Karl og Kerling – two petrified trolls in Iceland

According to the legend, in northern Iceland, two petrified trolls stand guard over an ancient canyon.
Created by the river Jökulsá á Fjöllum, which carved out the whole canyon that surrounds the unusual stone outcroppings, these two stones are called “Karl og Kerling”, a name literally translates to “husband and wife.”
The pair of stones stands near the mouth of the biggest cave in the canyon, known as Jökulsárgljúfur.
According to Icelandic folklore, two married trolls started to argue as they made their way home one evening, but the two soon lost track of time and night turned to dawn.
The trolls, of course nocturnal creatures, still in the heat of the argument, didn’t notice the rising sun and, when the sun finally crested the nearby hill, the sunlight turned the couple to stone.
The two, actually, weren’t far from the cave they called home when the sunlight petrified them.
Still today, on the opposite side of the river, you can see the entrance of the cave called Trollahellir, not by chance, the “troll cave,” where the couple slept.

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