Hrafnkels saga
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Hrafnkels saga or Hrafnkels saga Freysgoða is one of the Icelanders' sagas. It tells of struggles between chieftains and farmers in the east of Iceland in the 10th century. The eponymous main characte
The first page of Hrafnkelssaga from the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies ÁM. 156, fol. — one of the saga's most important manuscripts, dating from the 17th century.
Although the Norse god Freyr functions as Hrafnkell's patron deity, the saga contains few supernatural elements
Icelandic horse
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The Icelandic horse, or Icelandic, is a breed of horse developed in Iceland. Although the horses are smaller than other breeds, most registries for the Icelandic refer to it as a horse. The breed is l
Icelandic horse performing tölt
Icelandic horse in summer coat
An Icelandic horse in full winter coat
An Icelandic being ridden at a tölt