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Icelandic name Manuscript description Image Að unni “To get a girl”, this magical stave is used by a man in love to gain the affections of the object of his desires.
It is customary in Iceland to clean the house before Christmas, and to leave food for the huldufólk on Christmas. [29] On New Year's Eve, it is believed that the elves move to new locations, and Icelanders leave candles to help them find their way. [ 30 ]
Njáll told him not to kill two men of the same family — this would lead to his death. Njáll's prediction proved right. When Gunnar killed two family members of Gissur the White, the family sought vengeance and the men set out to Hlíðarendi to do murder. Njáll advised Gunnar to leave Iceland and head abroad to escape them.
Helgrindur (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhɛlˌkrɪntʏr̥], also known as Lýsuskarð, Lysuhóll or Lysukard) [2] [3] is a volcanic mountain range or massif in the middle of the Snæfellsnes peninsula that provides a backdrop to the port of Grundarfjörður.
Hvalur hf. [a] (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkʰvaːlʏr̥], lit. ' Whale ') is an Icelandic commercial whaling and holding company. [1] Hvalur hf. was founded in 1947 as a commercial whaling company [2] by Loftur Bjarnason and Vilhjálmur Árnason and later run by their sons, Kristján Loftsson and Árni Vilhjálmsson.
Stykkishólmur (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈstɪhcɪsˌhoulmʏr̥] ⓘ) is a town and municipality situated in the western part of Iceland, in the northern part of the Snæfellsnes peninsula. It is a center of services and commerce for the area.
View from the churchyard of Hlíðarendi in direction of Eyjafjallajökull (zoomed). Hlíðarendi (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈl̥iːðarˌɛntɪ]) is a famous place in Icelandic historical literature. [1]
Haukadalur is home to some of the best known sights in Iceland: the geysers and other geothermal features which have developed on the Laugarfjall [ˈlœyːɣarˌfjatl̥] rhyolitic dome. [4] The biggest geysers of Haukadalur are Strokkur and Geysir itself, which gave us the word 'geyser'. [ 1 ]
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