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Landvættir

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King Harald told a warlock to hie to Iceland in some altered shape, and to try what he could learn there to tell him: and he set out in the shape of a whale. And when he came near to the land he went to the west side of Iceland, north around the land, where he saw all the mountains and hills full of
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with an iron staff followed by many other jötnar. It is unclear whether all these protective beings were considered landvættir, given that the bull is explicitly said to be followed by landvættir, however, the four figures are what most Icelanders understand by the term. It is further unclear if the
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It was the beginning of the preamble of the heathen laws that men should not take ships to sea with carved figure heads upon their sterns, but if they did, they should take them off before they came in sight of land and not sail to land with gaping heads or yawning snouts lest the guardian feys of
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Relationships between people and landvættir have been further linked to a wider pattern of people in the same cultural context worshipping and receiving advice from spirits living in waterfalls, woods, and rocks at which they would make offerings. This is attested in Landnámabok, which records
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Haraldr konungr bauð kungum manni at fara í hamförum til Íslands ok freista hvat hann kynni segja honum. Sá fór í hvals líki. En er hann kom til landsins, þá fór hann vestr fyrir norðan landit; hann sá at fjöll öll ok hólar váru full af landvættum, sumt stórt en sumt
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are synonymous with landvættr, supported by the idea that landvættir live in stones, mountains and hills. It has been further suggested that in return, Björn may have been expected to make food offerings, as is recorded as being performed by women for landvættir in
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stones). These are stones in northwestern Iceland that were described as having been respected as late as the 19th century, with it being seen as inappropriate to mow grass or let children play near them. The term
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It has been argued that in early 12th century Iceland, álfar and landvættir were conceived of as distinct beings, with landvættir living in fells and hills, and elves being more similar to gods. The account of a
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Landvættir are often depicted as deeply connected to a particular place and as being willing and able to harm people who live there if the landvættir do not consider them welcome.
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followed by snakes, toads and lizards who blew atter, or poison, at him, then a great bird with many smaller birds, next a large bull followed by landvættir and finally a huge
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which is eventually driven away when a bishop sprinkles the stone in which it lived with holy water. It has been noted that the being is likely modelled on landvættir and
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imagery of these four beings is drawn from traditional lore, but scholars typically belief it is heavily influenced by Christian imagery of the
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and spirits of the dead, but others have interpreted them as nature spirits, since they sometimes live in land that has never been populated.
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where, according to Landnámabók, a man named Hjörleif was killed by his thralls and that was later not settled out of fear of landvættir.
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After this, the man in whale-shape swims around Iceland and each time he reaches a new part he is driven away. First by a large
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recount a tale in which an Icelandic farmer named Koðrán has a partnership with a spirit living in a stone referred to as a
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from Norway. The two are forced to abandon Norway the next year, although the saga intentionally leaves the cause unclear.
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En þæssir luttir heyra til villu ok hædins atrunaddar ok at trua a landvættir at se i lundum æda haugum æda forsum.
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has been variously translated as "guardian spirits of a country", "land-spirits", "landwights" or "nature spirits".
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for example describes how two brothers, Ingólf and Hjörleif, went to settle Iceland from Norway. Ingólf performed
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depicts human waste is depicted as scaring elves, identified by some scholars as landvættir. In this account,
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Landvættir have been variously connected by scholars to other beings believed to inhabit the land such as
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The Book of the Settlement of Iceland: Tr. from the Original Icelandic of Ari the Learned
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laws, written in the latter half of the 13th century, made illegal the belief that
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Myths and symbols in pagan Europe : early Scandinavian and Celtic religions
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The four beings identified as the landvættir of Iceland are depicted on the
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is not attested in Old Norse sources but can be reconstructed from the term
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Anthropomorphic wooden cult figurines of Central and Northern Europe
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Myth and Religion of the North: the religion of ancient Scandinavia
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Four beings commonly identified as landvættir, as described in the
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often while his brother did not. Hjörleif was later killed by his
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Beings in Old Nordic religion, later folklore and modern Heathenry
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coins, and the team crest of Iceland's national football teams.
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They further feature in saga literature, for example in the
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are believed to live in these places too such as elves and
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Landvættir have been argued to not have had any role in
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people, clan, and place names in Germanic heroic legend
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does not reference the magic-worker or the landvættir.
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and Modern English "wight". It is further cognate with
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Wights and Ancestors: Heathenism in a Living Landscape
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which Ingólf attributes to his lack of adherence to
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coat of arms of Iceland
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folk belief
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níðstangs
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Gulating
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