Hruni

The church at Hruni around 1900
A view from a hill overlooking the Lutheran church at Hruni, Iceland.

Hruni is a farming village in Iceland.[1] The small church on the site was built in 1865.[2] There is a folk tale that, when there was merrymaking in the church, the devil came to the party and destroyed it.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Richard Wall (2001), "The Transformation of the European Family Across the Centuries", Family History Revisited, University of Delaware Press, p. 228, ISBN 9780874136876
  2. ↑ https://www.nat.is/Kirkjur/Kirkjur%20SL%20hrunakirkja.htm
  3. ↑ Jacqueline Simpson (1972), "The Dance in Hruni Church", Icelandic Folktales and Legends, University of California Press, pp. 194–195, ISBN 9780520021167

Coordinates: 64°08′N 20°16′W / 64.133°N 20.267°W / 64.133; -20.267

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