{"id":1190,"date":"2023-11-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cavesofhella.is\/manngerdir-hellar-a-sudurlandi-gaetu-verid-fra-fyrstu-landnemunum\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T18:42:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T18:42:04","slug":"manngerdir-hellar-a-sudurlandi-gaetu-verid-fra-fyrstu-landnemunum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cavesofhella.is\/is\/manngerdir-hellar-a-sudurlandi-gaetu-verid-fra-fyrstu-landnemunum\/","title":{"rendered":"Mannger\u00f0ir hellar \u00e1 Su\u00f0urlandi g\u00e6tu veri\u00f0 fr\u00e1 fyrstu landnemunum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lengi vel hefur saga \u00cdslands veri\u00f0 s\u00f6g\u00f0 \u00e1 \u00feessa lei\u00f0: G\u00f6fugir norskir h\u00f6f\u00f0ingjar vildu vera lausir undan hinum \u00e1genga konungi Haraldi har\u00f0r\u00e1\u00f0a<\/a>, sem sameina\u00f0i Noreg me\u00f0 valdi. \u00deessir dj\u00f6rfu h\u00f6f\u00f0ingjar vildu frekar lifa frj\u00e1lsir \u00e1 afskekktu \u00cdslandi en beygja sig fyrir valdagr\u00e1\u00f0ugum konungi. Upphaf landn\u00e1ms er snyrtilega t\u00edmasett \u00e1ri\u00f0 874. \u00de\u00e1 er fyrsti landn\u00e1msma\u00f0urinn, Ing\u00f3lfur Arnarson<\/a>, sag\u00f0ur hafa komi\u00f0 til Reykjav\u00edkur<\/a>. Eftir \u00fev\u00ed sem fornleifafr\u00e6\u00f0inni fleygir fram ver\u00f0ur upprunasaga \u00cdslendinga \u00fe\u00f3 bl\u00e6brig\u00f0ar\u00edkari en upphaflegu \u00cdslendingas\u00f6gurnar<\/a> og Landn\u00e1mab\u00f3k<\/a> gefa til kynna. Sk\u00fdrasta d\u00e6mi\u00f0 um hvernig veri\u00f0 er a\u00f0 endurskrifa s\u00f6gu \u00cdslands eru Hellarnir vi\u00f0 Hellu<\/a>. V\u00edsindamenn hafa n\u00fa hafi\u00f0 ranns\u00f3knir \u00e1 uppruna \u00feeirra<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Yfir tv\u00f6 hundru\u00f0 mannger\u00f0ir hellar \u00e1 Su\u00f0urlandi<\/h5>\n\n
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L\u00edtum \u00e1 uppgr\u00f6ftinn \u00e1 v\u00edkingaaldarsta\u00f0num \u00ed St\u00f6\u00f0varfir\u00f0i<\/a> \u00e1 Austurlandi, sem s\u00fdnir mannvist fyrir 874. \u00cd Landn\u00e1mss\u00fdningunni \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk<\/a> eru til s\u00fdnis leifar torfveggjar sem reistur var fyrir 874. \u00c1 Hellu eru st\u00f3rir mannger\u00f0ir hellar af \u00f3vissum uppruna<\/a>. Tv\u00f6 hundru\u00f0 mannger\u00f0ir hellar eru \u00feekktir \u00e1 milli Hverager\u00f0is og V\u00edkur \u00e1 Su\u00f0urlandi. Hellarnir eru h\u00f6ggnir \u00ed m\u00f3berg, sem algengt er \u00e1 sv\u00e6\u00f0inu, og aldur \u00feeirra og uppruni eru \u00f3\u00feekkt. Freistandi er a\u00f0 tengja \u00fe\u00e1 vi\u00f0 \u00edrska einsetumunka sem sag\u00f0ir eru hafa sest a\u00f0 \u00e1 \u00cdslandi til a\u00f0 tilbi\u00f0ja gu\u00f0 sinn \u00ed fri\u00f0i. Norr\u00e6nir menn k\u00f6llu\u00f0u \u00fe\u00e1 \u201apapa<\/a>\u2018.<\/p>\n\n

