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Dreams, ghosts, and help from the beyond - with fishermen in WestmanIslands

BA thesis in anthropology from 2002 which Hílf Gylfadóttir discuss some ideas anthropologists about religion, magic and purpose of their study of the customs, habits and superstitions of fishermen in the Westman Island. Their faith in  supernatural things in relation to fishing and fisheries.

Draumar, draugar og hjálp að handan

 
Gobbling at even very warrior fox in the morning calm: Nature and weather knowledge Icelanders, past and present

In a lecture presented at a conference held by the Lighthouse the company in 2007 covers (delete) Eiríkur Valdimarsson disuss the weather fofoggyatlantic_vefurrecasts of the inhabitants living at sea level and had the familiar wether outlook  rutin on weather (delete) before they went to sea. How did most people do before meteorologists came to the scene? Eiríkur also disussed with us about the collection on weather reports that he controls and promote our answers were submitted Ethnographic collection of the National Museum of questions about the weather in 1975.

Gaggi að kveldi tófa, garpar að morgni róa!: Náttúru- og veðurþekking Íslendinga fyrr og nú

 
It was not one single wave

Article by Steinar J. Lúðvíksson, author of the books  Þrautagóðir á Raunastund Puzzle Ladies in real time, which appered  in Viðskiptablaðið fishicial reports in 2008. In summary article states the following: "The history of fishing in Iceland tracks the number of disaster. A centuries ago there was little hope of  if storm struckSkeidararsandur_vefur suddenly. Often  dozens of boats sank with all the crew members in short time. This follows from the most destructive and fatal events, and most of all marine accident time in Iceland is a large ship Het Wapen van Amsterdam (Gold ship) stranded at Skeiðarársandur and over two hundred people drowned.

"The picture is taken from Wikipedia and shows Loomnips, taken west of Svínafellsjökli, the Skeiðarársandur.

Ekki var ein báran stök

 

 
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