Hruni

Hruni (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈr̥ʏːnɪ]) is a farming village in Iceland.[1]

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

History

The settlement was home to the priest and scholar Árni Halldórsson of Hruni (1630–87).[2]: 171–72 

The small church on the site was built in 1865.[3] There is a folk tale that, when there was merrymaking in the church, the devil came to the party and destroyed it.[4]

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. Richard Cole, 'An Edition and Translation of The Icelandic Book of Joseph and Aseneth', Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, 26.3. (2017), 167–200, doi:10.1177/0951820717703219.
  3. https://www.nat.is/Kirkjur/Kirkjur%20SL%20hrunakirkja.htm
  4. Jacqueline Simpson (1972), "The Dance in Hruni Church", Icelandic Folktales and Legends, University of California Press, pp. 194–195, ISBN 9780520021167

64°08′N 20°16′W


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