the pagan celebration of Yule was revived. As Neopagan religions like LaVeyan Satanists, Norse revivalists and Wiccans arose in Europe and North America, a new form of Yule was born. These groups ...

Residents of Shetland in the UK celebrate their Viking heritage at the Up Helly Aa fire festival, held in Lerwick. View on ...

Revellers have gathered on Shetland for the annual Up Helly Aa fire festival. The event marks the end of the Yule season in ...

Revellers gathered on Shetland for the annual Up Helly Aa fire festival. The event marks the end of the Yule season in Nordic culture, and features “guizers” in Viking costume marching through Lerwick ...

The event marks the end of the Yule season in Nordic culture ... It celebrates Shetland's Norse heritage, with Shetland under the control of Norway until the 15th century.

Whether known as Noel, Yule, or Christmas ... as Old Norse arrived in the British Isles. In Old Norse, jól referred to a 12-day pagan celebration of the winter solstice, which gradually merged ...

Before they became Christians Norse people commemorated the longest ... and visitors but they were banned in 1583 with Yule celebrations. Bakers caught making them would be punished and asked ...

Members of the Jarl Squad parade through Lerwick (Jane Barlow/PA) Originating in the 1880s, the festival celebrates Shetland’s Norse heritage ... marking the end of Yule celebrations, draws ...