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Most people today who have heard that ‘the Nightmare’ is an actual being in European folklore and not just a certain type of dream-state, associate the being with horses. A mare is indeed a horse but this interpretation is not correct. The mare of ‘the nightmare’ is a demon; and the word for horse and the word for nightmare derive from a different root.
Seven-headed monsters, one-eyed giants and blood-born winged horses are all shocking representations of the ways in which the well-known creatures of ancient Greek and Roman mythology transcend the bo
Snorri Sturluson on a diplomatic failure.
King Olaf of Norway sent Thorarinn Nefjolfsson to Iceland on business of his. Thorarinn sailed out to sea and got such a fast, favorable wind that in eight sailing shifts, he sailed as far as reaching Eyrar in Iceland, went straight to the Althing, and got there when people were at the Law Rock, going straight to the Law Rock.
When people had delivered their legal proceedings there, then Thorarinn Nefjolfsson began to speak, “Four nights since I parted from King Olaf Haraldsson. He sent greetings to this land, to all the leading men and rulers of the country and as well to all the population of men and women, young and old, rich and poor, from God and himself, adding that he wishes to be your lord if you are willing to be his subjects, and each to be friends of the other and supporters in all good enterprises.”