On New Year’s Eve and night people in Iceland gather together to say goodbye to the old year and celebrate the new one.Then there are dinner parties in the evening and bonfires are held all over the country and fireworks displays. Like it is currently around the world but it is also considered to be a very strange night in another way in Iceland.
The New Year’s night
In folklore it is said that on New Year’s night is when elves are on the move and transfer to their new home from their old home.The dead also rise from their graves on New Year’s Eve, and it’s called a graveyard rise. The dead then gather and go to church and say mass which is actually very odd, but then return to their graves. So it’s not just elves on the move this night, but zombies too.
And then it is said that cows speak human language and it could be dangerous to listen to the talk of the cows because they try to make people crazy for those who try to listen to them.
So there’s plenty going on on New Year’s night in Iceland.