耶魯節

耶魯節(或譯作尤爾節)是由古代日耳曼民族所慶祝的宗教節日,後來接受基督教化後改為慶祝更為著名的聖誕節,所以說耶魯節是聖誕節的前身。「耶魯」一詞最早出現於日耳曼民族所用的月份名稱,例如ÆrraJéola(耶魯前),或ÆfteraJéola(耶魯後)等等。學者認為這節日是為了連慶祝野生狩獵節、北歐神奧丁盎格魯-撒克遜異教夜間母神節[1]

耶魯節
1832年耶魯節裡人們在運送耶魯樹
别名Yuletide、Yulefest
参与者多個北歐國家、新異教、一神普救派
類型文化節日、日耳曼異教與隨後的基督教、民俗節日、新異教主義
频率每年
相關節日冬至聖誕節節期季度結賬日年度之輪、冬季慶典、聖誕節

另見

  • 夜間母神節
  • 耶爾達節

資料來源

  1. Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874:326).

參考文獻

维基语录上的相关摘錄: 耶魯節
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