Gunna's outlets ghost original watercolour

Original watercolour painting featuring Gunna's Ghost, an Icelandic legend.

The painting measures 23x30,5 cm or 9/12 inch, unframed.

Watercolour on Canson 100% cotton 300 g cold-pressed watercolour paper.

The painting will be sent in a protective plastic sleeve with a sturdy cardboard to protect it.

Price includes shipping per UPS, tracking number will be provided.


Gunna's Ghost (Icelandic legend)

I came across this legend when I was in Iceland in 2013. Gunnuhver is a very beautiful, yet gloomy place. It is said to be haunted by the ghost of a woman named Gunna.
According to the legend, in the 17the Century Gunna became involved in an argument with the local judge over an unpaid debt. Judge Vilhjálmur ruled that Gunna's only possession, an old cooking pot, should be taken in payment for this debt. Gunna was, of course, furious and swore eternal revenge.
When she died, Judge Vilhjálmur attended her funeral. Strangely enough, when the coffin was taken to the cemetery, it seemed very light, as if no one was inside it. As the men were digging her grave, they heard Gunna's specter scream “No need deep dig, no plans long to lie”. On that very day, the judge disappeared and his body was found the next day battered and bruised..and in the graveyard, the witches coffin was empty. Gunna had returned from the afterlife.
Shortly after, the Judges' wife also died in mysterious circumstances and for years the ghost of Gunna haunted the area outlets, with villagers disappearing and women and children going mad. So they addressed to a local pastor, who was also a powerful sorcerer and he came up with the idea of giving this ghostly witch the end of a piece of wool, then throwing the ball of wool into the boiling mud pools. This proved successful, and the powerful spectre followed the wool yarn down to the steaming pools where she remains to this day.