In 1966 Reykjavík, Steinþór sat in candlelit silence as medium Hafsteinn spoke. “Many spirits seek you,” he said. A drowned youth, Gunnar, thanked him for his obituary. An old cousin walked cane-free. Steinþór left certain: life continued beyond death’s veil.
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Too small, too dark, air thick with despair. Dim rooms choked the sick, a lone bathtub mocked cleanliness, plague whispered through its walls. Doctors fought death by lamplight; dreams brought corpses. Echoes linger in Farsóttuhúsið, the House of Plague.
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Almost a millennium ago, supernatural powers prompted men to build a church they called Strandarkirkja . Ever since it has been known as a miracle church. People travel from all over the world pouring out their heart’s desires inside its small interior. Promises of money, gold and precious things are offered in exchange for an answer to their prayers.
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People eagerly await the arrival of Shrovetide. It is a time of celebration all around the world, passed down through generations, with […]
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Bjørn “Heathen Viking” Larssen Guðrúnarlaug, a geothermal tub. “I could have stayed here literally forever if anybody would deliver me pizza.” Photo […]
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The Norse travellers anchored their ships on the shores of Iceland. Little did they know, as they unloaded their pagan idols it […]
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Ocean of witchcraft and spells Surrounded by a roaring ocean, the Icelandic people frequently turned to supernatural forces, such as witchcraft and […]
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Two insignificant farmers did as many had done before them and used magic staves for better fortune. Unfortunately, people who relied on […]
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As soon as he said those words, he felt a spirit-being attach itself to his right side, on his bare skin. The spirit-being was so tight up against him it was like his Siamese twin.
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It had been less than a year since the three men Þórður, Egill and Grímur burned to death when the epileptic epidemic […]
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