Reykjavík Grapevine - 29.07.2016, Qupperneq 70

LÓABORATORIUM
Don't Ask
Nanna About
Anything
By NANNA DÍS ÁRNADÓTTIR
Nanna,
Is it true that everything
is expensive in Iceland?
Thank you for your time!
- Penny
Penny,
It is if you’re poor.
- Nanna
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Hi Nanna,
It seems like everyone in
Iceland is a Crossfitter –
have you all turned up to
compete in the Games
this week?
Haha
- Rx
Hey Rx,
No not all of us, just four.
Nanna
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Hi Nanna,
What’s the best dish
served in Iceland?
- Gourmand
Hi Gourmand,
Revenge.
- Nanna
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DON'T ASK
NANNA
MONSTER OF
THE MONTH
The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 10 — 2016
70
Franciscan books tell of that most blessed and fortunate thing,
the red bean, the “life stone” known as bezoar. The ancients
wrote that it combines all benefits for life and health found in
other natural stones, herbs, plants and vines. It is called a life
stone as it extends a man’s life and gives him good health. The
raven uses it to give its nestlings life, as the following account
illustrates:
Sit down opposite a raven’s nest and kill the nestling by stran-
gling it. Place a small gag in its mouth so it appears to be half-open,
then wait and observe. The raven will then, if it is able, fetch the life
stone and place it in the nestling’s mouth. As you see the nestling
come alive, with the red stone in its mouth, you shall remove the
stone and set the nestling free. The astute ravens vomit these good
stones, hide them and keep careful watch over them. They are wise,
cruel and formidable.
Source: Jón Árnason, Íslenzkar þjóðsögur og ævintýri IV, p. 25.
"Monster of the Month" is a spin off of 'The Museum of Hidden Beings', by artist Arngrímur Sigurðsson. He delved
into Iceland´s mythological history, taking creature encounters from across the centuries and bringing them to life
through painting in an act of creative cryptozoology. Find the book at bookstores, or order it online at arngrimur.com.
Bezoar
Life Stone
SMJÖRFLUGA
TVEIR HRAFNAR listhús, Art Gallery
Baldursgata 12 101 Reykjavík (at the corner of Baldursgata and Nönnugata, facing Þrír Frakkar Restaurant)
Phone: +354 552 8822 +354 863 6860 +354 863 6885 art@tveirhrafnar.is www.tveirhrafnar.is
Opening hours: Thu-Fri 12pm - 5pm, Sat 1pm - 4pm and by appointment +354 863 6860
TVEIR HRAFNAR
listhús, Art Gallery
offers a range of artwork by
contemporary Icelandic artists
represented by the gallery, se-
lected works by acclaimed artists
and past Icelandic masters.
Represented artists:
GUÐBJÖRG LIND JÓNSDÓTTIR
HALLGRÍMUR HELGASON
HÚBERT NÓI JÓHANNESSON
JÓN ÓSKAR
ÓLI G. JÓHANNSSON
STEINUNN THÓRARINSDÓTTIR
Also works by:
HADDA FJÓLA REYKDAL
HULDA HÁKON
NÍNA TRYGGVADÓTTIR
KRISTJÁN DAVÍÐSSON
– among others
“Awesome experience”