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Icelandic Superstitions: For Whom The Bean Tolls
When you can’t rely on the sun to tell you when to wake up, coffee becomes a necessity. But, according to Icelandic lore, your latté can determine how the rest of your future plays out. Get roasted It was said by the…
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Icelandic Superstitions: The Fierce Viking Horse Trapped In A Pony’s Body
First, we worshipped the Viking horse, then we ate him, and then we felt bad about it. Feels like there is a COVID-19 lesson to be learned here. You’ve heard of the Icelandic horse, right? You know, the small one that you…
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Icelandic Superstitions: Bubbi Morthens & Sadistic Spanking
Let’s admit it: Sports are more or less the biggest manifestation of modern superstition. You know, “laces out” and all that. Iceland is no exception. In 2016, scholar Kolbrún Lilja Arnarsdóttir wrote her thesis in ethnology about Icelandic superstitions surrounding handball. According…
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Icelandic Superstitions: The Possibility Of A Cross-Eyed Husband
Dinner tables are nothing less than a gamble about one’s future, and in worst cases – death can follow. If you are really unlucky, your husband will be crosseyed according to Icelandic Superstitions. So here are the do’s and don’ts when it…
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Icelandic Superstitions: The Magic Wishing Hill
Some Icelandic superstitions are specific to one particular place—don’t touch this rock, don’t try building a road through this hill, and such—but one of the more fascinating local legends concerns Helgafell, a large hill on the Snæfellsnes peninsula (not to be confused…
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Icelandic Superstitions: Making It Rain
Now that October is behind us, and the rainy season is supposed to be over, it’s finally time to take care of the leaves in your backyard. As mundane as this domestic activity seems, beware: there are superstitions lurking in the grass.…
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The Icelandic Ghost Manual: Don’t Disturb The Dead, Or Else
Anyone remotely interested in Icelandic folklore knows how to behave around hidden people, elves and trolls: avoid contact altogether. But there exists another, lesser-known species, which is just as wicked as the folk living in the barren rocks. Welcome to the world…
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Icelandic Superstitions: A Dangerous Cup Of Coffee
Are you reading this over an innocent cup of coffee? Well watch yourself—there is nothing innocent about it. Your very future is at stake. According to Icelandic superstition, you need to drink your coffee in a meticulous manner lest you screw up…
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Icelandic Superstitions: The Snipes Are Not What They Seem
Icelanders, especially in ye olden times, have always lived in close connection with their natural environments. It is then unsurprising that amongst the roster of Icelandic superstitions there are a fair many which involve animals in some way. Consider the humble common…