Enlight Jarl's daughter in the hands of trolls It so happened that several people from Skagafjord, as often happened, went fishing in the late summer to the South Cape. They wanted to shorten their path and set off through Grimovo Mesopotamia, whi... Fairy Tales Icelandic Fairy Tales
Enlight Modolv from Mount Modolva Mount Modolva is the name of one peak near the Lake Cleft, in the mountains nearby. There is a cave there, the entrance to which is now blocked. In ancient times, a certain troll lived in this cave, w... Fairy Tales Icelandic Fairy Tales
Enlight Aulva Ulvhildur Once upon a time there lived a peasant whose farm was located on the northern shore of Lake Mývatn. And the lake is so big that the shortest road around it is thirty-six kilometers. It was the beginni... Fairy Tales Icelandic Fairy Tales
Enlight Then the merman laughed Once a certain bond went out to sea to fish and caught a merman. Bond tried to talk to him in different ways, but the merman was silent and did not answer anything, only asked Bond to let him go back.... Fairy Tales Icelandic Fairy Tales
Enlight Cowgirl It happened in the west in Dalasisle. One shepherdess went to church to take communion. Returning from church, she immediately ran to gather sheep, without having time to eat. Passing by some rocks, s... Fairy Tales Icelandic Fairy Tales
Enlight The man who cut off the old woman's head This incident happened in Seydisfjord in the west many years ago. One old woman was going down the stairs, tripped and found nothing better than to break her neck. A man came up to her as she lay on h... Fairy Tales Icelandic Fairy Tales
Enlight Aulva and Helga the peasant's daughter Once upon a time there lived a rich couple on a farm in Gnupverjakhrepp. They had two daughters, who will be discussed in this tale. The eldest daughter was her parents' favorite, but they did not lik... Fairy Tales Icelandic Fairy Tales
Enlight Deep are the straits of Iceland They say that one day a certain giantess decided to wade from Norway to Iceland. Of course, she was warned that there would be deep places on the way there, but she said to another giantess, her neigh... Fairy Tales Icelandic Fairy Tales
Enlight Deacon from Mirkau A long time ago, in the village of Mirkau in Eyjafjörður, there lived a deacon. Nobody remembered his name. He had a girlfriend named Gudrun. Many said that she lived on the Baigisau farm, on the othe... Fairy Tales Icelandic Fairy Tales
Enlight The Groom and the Ghost One day, four people were digging a grave in a cemetery; some say it was at Reikhowlar. All four were cheerful people and loved to laugh, but one young, perky guy had the most fun. When the grave was ... Fairy Tales Icelandic Fairy Tales
Enlight Skessa from Domovoi Gorge Between the Sun Houses in Swamp Valley there is a gorge called House Gorge. There is a cave inside this gorge called the Cave of Skessa. The name came from the fact that a skessa lived there. She caus... Fairy Tales Icelandic Fairy Tales
Enlight Gedliver They say that in the last years of the papacy in the east of Iceland in Borgarfjord on the Kvol farm there lived a rich couple. They had a lot of livestock and kept several workers. Not far from this ... Fairy Tales Icelandic Fairy Tales