Hellarnir vi\u00f0 Hellu eru \u00ed s\u00e9rflokki<\/h5>\n\n

Hellarnir vi\u00f0 Hellu<\/a> \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0inni \u00c6giss\u00ed\u00f0u vi\u00f0 \u00feorpi\u00f0 Hellu<\/a> eru \u00ed s\u00e9rflokki. \u00deessir risast\u00f3ru hellar eru taldir elstu fornminjar \u00e1 \u00cdslandi sem enn standa, en aldur \u00feeirra og uppruni er r\u00e1\u00f0g\u00e1ta. Margir vilja tengja Hellana vi\u00f0 Hellu vi\u00f0 Kelta frekar en norr\u00e6na landnema. \u00cd s\u00f6gunum er Keltum a\u00f0 mestu l\u00fdst sem \u00fer\u00e6lum norr\u00e6nnar yfirst\u00e9ttar. Raunveruleg saga g\u00e6ti veri\u00f0 fl\u00f3knari. <\/p>\n\n

Kynnstu pr\u00f3fessornum sem n\u00fa er umsj\u00f3narma\u00f0ur Hellanna vi\u00f0 Hellu<\/h5>\n\n

\u00c9g hef heims\u00f3tt hellana og \u00feeir eru tilkomumiklir. Fyrir tveimur \u00e1rum eyddi \u00e9g kv\u00f6ldstund \u00ed einum hellanna og hlusta\u00f0i \u00e1 sagnamann \u00far h\u00e9ra\u00f0inu f\u00e6ra r\u00f6k fyrir \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 Brennu-Nj\u00e1ls saga<\/a> fjalla\u00f0i \u00ed raun um \u00e1t\u00f6k norr\u00e6nna og keltneskra landnema. Hann var sannf\u00e6r\u00f0ur um a\u00f0 hvelfingin sem vi\u00f0 vorum \u00ed v\u00e6ri forn kirkja sem keltneskir landnemar hef\u00f0u h\u00f6ggvi\u00f0 \u00fat. \u00c9g sat \u00ed h\u00e1lfr\u00f6kkrinu undir syllum \u00ed bergveggnum, sem v\u00e6ru fullkomnar fyrir kerti, horf\u00f0i upp \u00e1 s\u00f6gumanninn, sem l\u00edktist presti a\u00f0 pr\u00e9dika fyrir s\u00f6fnu\u00f0i s\u00ednum fyrir framan altari, og fannst \u00feetta sennilegt. Enda er innst \u00ed kirkjunni kross me\u00f0 vott af Kristsmynd h\u00f6ggvinni \u00ed hann.<\/p>\n\n

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Sama fj\u00f6lskyldan hefur b\u00fai\u00f0 \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0inni \u00fear sem hellarnir eru \u00ed um tv\u00e6r aldir. \u00deekktastur fj\u00f6lskyldume\u00f0lima er Baldur \u00de\u00f3rhallsson<\/a>. Hann er pr\u00f3fessor \u00ed stj\u00f3rnm\u00e1lafr\u00e6\u00f0i vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands og ranns\u00f3knastj\u00f3ri Ranns\u00f3knaseturs um sm\u00e1r\u00edki. Baldur er raunar oft \u00ed \u00edslenskum fj\u00f6lmi\u00f0lum \u00fear sem hann varpar lj\u00f3si \u00e1 innlend og al\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0leg m\u00e1lefni. Fj\u00f6lskylda hans rekur fer\u00f0a\u00fej\u00f3nustufyrirt\u00e6ki\u00f0 Hellana vi\u00f0 Hellu og hefur s\u00ed\u00f0an 2019 bo\u00f0i\u00f0 gestum a\u00f0 st\u00edga inn \u00ed hellana og aftur \u00ed dularfulla fort\u00ed\u00f0ina.<\/p>\n\n

