Description

Jólaköttur
Emma Mount: England
Medium: Oil on wood panel (with a gloss varnish)
Size: 12 x 12 inches

Jólaköttur (also called The Yule Cat and the Christmas Cat) is a huge and vicious cat from Icelandic Christmas folklore that is said to lurk in the snowy countryside during the Christmas season and eat people who do not receive new clothing before Christmas Eve.