Like the lambs skip along the fields, they jump over the blue waves, for they are small and playful.

In the sunset you may see them against the dying sun. In the night you will fear them. And as they hiss and cry, hunting, you will know the truth: You’re the mouse and they are the hungry cats.

Katthveli,

Whales appeared in most medieval literature as one of nature's hatred creatures either malevolent themselves or controlled by evil forces and people. There's no surprise then, that Icelandic Folklore has dedicated many a legend to the illhveli, the wicked whales, populating the Arctic Ocean.

 The King's Mirror (public record published ca. 1250) contains the oldest summary known in the Nordic language of the names and descriptions of the whales kno...

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