Icelandic Autumn River is a photograph by David Broome which was uploaded on November 6th, 2014.
Icelandic Autumn River
Icelandic Autumn River, Skjįlfandafljót, Noršurland Eystra, Iceland... more
by David Broome
Title
Icelandic Autumn River
Artist
David Broome
Medium
Photograph
Description
"Icelandic Autumn River, Skjįlfandafljót, Noršurland Eystra, Iceland"
In the year 1,000, the pagan Norse chieftains of Iceland met to discuss the future of their religion after the introduction of Christianity. With no bloodshed, the Icelanders declared Christianity to be the official religion of Iceland; but granting people the freedom to practice their traditional Norse religion in private. Following his return from this meeting, Žorgeir Ljósvetningagoši, (a once pagan chieftain - now Christian), threw his stone statues and symbols of the Norse Gods and religion into the waterfall, upstream from this photograph. This symbolic gesture of Icelandic history is what gave the waterfall its name, "Gošafoss," ("Waterfall of The Gods").
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November 6th, 2014
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Comments (4)
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Janette Boyd
What a beautiful image! The colors are stunning! f/l
David Broome replied:
Thank you, Janette! :) The Icelandic autumn almost seems like another world, at times!
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