Icelandic folk legends by alda sigmundsdottir

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Types of Icelandic entities

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Pronunciation

I have included the two Icelandic special characters Þ and Ð (or ð). They are pronounced, respectively, as a voiced “th” sound (as in “thistle”) and a silent “th” sound (as in “there”). 

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Gilitrutt
This is a story about a lazy housewife who unknowingly makes a deal with an [[ogre]]ss who will spin wool...
Gryla
Grýla is a [[troll]] or [[ogre]] who parents evoke to get kids to behave “she’ll get you if you’re not...
Iceland has a good stepmother trope in folklore
Though [[fairy tale]]s elsewhere often contain bad stepmothers, Iceland has a good stepmother trope in [[folklore]], per [[Icelandic Folk Legends...
Icelandic ghosts tend to be malicious
in [[Icelandic folklore]], [[ghost]]s tend to be unpleasant.
Icelandic trolls and ogres
According to [[Icelandic Folk Legends by Alda Sigmundsdottir]], in [[Icelandic folklore]], [[troll]]s and [[ogre]]s are: large live in mountains or...
Elves and hidden people in iceland
They’re tall, hot, and rich; they sound like [[Lord of the Rings]] elves. Humans can only see them if the...
Marbendill, half dwarf, half fish
[[Icelandic Folk Legends by Alda Sigmundsdottir]]: marbendill (top half dwarf, bottom half seal).
Margígur, half human, half fish
[[Icelandic Folk Legends by Alda Sigmundsdottir]]: margígur (top half human, bottom half fish)
Nykur, or water horse
per [[Icelandic Folk Legends by Alda Sigmundsdottir]]: nykur (water horse with hooves that face backwards)
Oicotype
the tendency of [[fairy tale]]s and [[folklore]] to migrate from place to place, changing to feel more true to that...
Skoffín, female cat male fox offspring
Per [[Icelandic Folk Legends by Alda Sigmundsdottir]]: offspring of a fox and a female cat
Some icelandic folktales may have been the result of people eating bad flour and hallucinating
This is just a theory from [[Alda Sigmundsdottir]], but she questions whether some more outlandish folktales could have been related...

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