From murky beginnings to a dark and glorious future You all know the Yule catAnd that cat was huge indeed.…Everybody knew he hunted menBut didn’t care for mice.(translation by Hallbergur Hallmundsson) These lines are from the poem “Jólakötturinn” (“The Yule cat”) by the Icelandic poet Jóhannes úr Kötlum. It first appeared in his book Jólin …