Lagarfljót 'wonderful thing'

The Skálholt annals for 1345 record a 'wonderful thing' in Lagarfljót, east Iceland: humps like islands above the water, with no head or tail.

1345 CE · 65.18, -14.55 · status: legend

The account

This is the earliest trace of the Lagarfljót worm (Lagarfljótsormurinn), Iceland's best-known lake monster.

Connections in the atlas

• Lagarfljót worm video

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Lagarfljót Worm
2. Wikipedia (Icelandic): Lagarfljótsormurinn