Here is another part about the weird and the fun troll brothers who live in the highlands of Iceland. They are sure to cause people a lot of trouble and inconvenience before Christmas in December.
Kjötkrókur or Meat hooker: As the name says he likes to hook meat. He goes up on the roof with a long hook pole and hooks meat which you are cooking down the chimney and grabs it and runs away. so watch out for the hook.
Giljagaur is a which I can’t quite translate but he is a yule lad who hides in canyons above a farm, from where he then sneaks and hides in the barn. Then when he sees that the people in the barn are busy with something, he rushes and steals a milk bucket and then lets himself disappear.
Skyrgámur or Skyr Eater is a yule lad who eats a lot or maybe just skyr.
Skyr is a food that Icelanders have been eating for many centuries all the way from settlement.
Skyr is a fresh sour cheese made from skim milk and is similar to yogurt. Skim milk is made by separating the fat (cream) from the milk. Skimmed milk is therefore actually low-fat milk.
Skyr is very good nutritious food, with protein, fat-free, soft and delicious texture. So it is a great food which gives you good energy and is good for snacks and for example for breakfast.
Skyr is a very old food tradition. When the first men came to Iceland in the 9th century to live here from Scandinavia they brought the knowledge of how to create Skyr with them. Skyr is, for example, a nose in the ancient stories of Icelanders which are called Icelandic stories. Over time that knowledge was lost in other countries but the knowledge managed to be maintained in Iceland right up to the present day. Through time Skyr played a very important role in the diet of Icelanders in the old days when it was more difficult to obtain food.
Therefore, Skyrgámur is a very strong yule lad because it is a healthy and protein-rich food. But it is better to just do the recommended daily of this to not get sick. So don’t act like Skyrgámur and eat too much skyr.
Bjúgnakrækir or Sausage Thief: He did like sitting on a kitchen beam in soot and smoke and waited for people to fry sausages and then he stole them and left. So watch your sausage, you never know who’s watching over you
Yes the Icelandic yule lads could be very resourceful and creepy in the old days.
