LANDNÁMABÓK, ICELANDIC BOOK OF SETTLEMENTS

Landnámabók,(Book of Settlements) is more than a book about settlements in Iceland,it´s the legacy of a people,it´s history,the roots of a culture,it´s a blood tie to the land.Landnámabók tells of the arrival and settlement of Scandinavian (mostly Norwegian) and British (from Viking settlements) settlers between the years 874 and 930.The book tells about 430 original settlers,together with their descendants and clans there were more than 3.000 of them.They spread all over the island,each family or clan looking for its own settlement,and they lived in 1.400 different places.The Landnámabók tells about 600 farms of those settlers,their families,animals, vaettr...The first settler to arrive was Ingólfr Arnarson from Norway.The stories are interspersed with myths and legends,which makes the Landnámabók even more interesting.Landnámabók is a collection of manuscripts collected by the historian Ari Thorgilsson in the 12th century.There are 5 surviving manuscripts that set up the Landnámabók: Sturlubók by Sturla Þórðarson, Hauksbók by Haukr Erlendsson (based on Sturlubók and a lost version by Styrmir Kárason), Melabók, Skarðsárbók and Þórðarbók. The Landnámabók is the source of almost all Icelandic sagas.Some of the Landnámabók texts are written in medieval times,so it isn´t certain how much of it was originally compiled by Ari Thorgilsson.It´s an impressive legacy that should be preserved.Can you imagine what those settlers felt when they arrived on the shores of the ancient home of the gods? If I close my eyes I can feel it,I can feel the wet wind ruffling my hair,I can smell the salt water,the cold gets into my bones,but when I open my eyes...take my breath away,the thrill of seeing that wild land,inhospitable,cold and burning at the same time,unknown and source of life,the darkness of its ground,the fiery volcanoes,the powerful waterfalls,the wide meadows remind of Ídavellir,where there is the gods meet after Ragnarök,where there is everything begins once more..

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