Álfa & huldufólk
Álfakverið
When my father was in Búðardalur with his kinsman, the late Þorsteinn Pálsson, and was growing up there with him, it happened one day in the winter that he went...
Álfakverið
When my father was in Búðardalur with his kinsman, the late Þorsteinn Pálsson, and was growing up there with him, it happened one day in the winter that he went...
„Legg í lófa karls, karls.“
It happened at a certain farm that children were outside playing by a hill; there was one young girl, and two older boys. They saw a hole in the hill....
„Legg í lófa karls, karls.“
It happened at a certain farm that children were outside playing by a hill; there was one young girl, and two older boys. They saw a hole in the hill....
Huldumaðurinn og Geirmundur hái
When I was the farmer at the Arnarstapi trading post, it happened one New Year's Eve that three or four of my people went out, and those who came out...
Huldumaðurinn og Geirmundur hái
When I was the farmer at the Arnarstapi trading post, it happened one New Year's Eve that three or four of my people went out, and those who came out...
Grímsborg
To the north of the homefield at Keta in Skagi stands a certain rock-fortress (borg), high and sheer-faced; it is called Grímsborg. Hidden people are always said to have lived...
Grímsborg
To the north of the homefield at Keta in Skagi stands a certain rock-fortress (borg), high and sheer-faced; it is called Grímsborg. Hidden people are always said to have lived...
Álfkona læknar barn
It happened in 1790 at the farm on Skarðsströnd called Vormsstaðir, that the child of the couple there became sick. The child was named, and is named, Ingibjörg. Along with...
Álfkona læknar barn
It happened in 1790 at the farm on Skarðsströnd called Vormsstaðir, that the child of the couple there became sick. The child was named, and is named, Ingibjörg. Along with...
Álfkonan hjá Bakkagerði
At Bakkagerði in Borgarfjörður, a certain couple lived; there were no other people there. Once, the farmer went away from home and did not return in the evening. That night,...
Álfkonan hjá Bakkagerði
At Bakkagerði in Borgarfjörður, a certain couple lived; there were no other people there. Once, the farmer went away from home and did not return in the evening. That night,...
Huldufólkið í álfaborginni hjá Jökulsá
At Jökulsá in Borgarfjörður lived a farmer; one autumn a pauper was sent to him, and it was a girl. He kept her for three years, and treated her extremely...
Huldufólkið í álfaborginni hjá Jökulsá
At Jökulsá in Borgarfjörður lived a farmer; one autumn a pauper was sent to him, and it was a girl. He kept her for three years, and treated her extremely...
Huldumaðurinn og stúlkan
Once upon a time, a certain teenage girl was in service with her mother, who was a farming widow, and she tended her sheep. One morning early, she walked by...
Huldumaðurinn og stúlkan
Once upon a time, a certain teenage girl was in service with her mother, who was a farming widow, and she tended her sheep. One morning early, she walked by...
Álfkona fæðir í híbýlum manna
In the time when priest Grímur (Grímólfur) Bersason was a secretary for Jón Arnórsson, who was appointed as assistant to Hans Wium, the Magistrate in Mið- and Suður-Múlasýsla (1769–1778), it...
Álfkona fæðir í híbýlum manna
In the time when priest Grímur (Grímólfur) Bersason was a secretary for Jón Arnórsson, who was appointed as assistant to Hans Wium, the Magistrate in Mið- and Suður-Múlasýsla (1769–1778), it...
Skapti læknir Sæmundsson
There was a man named Skapti; he was the son of Sæmundur; his mother was named Guðríður. They lived at Bóndhóll in Mýrar when this story took place. Skapti was...
Skapti læknir Sæmundsson
There was a man named Skapti; he was the son of Sæmundur; his mother was named Guðríður. They lived at Bóndhóll in Mýrar when this story took place. Skapti was...
