Á Sprengisandi (At Sprengisandur) - Icelandic folk song by Bergþór Pálsson
- 13 years ago
Á Sprengisandi ("On the Sprengisandur highland road") - famous Icelandic folk song by Bergþór Pálsson. Íslenskt þjóðlag. From album: "Íslandsklukkur". Views from Sprengisandur and Icelandic highlands.
Bergþór Pálsson: http://www.salurinn.is/default.asp?page_id=1342
Sprengisandur:
1. a certain part of the Highlands of Iceland between the glaciers Hofsjökull and Vatnajökull;
2. the highland road traversing this region.
Sprengisandur is a very old connection between the north and the south of the island. It has been known since the times of first settlement. But it always had a rather bad reputation. People had to cross the desert fast with their horses, to "spring" over it, so as to get new grass and water for themselves and the animals. There has also been a lot of superstition about it. Stories about bad ghosts and criminals were told and the old tracks fell out of use for some time.
Full text of the song: http://www.omniglot.com/songs/icelandic/sprengisandi.htm
Bergþór Pálsson: http://www.salurinn.is/default.asp?page_id=1342
Sprengisandur:
1. a certain part of the Highlands of Iceland between the glaciers Hofsjökull and Vatnajökull;
2. the highland road traversing this region.
Sprengisandur is a very old connection between the north and the south of the island. It has been known since the times of first settlement. But it always had a rather bad reputation. People had to cross the desert fast with their horses, to "spring" over it, so as to get new grass and water for themselves and the animals. There has also been a lot of superstition about it. Stories about bad ghosts and criminals were told and the old tracks fell out of use for some time.
Full text of the song: http://www.omniglot.com/songs/icelandic/sprengisandi.htm