Hruni (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈr̥ʏːnɪ]) is a farming village in Iceland.[1]
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History
editThe 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
edit- ^ Richard Wall (2001), "The Transformation of the European Family Across the Centuries", Family History Revisited, University of Delaware Press, p. 228, ISBN 9780874136876
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-29. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ 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 / 64.133°N 20.267°W