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Godafoss is where Thorgeir, the Law Speaker who decided that Christianity should be Iceland’s official religion at the historic Alpingi in 1000, destroyed his Norse pagan statues by throwing them over the falls.
Iceland 06 04 Godafoss Close Up Godafoss is where Thorgeir, the Law Speaker who decided that Christianity should be Iceland’s official religion at the historic Alpingi in 1000, destroyed his Norse pagan statues by throwing them over the falls.

DATE: 2006-07-30 17:11