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# The Norwegian Yule goat Julebukk and its Christmastide house visits
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/net-eto-ne-glavnyi-aktsioner-balensiagi-a-iolskii-kozel-iz-norvegii-dzhulebukk-voskhodiashchii-k-dokhristianskim-ritualam-i-sviazannyi-s-obrazom-kopytnykh-zapriazhennykh-v-kolesnitsu-bo/
- Published: 2022-12-18T14:31:32.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T19:02:34.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Faith, Ethnography, Humour

No, this is not the principal shareholder of Balenciaga, but the Yule Goat of Norway, the Julebukk, which goes back to pre-Christian rituals and is linked to the image of the hoofed beasts harnessed to the chariot of the god Thor. At Christmastide the Julebukk goes from house to house, collecting offerings in the form of provisions and treats, or carrying off one of the household, who then likewise turns into a Julebukk