S\u00e6ll, Baldur, og takk fyrir a\u00f0 gefa \u00fe\u00e9r t\u00edma \u00ed \u00feetta vi\u00f0tal. Hven\u00e6r f\u00e9kkstu fyrst \u00e1huga \u00e1 hellunum \u00e1 Su\u00f0urlandi?<\/em><\/h4>\n\n

S\u00e9rst\u00f6k \u00e1str\u00ed\u00f0a fyrir \u00f3fundnum fj\u00e1rsj\u00f3\u00f0um kvikna\u00f0i me\u00f0 s\u00f6gum afa m\u00edns af p\u00f6pum, \u00edrskum munkum, sem hann tr\u00fa\u00f0i sta\u00f0fastlega a\u00f0 samkv\u00e6mt munnm\u00e6lum hef\u00f0u sest a\u00f0 og b\u00fai\u00f0 \u00ed hellunum t\u00f3lf \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0inni okkar, \u00c6giss\u00ed\u00f0u vi\u00f0 Hellu, fyrir norr\u00e6nt landn\u00e1m \u00e1 \u00cdslandi. Afi minn og foreldrar notu\u00f0u enn helming hellanna \u00e1 \u00e1ttunda og n\u00edunda \u00e1ratugnum. \u00deeir voru nota\u00f0ir undir hey og sem matargeymsla, til d\u00e6mis fyrir kart\u00f6flur, heimager\u00f0a sultu og saft.<\/p>\n\n

Hellarnir voru vins\u00e6ll fer\u00f0amannasta\u00f0ur \u00feegar \u00feeir voru opnir almenningi. Vi\u00f0 fengum \u00fe\u00fasundir gesta \u00e1 hverju \u00e1ri, \u00cdslendinga og \u00fatlendinga, sem heillu\u00f0ust af uppruna \u00feessara undirheima Su\u00f0urlands. \u00c9g var a\u00f0eins fimm e\u00f0a sex \u00e1ra \u00feegar \u00e9g byrja\u00f0i a\u00f0 s\u00fdna fer\u00f0am\u00f6nnum hellana \u00feegar afi var upptekinn vi\u00f0 b\u00fast\u00f6rfin. \u00c9g reyndi einfaldlega a\u00f0 muna hvert or\u00f0 sem afi sag\u00f0i gestunum og ger\u00f0i mitt besta til a\u00f0 gera mig skiljanlegan, \u00fe\u00f3tt \u00e9g tala\u00f0i \u00edslensku vi\u00f0 erlendu gestina.<\/p>\n\n

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Hverjar eru kenningar \u00fe\u00ednar um uppruna \u00feessara mannger\u00f0u hella? Hver ger\u00f0i \u00fe\u00e1 og hvers vegna?<\/em><\/h4>\n\n

Hellarnir eru umluktir leyndard\u00f3mi og \u00f6ldum saman hefur f\u00f3lk velt fyrir s\u00e9r hver ger\u00f0i \u00fe\u00e1. Vi\u00f0 tr\u00faum forfe\u00f0rum okkar \u00feegar \u00feeir segja a\u00f0 Keltar hafi gert hellana fyrir landn\u00e1m v\u00edkinga \u00e1 \u00cdslandi. Keltarnir, paparnir, voru kristnir og v\u00edsbendingar eru um a\u00f0 kristi\u00f0 f\u00f3lk hafi b\u00fai\u00f0 \u00ed hellunum e\u00f0a a\u00f0 minnsta kosti nota\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e1. Til d\u00e6mis ber einn hellanna nafni\u00f0 Kirkjuhellir og \u00ed \u00f6\u00f0rum, Fj\u00f3shelli, eru heillandi kristnir krossar.<\/p>\n\n

