A Clippings Scrapbook: Krampus, Transmasc Icon; and Other Queer Yule Myths and Monsters
For all of the nonsense about tradition, religion, and you-don’t-belong we all hear from our conservative relatives this time of year, historical Christmas traditions sure have a lot of genderqueer entities ready to feast on the bastards of this world. Here's some of them.
by Piper Bly
Sources:
https://kjonnsforskning.no/en/2004/01/viking-god-odin-queer-god-war
Al Ridenour, The Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas: Roots and Rebirth of the Folkloric Devil
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/frau-perchta-christmas-witch-winter-goddess
Daniel Sävborg and Karen Bek-Pedersen, ed. Supernatural Encounters in Old Norse Literature and Tradition
https://www.transadvocate.com/the-traditional-holiday-was-queer_n_121434.htm
https://boroughsofthedead.com/frau-perchta/
https://www.professional-mothering.com/2020/12/the-history-of-perchta.html
AM 148 8vox (148x) - Kvæðabók úr Vigur. https://skaldic.org/db.php?id=21582&if=default&table=mss
Katelin Marit Parsons, Hán Grýla?
https://guidetoiceland.is/history-culture/the-icelandic-yule-lads-and-gryla
Piper Bly is a professional illustrator and underground cartoonist. When she’s not busy plowing away at her drawing board, singing dirges in the moonlight, or wandering throughout the United States, she can often be found tending to her ivies, frying up some biscuits, spending unreasonable hours in the gym, or floating above the Mississippi River at midnight, waiting for the tide to wrap her in its loving embrace and take her away. Her whereabouts are currently undisclosed. You, however, can find her at piperbly.com.