Once upon a time a young farmer lived east of Eyjafjollum (Eyja Mountains). He was diligent and hardworking. Where he was, sheep were aplenty and he had many of them.
He had just married as this tale is told. His wife was young but lazy and weak. She never wanted to do anything and had little to do with every day running of the farm. The farmer was not pleased by this but could do little.
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One of the more fascinating creatures by far is the fire breathing monster we have come to know as a dragon. Dragons, in some cases a paranormal creature with bat like wings and resembles a lizard with legs and in others a snake like creature seen as a benevolent protector.
Late last night and the night before,
Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers, knocking at the door.
I want to go out, don’t know if I can,
‘Cause I’m so afraid of the Tommyknocker man.
Thus sounds an old children’s rhyme. Stephen king wrote the second verse himself.
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Why do people believe in monsters?
Now that is a good question and one that we are going to have to take a look at from many different angles. To begin with, believe in mythical creatures has been with us for as long as man has walked the earth. We see ghosts during the night when it is dark and the next day we might be thinking about a strange creature shambling through the swamp that is behind the house we live in. Fact of the matter is we have all kinds of creatures and the answer might be different for each one.
Once upon a time in the western fjords of Iceland there was a farmer who employed a considerate number of servants, one of those was a man named Jon who had in part been raised there as well. Each fall the farmer would send a man to the southern part of the country to row for fish.
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Icelandic trolls are paranormal blood thirsty creatures without mercy and a taste for human flesh, or so say the myths.
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Gremlins the movie is one of those films that remains a childhood nostalgia for so many people and for others at least a distant yet fond memory. Who could forget the friendly and oh so adorable Gizmo, the main character. Many of us even had Gizmo dolls and teddies when we were children. This film after all inspired much merchandise which was sold after the release of both the first and second movie.
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Imagine waking up during the middle of the night finding yourself unable to move, every breath a difficulty to draw and the walls seem to close in on you. Imagine laying there frozen and confused, not sure whether you’re awake or asleep. Imagine the fear when you notice the horrible face for the first time, the breath on your face like death in your nostrils.
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Not so long ago this video was shot by the farmer Hjartar Kjerúlf, claiming that it is footage of the worm.
So far it has been seen by about five million people all around the world.
Perhaps this is genuine video of the beast or it might be mere debris tangled in a net and frozen to resemble some mythical creature. Be that as it may it has certainly sparked interest in the worm and people have been wondering:
Creature, monster, beast. You might use them all to describe this fiend that has been titled the Wendigo, a mythical creature, a malevolent and cannibalistic spirit into which humans could transform, or could possess humans.
Zombies, vampires and werewolves, the horrifying triad we all know so well. Those three are perhaps the most popular of all monsters that humans have dreamed up or encountered or however each of us chooses to see it. Among them the zombies have become quite popular lately and perhaps even the most popular of them all. Portrayed in modern fiction and entertainment the zombie continues to induce spine chilling shivers.
A milk sucking monster with equal taste in human blood and one of the more weird creatures we have spoken of so far. This creature comes from Icelandic folklore and is described as a bloated thin creature with a mouth on each end.
Werewolves are some of the more fascinating characters of the horror genre. Spoken of in tales and legends, they are by now a mainstream boogie man.
You can see them in modern art and entertainment; you can see them in myths and legends, TV shows and movies, comic books and novels.
Silver Bullet is loosely based on the short novel by Stephen king, the cycle of the werewolf. Please note that when I say loosely based there are still some similarities between them. For one the same main character is used and the werewolf is the same person as he was in the book.
We have done an article on northern monsters before and this one is no less infamous in Nordic folklore.
Bloodsucking critters of the night, is something that everyone is familiar with. Movies and TV shows, novels and comics, even poems, are places where you might expect to find them.
Monsters and creatures are reported all over the world in all shapes and sizes, from asia and all the way over to america. One monster that some people might never have heard from hails from europe, on the small island called iceland.
Even animals can succumb to the influence of the devil and one popular myth is of the hellhounds. In reality there are many myths and not all of them speak of the same creature. Most of them agree that they are evil and most harmful to anyone who crosses their path.
I remember when I was a child, I had and still have a sizable collection of relatives. My parents would from time to time go and visit some of them. One of my favourite places to go was my uncle’s place. He had this book that I would flip through each and every time, utterly fascinated by the somewhat gruesome images within. Read More
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the movie is based upon an older myth derived from distressed World War 2 pilots.