Hva\u00f0 var\u00f0 um Keltana?<\/em><\/h4>\n\n

Vi\u00f0 vitum ekki hva\u00f0 var\u00f0 um Keltana. Ef til vill bl\u00f6ndu\u00f0ust \u00feeir einfaldlega norr\u00e6num m\u00f6nnum. N\u00fdjustu erf\u00f0afr\u00e6\u00f0iranns\u00f3knir benda a\u00f0 minnsta kosti til \u00feess a\u00f0 afi hafi haft r\u00e9tt fyrir s\u00e9r um keltneskar r\u00e6tur \u00cdslendinga. Vi\u00f0 erum enn a\u00f0 grafa (l\u00edka \u00ed b\u00f3kstaflegri merkingu) eftir v\u00edsbendingum um b\u00fasetu papa \u00ed landinu okkar. \u00cdslensk s\u00f6gusko\u00f0un heldur \u00fev\u00ed fram a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 s\u00e9um \u00f6ll afkomendur hugrakkra og gl\u00e6silegra v\u00edkinga. H\u00fan gefur ekkert svigr\u00fam fyrir a\u00f0rar t\u00falkanir, svo sem a\u00f0 forfe\u00f0ur okkar hafi veri\u00f0 kristnir Keltar. \u00deetta er saga sem m\u00e1tti ekki segja. Vi\u00f0 erum a\u00f0 opna \u00feessa Pand\u00f3ru\u00f6skju.<\/p>\n\n

Getur\u00f0u l\u00fdst vinnunni vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 endurgera hellana?<\/em><\/h4>\n\n
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Hellarnir l\u00f6g\u00f0ust af eftir a\u00f0 b\u00e6ndur h\u00e6ttu a\u00f0 nota \u00fe\u00e1 \u00e1 n\u00edunda \u00e1ratugnum. Vi\u00f0 endurger\u00f0um hellana me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 endurbyggja st\u00f3ru inngangana, sem eru \u00far torfi og grj\u00f3ti. Strompana, sem eru hla\u00f0nir \u00far grj\u00f3ti, \u00feurfti einnig a\u00f0 gera upp. Einnig \u00fearf a\u00f0 hreinsa hellana \u00fev\u00ed \u00feeir fyllast flj\u00f3tt af sandi og mold ef \u00feeim er ekki loka\u00f0. Vi\u00f0 ger\u00f0um \u00fe\u00e1 a\u00f0gengilega gestum me\u00f0 l\u00fdsingu, gler\u00feaki \u00e1 strompunum og g\u00f6ngust\u00edgum \u00e1 milli \u00feeirra. Fj\u00f3rir hellar eru n\u00fa opnir almenningi, \u00fear \u00e1 me\u00f0al tveir af \u00feeim st\u00e6rstu. Hvor um sig r\u00famar um 150 manns.<\/p>\n\n

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Fyrir utan hellana \u00e1 Su\u00f0urlandi, hverjir eru upp\u00e1haldssta\u00f0ir \u00fe\u00ednir \u00e1 \u00cdslandi?<\/em><\/h4>\n\n

Upp\u00e1haldssta\u00f0urinn minn \u00e1 \u00cdslandi er Landmannalaugar, \u00ed Fri\u00f0landi a\u00f0 Fjallabaki \u00e1 h\u00e1lendi \u00cdslands. \u00deetta er st\u00f3rkostlegur sta\u00f0ur. M\u00e9r finnst gaman a\u00f0 ganga um sv\u00e6\u00f0i\u00f0 og ba\u00f0a mig \u00ed n\u00e1tt\u00farulegu heitu laugunum. Upp\u00e1haldsg\u00f6ngulei\u00f0in m\u00edn er Fimmv\u00f6r\u00f0uh\u00e1ls<\/a> \u00e1 milli Sk\u00f3ga og \u00de\u00f3rsmerkur. \u00dats\u00fdni\u00f0 af lei\u00f0inni er \u00f3tr\u00falegt.<\/p>\n\n

