"But as the summer wore, men were ware of this, that Thorolf lay not quiet, and men might never be in peace abroad after sunset. And this happed withal that those oxen which had been yoked to Thorolf were troll-ridden, and all such cattle as came nigh to Thorolf's howe went mad, and bellowed till they died. And so it befell in the autumn at Hvamm that one day neither herdsman nor beasts came home; and in the morning men went to seek them, and found the herdsman dead, a little way from Thorolf's howe, and he was all coal-blue, and every bone in him was broken.”
Why did Thorolf turn into a revenant and how did his evil deeds affect the community? What other ghosts and miracles haunt the farmers and chieftains on the Snaefellsnes peninsula? Let us explore together the amazingly terrifying Eyrbyggja saga, a story written in the 13th century in Iceland where old lore, pagan practices and Christian superstitions are mystically interwoven to create the perfect Halloween story.
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