Sea-cows from Iceland - Kýrnar á Höfða

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Picture 1: The cows from Höfða were twelve.

Picture 2: Icelandic fishermenn at their work. What fish do you think they mainly catch?
Júlíus Þór og bekkur hans 5.J. unnu fína bók með glæsilegum teikningum út frá þjóðsögunni um kýrnar á Höfða. Sækýr virðast ekki vera til í þjóðsögum annarra samstarfslandanna og þess vegna þótti okkur gaman að kynna hinum einmitt þessa sögu en ákveðið var að velja dýrasögu sem aðalviðfangsefni.

Allir Comeniusbekkirnir hafa verið önnum kafnir við að klára verkefnin sín sem eru stórglæsileg. Við erum öll mjög stolt af árangrinum.

Picture 3: The ring that was on the nose of the sea-bull was for centuries used as a door-handle in the church, tells the tale. The bull himself escaped back to the sea.

The pupils and teachers in Digranesskóli have been busy making books, PP presentations and videos about Icelandic folktales. Two of the classes chose animals, the others giants and trolls.

Here are drawings that class 5.J. made of the folktale Twelve cows at Höfði. The drawings were used to make a book. The class teacher, Júlíus Þór Sigurjónsson scanned the drawings so that all of them and the tale itself (the text) can be burnt on a disc. Paper copies will be available for our partner schools while the originals stay at home in Digranesskóli.

Even though Höfði is a place name, it means cape or promontory so you understand that events take place near the sea. Icelandic folktales sometimes tell about sea-cows that come out of the sea. Those who are lucky can catch a sea-cow and they will be rich all their life, because no other cow milks as much as a sea-cow.

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the project coordinator / umsjónarmaður verkefnisins