In Hallgedur of Blasfell, the main character Olafur has a run-in with a trollwife. His courtesy and quick wits saved his life and he made peace with the trollwife. This is the Icelandic version of "and they lived happily ever after" ... The end of the story tells "Olafur’s journey went smoothly from
then on. When he reached his
destination, he let the horses go, and they soon disappeared. But, in the Spring, at the end of the fishing
season, they returned, fat and well groomed.
Olafur went back north, and there are no more stores of him."-From Icelandc Folk and Fairy Tales by May and Hallberg Hallmundsson
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