Dritvík coveĭritvík cove - Bárðarskip and Bárðartrúss Plus many other people, some of which are mentioned by name in the Saga, and some even in great detail as is the case with the strange appearance of Bárður's cousin, Þorkell skinnvefja. And Þorkell Rauðfeldsson the half-brother of Bárður was with them as well. Herþrúður and all of Bárður's 9 daughters accompanied him to Iceland. Bárður was not keen on doing so and left Norway to try settlement in Iceland, as so many of our settlers did.Īccompanying Bárður Dumbsson (Snæfellsás) was Bárður Heyangursson (who is my ancestor 30 generations back) who also wanted to try settlement in Iceland. Bárður Dumbsson sailed on one ship with more than 30 men and Bárður Heyangursson sailed on another ship with the same amount of men. There was a new king in Norway, King Harald, who ordered everybody to pay him taxes. They lived in a fjord called Skjálfti or Tremor.īárður and Þorkell revenged Dumbur and killed Harðverkur and 30 other titans who were with him. Mjöll died and Þorkell married Eygerður and went to live close to his half-brother Bárður in Hálogaland. The Titans were still waging war against their king Dumbur under the leadership of Harðverkur, and they ended up killing Dumbur. Mjöll, the mother of Bárður, remarried and became the wife of the giant Rauðfeldur the Strong and had a son by him, named Þorkell, who was black and strong and mighty. After having spent one winter at Hálogaland Flaumgerður died, which caused great grief to Bárður.īárður needed a wife, so he found another woman, Herþrúður Hrólfsdóttir, and they had 6 daughters: Ragnhildur, Flaumgerður, Þóra, Þórhildur, Geirríður, and Mjöll. After the dream, Bárður and Flaumgerður moved away from Dofri to Hálogaland in the northern part of Norway. Flaumgerður had given birth to their 3 daughters, Helga, Þórdís, and Guðrún. One night Bárður had the most extraordinary dream about the coming of the Norwegian King Olav Haraldsson. Bárður and Flaumgerður got married when Bárður was only 13 years old. For the next 5 years, they lived in a cave in the mountains with Dofri. There in the mountains ruled Dofri, who was a giant ( bergbúi). Dofri became a good friend of the family and took care of Bárður, who was by now 10 years old.ĭofri taught Bárður all kinds of sports and sorcery at which Bárður became efficient.ĭofri had a daughter called Flaumgerður, but her mother, who was human, had died. Flaumgerður was the biggest of women, a bold woman but not fascinatingly beautiful. Shortly after there was a dissident between the Titans and King Dumbur and as to not put his son Bárður in any danger, Dumbur moved south to Norway to Mt. That kind of snow is the most beautiful of all, in my opinion. He looked like his beautiful mother, Mjöll, and it is said in the Saga of Bárður that the most beautiful white snow got the name from the skin tone of his mother, Mjöll. In Icelandic, we still use this word, mjöll, for beautiful white snow falling in still weather. Dumbur needed a wife and kidnapped a beautiful human woman, Mjöll, who was also one of the largest of women. These people were to become the parents of Bárður Snæfellsás - a titan and a human.īárður (born around 900) was their oldest child, named after his grandfather, Bárður risi or Bárður the Titan. Bárður grew up to become one of the most handsome of men. Now to tell you a little bit about this huge man. Bárður's father was King Dumbur, who was half a Titan - but Titans are said to be kinder and larger than other people - and half a giant. They were not like the Icelandic trolls, but kind, strong people with good business sense - I must confess though that I am no expert on titans and trolls.ĭumbur was hard to deal with though if something was not to his liking. You will see this huge stone structure of Bárður Snæfellsás at Arnarstapi, made by Ragnar Kjartansson sculptor, who also made the statue at the Fishermen's Garden and Maritime Museum in Hellissandur. Top photo: a close up of the statue of Bárður at Arnarstapi To give you a better insight into his interesting story I decided on dedicating a special travel-blog to Bárður Snæfellsás and show you the places on the south side of the peninsula which are mentioned in Bárðar Saga Snæfellsáss, which is the Icelandic Saga on Bárður. Bárður came to Iceland in the 9th century and gave the peninsula its name, Snjófellsnes peninsula, but both words " snær" and " snjór" mean snow in Icelandic. In my 5-part series of travel-blogs about the Magical Snæfellsnes peninsula in West Iceland, I often mentioned the half troll-half man Bárður Snæfellsás - the Protector of the Snæfellsnes peninsula.īárður was according to Bárðar Saga Snæfellsáss the settler of this area, half a troll, and half a man, his father was half a titan, but his mother was human.
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