Elves aren’t the only spirits who inhabit the rural landscape of Iceland – there are countless tales of trolls who live in the dark reaches of the country’s mountains. “Icelandic trolls are descendants of the earlier jötnar or ‘ice giants’, who competed as equals with the gods in Old Nordic mythology,” according to Gunnell.
Grýla, a prominent character in Icelandic folklore, is a troll with an insatiable hunger for children, who comes down at Christmastime to hunt for those who have misbehaved. Throwing them in her sack, she drags the naughty children back to her cave and boils them alive before eating them. She has a lazy husband, Leppauldi, a brood of mischievous children who are fond of harassing people and a particularly vicious cat. Icelanders give each other new clothes to wear during the festive season, but if you’re not wearing anything new by Christmas Eve, Grýla’s cat will come down the mountain and eat you alive. |
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