We have told you before that it is believed elves move house in the New Year or around Christmas. They are also known to enter people’s homes to...Read More
We have stories of how many places in Iceland got their name. Reykjavik – Smokey Bay – was supposedly named by Ingólfur Arnarson, the first settler of Iceland....Read More
Some folktales tell the tales of people we know to have existed, such as Sæmundur the Learned. The following story falls into that category. Aud The Deep-Minded is...Read More
Elves or hidden people are often quite mean in Icelandic folktales. You can never take them for granted, and being the capricious creatures they are; you should never...Read More
Outlaws in Iceland were feared. The average Icelander feared them even more than ghosts. It is understandable to fear them, as they were real but probably not as...Read More
There are many different types of ghosts categorized in Icelandic ghost stories. Apart from zombies and spectres, there are also “fylgjur”, spirits that attach themselves to a person...Read More
Ghosts in Icelandic folktales are categorized into three categories: Ghosts who either voluntarily or for some other reason, man-made or similar, wander after death. Zombies are almost always...Read More
This is a short ghost story. But people have told stories about how newly dead men have spoken during their wake or when they are being buried. Some...Read More
As the name would suggest, this story is about a merman, the male counterpart to a mermaid. Like mermaids, they are half men and half fish. They are...Read More
Icelanders did not only tell tales of the supernatural but also of outlaws and Icelandic comedy tales. The following story is rather silly, and the poor men who...Read More
