Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen & Petter Madegård: The Return of the Yule Goat #43 In the Borderlands

The Yule Goat is an ancient Northern European symbol of the midwinter solstice, a time when the veil between the worlds is at its thinnest. The practice of dressing up like a horned goat for Christmas has many examples in Scandinavian history, though only echoes remain.
Friend of the show and historian of religion Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen has for the past few years aimed to remake a new tradition. Inspired by animism, carneval, Krampus processions in the Alps and samba he has started a Yule Goat Parade in the center of Copenhagen which this year will take place on the 16th of December.
We talk to him and mask actor Petter Madegård about the thoughts behind the parade, the old concept of beings of darkness bringing the light at the turning point of the year, and the importance of renegotiating your relationship with the absolute Other.


Videos from the Yule Goat parade in Copenhagen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqza3EUH0cM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vREcF1Cb-I&t=1s
Nordic Animism
https://nordicanimism.com/


PODCAST LINKS
https://www.intheborderlands.com/
https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands
https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands
https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/

TORGRIM'S LINKS
https://www.brittle.one/
https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten
https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/

MIKAEL'S LINKS
https://smarturl.it/inanna
https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller
https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/


REFERENCES
Krampus/Percthen processions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmfQqyXHAeI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSKfdaCIuBM
Lilith
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilith
Samhain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain
Documentary film about Iceland: Enquête sur le monde invisible
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investigation_into_the_Invisible_World
Frau Holle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frau_Holle
Commedia dell'arte
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commedia_dell%27arte
Passion play
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passion_Play
Nativity play
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nativity_play
Harlequin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlequin
Folktale: Bearskin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearskin_(German_fairy_tale)
Gospel of Matthew
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew
Vafþrúðnir
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaf%C3%BEr%C3%BA%C3%B0nism%C3%A1l
Darshan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darshan_(Indian_religions)
Odin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin