Stekkjastaur, after all, has a stiff peg-leg. He is one of 13 mischievous troll brothers, called the Yule Lads, who have entertained and also frightened Icelandic children for hundreds of years.

Watch Iceland Naturally’s video about the famed Icelandic Yule Lads, 13 mythical creatures that bring gifts - and a little mischief - around the holidays.

Instead of a friendly Santa Claus, children in Iceland enjoy favors from 13 mischievous troll brothers called the Yule Lads who arrive from the mountains 13 days before Christmas.

He is one of 13 mischievous troll brothers, called the Yule Lads, who have entertained and also frightened Icelandic children for hundreds of years.

He is one of 13 mischievous troll brothers, called the Yule Lads, who have entertained and also frightened Icelandic children for hundreds of years.

Stekkjastaur, after all, has a stiff peg-leg. He is one of 13 mischievous troll brothers, called the Yule Lads, who have entertained and also frightened Icelandic children for hundreds of years.

Local actors playing Iceland's infamous Yule Lads drag each other for "the first bath of the year" at the geothermal nature lagoon by Lake Myvatn, north Iceland, Saturday Dec. 8, 2018. Instead of ...

Stekkjastaur, after all, has a stiff peg-leg. He is one of 13 mischievous troll brothers, called the Yule Lads, who have entertained — and frightened — Icelandic children for hundreds of years.

Local actors playing Iceland's infamous Yule Lads drag each other for "the first bath of the year" at the geothermal nature lagoon by Lake Myvatn, north Iceland, Saturday Dec. 8, 2018. Instead of ...

Local actors at the Dimmuborgir lava field in northern Iceland on Saturday Dec. 8, 2018, pose as the Icelandic Yule Lads, a band of mischievous troll brothers that have taken the role of Father ...