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 |
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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 forecasts 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 struck 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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