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The julbock, or Christmas ram, preceded St. Nicholas as a Christmas figure in Sweden; symbolizing the power of rejuvenation and fertility.

Ljubomir Melansek
The Ram, steel sculpture
© Ljubomir Melansek
 'The Ram'
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            Quotation:
            'In a deep pool, by happy chance we saw
            A twofold image; on a grassy bank
            A snow-white ram, and in the crystal flood
            Another and the same! Most beautiful,
            On the green turf, with his imperial front
            Shaggy and bold, and wreathed horns superb,
            The breathing creature stood; as beautiful,
            Beneath him, showed his shadowy counterpart.
            Each had his glowing mountains, each his sky,
            And each seemed centre of his own fair world.'
            From William Wordsworth, 'The Excursion' 1795 - 1814.

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