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Vestmannaeyar
There is also a legend about the Westman Islands that trolls were supposed to have thrown them out into the sea, where they are now, all from south of Hellisheiði....
Vestmannaeyar
There is also a legend about the Westman Islands that trolls were supposed to have thrown them out into the sea, where they are now, all from south of Hellisheiði....
Upptök Drángeyar
In former days, two night-trolls made their home in Hegranes; they were an old man and an old woman. Not many stories were told of them until this event took...
Upptök Drángeyar
In former days, two night-trolls made their home in Hegranes; they were an old man and an old woman. Not many stories were told of them until this event took...
Karl og kerlíng
(Based on the account of Vigfús Gíslason) Two trolls from the inner reaches of Breiðafjarðardalir set off one night and went west across Breiðafjörður to the lands of Flatey. They...
Karl og kerlíng
(Based on the account of Vigfús Gíslason) Two trolls from the inner reaches of Breiðafjarðardalir set off one night and went west across Breiðafjörður to the lands of Flatey. They...
Likný í Þjórsárdal
In Þjórsárdalur, above Stórinúpur, there is a certain rock called Likný. It was a troll-woman who sought to prevent people from traveling through the valley by building a stone wall...
Likný í Þjórsárdal
In Þjórsárdalur, above Stórinúpur, there is a certain rock called Likný. It was a troll-woman who sought to prevent people from traveling through the valley by building a stone wall...
Jón og tröllskessan
(Based on a story from a farmer in Biskupstungur) Once there was a farmer in the north who had the custom of rowing (fishing) in the Westman Islands during the...
Jón og tröllskessan
(Based on a story from a farmer in Biskupstungur) Once there was a farmer in the north who had the custom of rowing (fishing) in the Westman Islands during the...
Loppa og Jón Loppufóstri
(Based on a manuscript by Reverend Benedikt Þórðarson at Brjánslækur) In Bleiksmýrardalur, a mountain pasture belonging to the people of Fnjóskadalur, there is a hollow in the mountain on the...
Loppa og Jón Loppufóstri
(Based on a manuscript by Reverend Benedikt Þórðarson at Brjánslækur) In Bleiksmýrardalur, a mountain pasture belonging to the people of Fnjóskadalur, there is a hollow in the mountain on the...
Sauðamaðurinn frá Túngu í Fnjóskadal og tröllsk...
(By Farmer Jónatan Þorláksson of Þórðarstaðir in Fnjóskadalur) Beyond the district known as Fnjóskadalur lie three uninhabited valleys; they are mountain pastures. The easternmost is called Timburvalladalur, the next Hjaltadalur,...
Sauðamaðurinn frá Túngu í Fnjóskadal og tröllsk...
(By Farmer Jónatan Þorláksson of Þórðarstaðir in Fnjóskadalur) Beyond the district known as Fnjóskadalur lie three uninhabited valleys; they are mountain pastures. The easternmost is called Timburvalladalur, the next Hjaltadalur,...
Kráka tröllskessa
In ancient times, a giantess named Kráka lived in Bláhvammi by Bláfjall. She lived in a certain cave, traces of which can still be seen; it is located so high...
Kráka tröllskessa
In ancient times, a giantess named Kráka lived in Bláhvammi by Bláfjall. She lived in a certain cave, traces of which can still be seen; it is located so high...
The Farmer at Gnúpar (Bóndinn á Gnúpum)
A certain farmer at Gnúpar in Þingeyarsýsla dreamed that a woman came to him and complained that his children were throwing stones into a nearby lake. She explained that this...
The Farmer at Gnúpar (Bóndinn á Gnúpum)
A certain farmer at Gnúpar in Þingeyarsýsla dreamed that a woman came to him and complained that his children were throwing stones into a nearby lake. She explained that this...
The Plague Cave (Sóttarhellir)
Once, 18 people went mountain hiking from Fljótshlíð and sat down in a cave to rest. Looking out from the cave, they saw an ancient troll woman and mocked her....
The Plague Cave (Sóttarhellir)
Once, 18 people went mountain hiking from Fljótshlíð and sat down in a cave to rest. Looking out from the cave, they saw an ancient troll woman and mocked her....
