Bárðartjörn

Folklore

Story & Folklore

Bárðartjörn is a location that appears in **Reykdæla saga og Víga-Skútu**, 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 Bárðartjörn 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: "Og um haustið fara þeir Vémundur tíu saman út í Höfðahverfi á þann bæ er heitir á Bárðartjörn. (14) Og nú segir Steinfinnur að Ísgerður hafði þar komið frá Bárðartjörn og rekið fótaskinn sitt um höfuð honum húskarlinum „og af því varð myrkrið og svo vindurinn sá er henni feykti ofan til naustanna.“"