bits and pieces from the northern island.
Has your mother ever told you not to lick plates after eating? In the case of Pottasleikir (Pot Licker), perhaps Grýla has never objected to this impolite behavior — by the way, did you know it was her to cause the volcano eruption earlier this year? Pot Scraper, the fifth one, was a funny sort … Read the full article →
Ogress Grýla had a bad temperament that also clearly showed in her demeanor. But no one could blame her for it. Try to guess just how aggravatingly stressful her situation must have been: two failed marriages, a third relationship with a slothful guy and stuck with a bunch of good-for-nothing males she had to support … Read the full article →
A certain ogress named Grýla lived in the mountains of Iceland with her third husband, a lazy troll going by the name of Leppalúði, her fiendish cat and a gang of thirteen mischievous sons, known as the Yule Lads. Quite a family, isn’t it? And kind of dysfunctional too! Grýla the ogress for instance had … Read the full article →