Iceland’s Conversion: The Fate of the Old Gods
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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Deadly Confessions: The Witch Trials of Egill and Grímur
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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Galdra-Manga: Margrét’s Escape from the Witch-Hunters
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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The Trékyllisvík Witch Trials: Fear, Illness, and Fire
In the fall of 1652 a bizarre epidemic swept through the tiny town of Trékyllisvík. The town’s God-fearing inhabitants were all gathered in […]
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