Kúhallará

Folklore

Story & Folklore

Kúhallará is a location that appears in **Harðar saga og Hólmverja**, 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 Kúhallará 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: "Nú varð Illugi var við ferð þeirra og sendi þegar menn í Garð og á Heynes og svo til Kúvallarár að safna mönnum."