
- Julebord, the modern Scandinavian Christmas feast
- Koliada, a Slavic winter festival
- Lohri, a Punjabi winter solstice festival
- Mōdraniht}}, an event attested by Bede as having occurred among the pagan Anglo-Saxons on what is now Christmas Eve
- Saturnalia}}, an ancient Roman festival in honor of the deity Saturn, held on 17 December and expanded with festivities through 23 December
- Yaldā Night, an Iranian festival celebrated on the "longest and darkest night of the year."
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