Kúhallardalur

Folklore

Story & Folklore

Kúhallardalur 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 Kúhallardalur 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: "Skroppa var heima og dætur bónda, Helga og Sigríður, en Þorsteinn var í seli í Kúvallardal. (29) Því heitir þar nú Kúhallardalur að nautin hölluðust þar frá þeim."