Stafafell is a historic location in Iceland mentioned in "Njáls saga", one of the ancient Íslendingasögur (Sagas of Icelanders). These medieval narratives preserve the history of Iceland's Viking Age settlement.
Stafafell is a location that appears in Njáls saga, one of the Íslendingasögur — the Sagas of Icelanders. These remarkable medieval texts were written in Iceland during the 13th and 14th centuries, preserving oral histories and stories from the Viking Age settlement of Iceland (9th–11th centuries).
The sagas describe real people, places, and events, making locations like Stafafell living connections to Iceland's deep past. Many of these saga sites can still be visited today, standing as silent witnesses to the dramatic events recorded in the ancient texts.
From the saga:
"En er þeir komu vestur um Lónsheiði til Stafafells þá bjó þar Þorkell. (117) Flosi tók því vel og hóf bónorð við hann að hann skyldi gifta Rannveigu dóttur sína Starkaði er bjó að Stafafelli, bróðursyni Flosa. (134) Þeir fóru heiman á Hnappavöll en annan aftan til Breiðár en frá Breiðá til Kálfafells, þaðan í Bjarnanes í Hornafjörð, þaðan til Stafafells í Lón en þá til Þvottár til Síðu-Halls."