Guðrúnarlaug () is a
thermal bath in
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...
near Sælingsdalur in the municipality of
Dalabyggð.
The name stems from
Guðrún Ósvífrsdóttir, who is a main character in ''
Laxdæla saga''.
The thermal bath exists at the place described in the
saga
Sagas are prose stories and histories, composed in Iceland and to a lesser extent elsewhere in Scandinavia.
The most famous saga-genre is the (sagas concerning Icelanders), which feature Viking voyages, migration to Iceland, and feuds between ...
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Reference in '' Laxdæla saga''
In ''
Laxdæla saga'' Guðrúnarlaug (literally "Guðrún's pool" in Icelandic) is called "the Baths of Saelingsdale":
Gestur ríður nú um daginn vestan úr Saurbæ og kemur til Sælingsdalslaugar og dvelst þar um hríð. Guðrún kom til laugar og fagnar vel Gesti frænda sínum. Gestur tók henni vel og taka þau tal saman og voru þau bæði vitur og orðig.[
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See also
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Culture of Iceland
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Sagas of Icelanders
The sagas of Icelanders (, ), also known as family sagas, are a subgenre, or text group, of Icelandic Saga, sagas. They are prose narratives primarily based on historical events that mostly took place in Iceland in the ninth, tenth, and earl ...
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History of Iceland
The recorded history of Iceland began with the settlement by Vikings, Viking explorers and the people they enslaved from Western Europe, particularly in modern-day Norway and the British Isles, in the late ninth century. Iceland was still uni ...
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Guðrún Ósvífrsdóttir
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Laxdæla saga
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Tourism in Iceland
References
External links
Be Iceland Guðrúnarlaug travel pageNordic Visitor Guðrúnarlaug pageGuðrúnarlaug tourist page
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Western Region (Iceland)
Sagas of Icelanders
Spas
Tourist attractions in Iceland