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, thereby the name Stokkseyrar-Dísa. Some of the sagas around her centers on her magical duels with Eiríkur í Vogsósum.

References

*Ghosts, Witchcraft and the Other World: Icelandic Folktales I, Iceland Review Library, 1977 - 91 sidor * *Íslenzkar þjóðsögur og æfintýri (1862) þjóðsögur, ritstjóri Jón Árnason {{DEFAULTSORT:Stokkseyrar-Disa 1668 births 17th-century Icelandic people 18th-century Icelandic people 1728 deaths 17th-century Icelandic women 18th-century Icelandic women Witchcraft in Iceland