"It’s about respect for nature, which is something Icelanders know is very much alive. ... When your house can be destroyed by an earthquake, when you can can be blown over by the wind, when boiling water from your taps tells you there’s lava not far beneath your feet – then you don’t mess with nature."
Terry Gunnell, professor i folkloristik vid Háskóli Íslands, i The Guardian om isländsk folktro.
