Apparently if you change program on your phone (such as going to google translate to look up what bock is in english) tumblr will delete everything you’ve written.
The yule goat or straw goat is based on Tors goats, which are called Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr. The names mean tooth grinder and (the one with) gaps between the teeth.
There are female goats in norse mythology (Heidrun comes to mind) who are specified to be milkable. In the myths we hear of Tor eating his goats from time to time, but he never milks them.
But the biggest reason i find it funny that people would see the goat as a girl is because the goats are called “julbock”, or “Tors bockar”, with bock meaning billy-goat, male goat, specifically.
Gävlebocken means “the male goat in/from Gävle”. I guess it’s kinda like saying “she” about a rooster.
Diversity win! The sacrificial billygoat effigy is genderqueer!
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#Gävlebocken #Christmas #gender #this post was queued because my to-reblog list is too long and I didn’t want to dump it on you all at once
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