Selkolla (literally 'seal-head') is a supernatural being in Icelandic folklore. She is described as a fair woman that is sometimes seen having the head...
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selkie-type stories may be found in the medieval story of the demonic woman Selkolla (whose name means 'Seal-head'). A famous selkie story from the Faroe Islands...
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B1257+12 A has been named "Draugr".[citation needed] Gjenganger Norse funeral Selkolla Spriggan Wiedergänger Icelandic "Sótti haugbúinn með kappi" is rendered...
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the earliest versions, such as the story of his encounter with the demon Selkolla. Margaret Jean Cormack. 2020. "Gvendarbrunnar of medieval Iceland" in Sacred...
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Niðarós and a flokkr on Guðmundr's struggle with the supernatural being Selkolla. Finnur Jónsson characterized Einarr's poetry as "dry narratives without...
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uk/The%20Life%20of%20Gudmund%20the%20Good.pdf (mainly a translation of Guðmundar saga A). Selkolla Sections are presented by Peter Foote, 'Bishop Jörundr Þorsteinsson and...
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