The Song of The Sun - Sólarljóð
The church in Reykholt has beautiful windows created by the artist Valgerður Bergsdóttir. She gets her inspiration from old manuscripts, and focuses on the written word which is the most important thing in Reykholt. In the window facing North the text is from an old icelandic poem, "Sólarljóð" - "The Song of The Sun".
"Sólarljóð is a powerful dream vision, in which a dead father appears to his son and advises him or conduct his life and achieve salvation, after having given a striking account of his own death, his journeys and his vision of Christ as the sun of righteousness. This poem thus combines the visionary modes and reinterprets pagan wisdom and prophetic compositions like Hávamál, within a Christian context."
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39. The sun I saw, |
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54. From the west I saw |
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55. The sun's hart I saw |
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56. From the north riding I saw |
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82. Here we part, |
Want to know more? We are here in the guest reception of Snorrastofa in Reykholt, ready to receive you, all weekdays during the winter, and all days during the summer ( 1.may - 30. September) from 10 to 18 hours. We welcome you :)
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