SUPERNATURAL FORCES IN ICELAND
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TRUE STORIES AND FOLKLORE
DIVINE INTERVENTION
Almost a millennium ago, supernatural powers prompted men to build a church. It became known as the miracle church because people offered worldly wealth in return for answers to their prayers.
SAVED BY THE CROSS
The Christian population in Iceland believed that the divine cross symbolizing Christ’s crucifixion had the power of God within it. A miracle-cross donned the Kaldaðarnes Church in late-medieval Iceland. People donated their valuables to the cross in return for its blessings.
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Icelandic Proverbs
VIKING FICTION AT ITS BEST
The true stories and folklores come alive on dark wintery nights. Stick around and celebrate the season with us Viking-style.
An interview with the Heathen author Bjørn Larsson.
Icelandic Street Art
Stories of Southeast Iceland
Learn the mystic nature of icelandic nature & the people who live to tell them
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Witchcraft & Sorcery
The first settlers in Iceland were heathens who turned to who practice sorcery and bowed to the Norse gods. They resorted to using magic symbols or staves to protect their families and their cattle.
Spirit Guides
How do people know how to help the dead? Each time is different, but it seems the dead need closure on events in this life to rest in the next. Therefore, we need to do what we can to help them on their journey.
Healings
Healings are truly mystical experiences and countless Icelanders have sought the help of a medium to heal their ailments. Most of the mediums helped the sick for free and were dependent on gratuity alone.
Celebrations
It may not come as a surprise that most of our magical and mystical holidays are of a heathen background. The Norse Vikings brought their mystical experiences with them from Norway and even picked some up as they sailed the seas.
Are The Heathen Really Lost And Actually Performing Magic In The Closet?
The Norse travellers anchored their ships on the shores of Iceland. Little did they know, as they unloaded their pagan idols it was the beginning of a nation of sorcery and witchcraft. A thousand years later, the Norwegian king’s messengers arrived with the intention of converting the heathen people to Christendom.