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The Biggest Solstice Party in Iceland
In Iceland, solstice is a time for sheep, mammalian…
… trolishl…
… or elvish…
… to put on their finery …
…and party.
You, too, I hope.
The Trolls of Baejarhjalli
On the face of the Austurfell just west of the old monastery at Skriðuklaustur, and at the feet of the Ogre’s Staircase, the trolls are thick. And not just trolls. Have a look:
See them? Here are some hints:
Above: A Family of Fish Trolls Looking Much like a Fish Egg With a Skull for an Eye (or the Moon)
Above: Fat-Bellied SeatedTroll, Waving
Above: Musical Monks
Above: A Skull On A Post
Above: Lovers Embracing
Below: Troll With Runes and Spilled Treasure. Beware!
Below the Fell, the land runs with blood in the spring.
Well, yeah.
Troll Moon
It’s only up before sunrise.
Skriðuklaustur
But worth going out in the cold for!
Blending In: An Icelandic Fashion Journey
So, you have a bunch of troll bones in a stream at Skeljanes. Weird troll writing on it. How are you going to blend in with that so you look like you own the place?
Easy guys.
This next one is trying to blend in with the sea at the same time. All those waves, eh.
That’s how it’s done. And if someone says your head is as hard as a rock, ha, that would be, like, a double compliment!
A Different Perspective on the Reynisdrangar Trolls
They are famous, these ship-stealing trolls of South Iceland. You can see them off the point in the distance below, looking east…
…and looking west below.
But it’s the few from the north, from their lair, that shows how close they came to dragging those fishing boats in for dinner, and how alive they still are.
Never think a troll is dead. That would be a big mistake for your subconscious life, indeed.
Of Elves and Sheep in Iceland
Ever wondered if there are elves who herd sheep? No point asking the elves. They’re not talking.
Elves at Home in Helissandur
Should we ask the sheep? This guy’s at Hraunhafnartangi.
Does he look like elves are moving him from field to field? No. No point asking the trolls, who do herd sheep. Their languages are too slow.
And horses, that appear mysteriously wherever you stop, and, surely, are hanging around with elves, being out there day and night and all, and elfishly mysterious, should we ask them?
Maybe not. The horses at Eiðar below are grazing on an elf city, of all things, and what are they doing? Sneaking grass from the ditch.
I mean, the elves are definitely herding grass and purslane, such as at ValÞjofsstaðir below.
And the moss that covers the lava fields radiates elfishness.
But the elves? Such as this bunch at ? Are they herding sheep?
Oh. Yeah. They are.
But, of course, the question is, really, do they heard living sheep? That humans have to romp after to collect? Well, kind of. Even the trolls, such as this dark and light pair at Klausturhamrar, send sheep on their way to left and right.
And the elf city at Álfaborg…
… leads sheep, and people both, in quite specific ways.
Do sheep see elves and take commands from them, though? Why not. Humans do.
It’s just that these commands are not the same as walking across the grass to pasture. Elves aren’t safe like that. They lead you out of your own mind.
They can keep you on the path or lead you off it, such as at Fagurhóll, in the images above and below.
What do the sheep follow?
We might as well call it elves.