Ef lesendur m\u00ednir hafa \u00e1huga \u00e1 a\u00f0 heims\u00e6kja mannger\u00f0u hellana vi\u00f0 Hellu sem \u00fe\u00fa hefur hj\u00e1lpa\u00f0 til vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 endurgera, hva\u00f0 \u00e6ttu \u00feeir a\u00f0 gera?<\/em><\/h4>\n\n
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Vi\u00f0 bj\u00f3\u00f0um upp \u00e1 daglegar fer\u00f0ir me\u00f0 lei\u00f0s\u00f6gn um hellana. Gestir okkar upplifa undur hellanna, svo sem forna krossa, veggristur og h\u00f6ggvin s\u00e6ti, og vi\u00f0 segjum \u00feeim au\u00f0vita\u00f0 okkar s\u00f6gu. Vi\u00f0 heims\u00e6kjum fj\u00f3ra hella og fer\u00f0in tekur \u00ed heild um eina klukkustund. Vi\u00f0 bj\u00f3\u00f0um einnig upp \u00e1 l\u00faxusupplifun \u00ed hellunum fyrir einkah\u00f3pa, sem hefur l\u00edka or\u00f0i\u00f0 mj\u00f6g vins\u00e6l. \u00cd l\u00faxusfer\u00f0inni er einkalei\u00f0s\u00f6gn, smakk \u00e1 visk\u00edi og bj\u00f3r og s\u00e6lkerar\u00e9ttir, allt framleitt \u00ed h\u00e9ra\u00f0inu. Og l\u00faxush\u00f3tel \u00ed n\u00e1grenninu, H\u00f3tel Rang\u00e1<\/a>, b\u00fd\u00f0ur upp \u00e1 v\u00edkingaveislu \u00ed einum hellanna. Gestir nj\u00f3ta s\u00e6lkeramatar og sko\u00f0a hellana.<\/p>\n\n

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Auk \u00feess eru hellarnir or\u00f0nir vins\u00e6lir fyrir br\u00fa\u00f0kaup og t\u00f3nleika. \u00deeir eru m\u00f6gnu\u00f0 umgj\u00f6r\u00f0 fyrir s\u00e9rstaka vi\u00f0bur\u00f0i \u00e1 bor\u00f0 vi\u00f0 br\u00fa\u00f0kaup. Haf\u00f0u samband \u00e1 info@cavesofhella.is<\/a> ef \u00fe\u00fa vilt heims\u00e6kja hellana e\u00f0a fara \u00ed einkafer\u00f0. Uppl\u00fdsingar um okkur m\u00e1 einnig finna \u00e1 vefs\u00ed\u00f0unni okkar<\/a> og \u00e1 Facebook<\/a>, \u00fear sem einnig er h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 hafa samband.<\/p>\n\n

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Hva\u00f0a r\u00e1\u00f0 myndir\u00f0u gefa f\u00f3lki sem heims\u00e6kir \u00cdsland \u00ed fyrsta sinn?<\/em><\/h4>\n\n

Haldi\u00f0 \u00e1fram a\u00f0 vera \u00e6vint\u00fdragj\u00f6rn. Nj\u00f3ti\u00f0 rigningardaganna og roksins. Gangi\u00f0 um n\u00e1tt\u00faruna, kl\u00edfi\u00f0 h\u00e6\u00f0 og kafi\u00f0 ni\u00f0ur \u00ed undirheimana.<\/p>\n\n

Birtist 18. n\u00f3vember 2023 \u00e1 Stuck in Iceland<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lengi vel hefur saga \u00cdslands veri\u00f0 s\u00f6g\u00f0 \u00e1 \u00feessa lei\u00f0: G\u00f6fugir norskir h\u00f6f\u00f0ingjar vildu vera lausir undan hinum \u00e1genga konungi Haraldi har\u00f0r\u00e1\u00f0a, sem sameina\u00f0i Noreg me\u00f0 valdi. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,31,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-research","category-wedding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavesofhella.is\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavesofhella.is\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavesofhella.is\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavesofhella.is\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavesofhella.is\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1190"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavesofhella.is\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1256,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavesofhella.is\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190\/revisions\/1256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavesofhella.is\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavesofhella.is\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavesofhella.is\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavesofhella.is\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}