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Episode 225: Dark Animation (ad-free)
🕑 Added 2023-04-10 04:01:04 +0000 UTCOne of the most crowded landscapes in folklore comes from one of the most harsh and barren locations in the world. But the dead might just have too many stories to tell.
Written and produced by Aaron Mahnke, with research by GennaRose Nethercott and music by Chad Lawson.
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Further Reading
- “Archaeologists Unearth Viking Hall in Denmark,” Smithsonian Magazine, January 6, 2023, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-large-viking-hall-in-denmark-180981397.
- “4 Stories of Trolls who turned into Rock.” Grey Line. July 19, 2021. https://grayline.is/blog/4-stories-of-trolls-who-turned-into-rocks
- “Draugr – Vikings Feared This Ugly Living Dead With Prophetic Visions.” Ancient Pages. May 24, 2020. https://www.ancientpages.com/2020/05/24/draugr-vikings-feared-living-dead-with-prophetic-visions
- “Feilberg, H.F. "The Corpse-Door: A Danish Survival," Folklore 1#8 (1907), p. 366 https://www.jstor.org/stable/1254489
- “Folklore in Iceland.” Guide to Iceland. Accessed May 25, 2022. https://guidetoiceland.is/history-culture/folklore-in-iceland
- “Hekla - The Gateway to Hell.” Oregon State University. October 16, 2015. https://volcano.oregonstate.edu/news/hekla-gateway-hell
- “Hekla, Iceland’s most dangerous volcano?” Iceland Monitor. July 16, 2016. https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/nature_and_travel/2016/07/16/hekla_iceland_s_most_dangerous_volcano
- “Hekla Volcano.” Arctic Adventures. Accessed May 24, 2022. https://adventures.is/iceland/attractions/hekla-volcano
- “House Wights & Landvaettir.” The Crows Fjord. July 27, 2018. https://thecrowsfjord.com/2018/07/27/house-wights-landvaettir
- “Icelandic Coat of Arms.” Government of Iceland. Accessed May 25, 2022. https://www.government.is/topics/governance-and-national-symbols/icelandic-coat-of-arms
- “Icelandic Volcanos.” Arctic Adventures. Accessed May 24, 2022. https://adventures.is/information/icelandic-volcanoes
- “King Olaf Trygvason’s Saga.” Sacred Texts. Accessed May 25, 2022. https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/heim/07olaftr.htm
- “Necropants and Other Tales of 17th-Century Icelandic Sorcery.” Atlas Obscura. September 18, 2017. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/objects-of-intrigue-necropants
- “Necropants: Did Icelandic Sorcerers Really Make Magic Pants Out Of Human Skin?” Ancient Origins. June 27, 2018. https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/necropants-icelandic-sorcerers-magic-pants-human-skin-021958
- “Norway Trolls: Everything You Need to Know.” Adventures.com. February 28, 2022. https://adventures.com/blog/norway-trolls
- “Old Norse White Walkers?” Medievalists.net. Accessed May 25, 2022. https://www.medievalists.net/2017/09/old-norse-white-walkers
- “Scandinavia’s Draugen – Vampire, Zombie, or Ghost?” Cryptoville. October 22, 2014. https://visitcryptoville.com/2014/10/22/scandinavias-draugen-vampire-zombie-or-ghost
- Sigmundsdottir, Alda. Icelandic Folk Legends (Little Books Publishing, 2016). Pp 7-22.
- Simpson, Jacqueline. Icelandic Folktales and Legends. (University of California Press, 1972). Pp 11, 14, 15. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Icelandic_Folktales_and_Legends/HY-DCKd6UgUC?q=irafells+mori&gbpv=1#f=false
- Stefansson, Hjörleifur Helgi. Icelandic Folk Tales (The History Press, 2020). Pp 16-18.
- “The majestic Hvítserkur Sea Stack - the Troll of North-West Iceland.” Guide to Iceland. Accessed May 25, 2022. https://guidetoiceland.is/connect-with-locals/regina/hvitserkur-up-north
- “The Skinny on Necropants: Trousers Made Of Human Skin.” Ripley’s. March 8, 2020. https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/necropants
- “The Walking Dead: draugr and Aptrgangr in Old Norse Literature.” The Viking Answer Lady. Accessed May 26, 2022. http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ghosts.shtml
- “The weird story of an Icelandic ghost named Þórgunna.” Medievalists.net. Accessed May 26, 2022. https://www.medievalists.net/2020/10/icelandic-ghost-thorgunna
- “Thorgunna.” Women of 1000 AD. Accessed May 25, 2022. https://womenof1000ad.weebly.com/thorgunna.html
