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Before Yule became a celebration, it was a test of survival.

In the Norse world, midwinter meant cold, scarcity, and real risk. Food stores ran low, travel became dangerous, and survival depended on fragile alliances, careful preparation, and shared responsibility. What people did during these nights was believed to shape the year ahead.

This documentary explores Yule as it appears across medieval sources, archaeology, and later Scandinavian folklore. Not as a single night, but as an extended season. Not as a festival of comfort, but as a structure built to endure winter itself.

We examine traditions tied to fire, feasting, oaths, animals, household spirits, and the unseen forces believed to move through the midwinter sky. Some practices offered protection. Others warned of consequences. All of them were taken seriously.

This is not a story of Vikings as warriors and raiders.
It is a story of communities, homes, and survival in the deepest part of the year.

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