… an accidental hero. In retrospect this turned out to be good fortune for Iceland and has
helped with the resurrection of its economy. It is, however, important to remember that Iceland …

… Jóh religious poetry, which is not as prominent among We writers as among writers in Iceland,
is found in the w instance, Êorskabítur (pen name for I>orbjörn Bjarnaso Kristján Pálsson, …

… For example, danger, risk and challenge are calculated, and there is a minimum probability
of a serious accident in Iceland. Hence, danger and risk might rather exist in the imagination …

… Of particular relevance is the fact that Iceland was for seven hundred years ruled by … past
of Iceland, the time of the hero Vikings glorified in the Sagas, the time during which Iceland was …

… girl was born in Iceland at that time. We do not know when they first came to Iceland, but from
… But in reading Celtic heroic legends we very often sense gods and myths, or the subject is …

… From thirteenth-century Iceland we have the example of the aggressive youthful band, the
Þorvaldssynir of Vatnsfj† rðr, who go to conquer their own dragon, the mighty chieftain Sturla …

… Brothers”) one of the two heroes, Şorgeirr Hávarsson, has sought quarters with a farmer
during his wanderings around a sparsely populated area of Iceland. The farmer already has a …

… Páll is not dead, he lives on as an antiheroic model for the future of Iceland’s national
identity, one that abandons a limiting cultural ‘islandness’. Nói the Albino ends with the sombre …

… H e is the father of scientific folklore research in Iceland, and to him each one of his … I
do not know enough about other folklores than Iceland's to be able to make more than the …

… the start of his journey on horseback into the interior of Iceland in 1862. He was, at the time,
… his mother about the preparations for his journey to Iceland and about the journey itself. The …