ISBN 978 9935 467 42 32014 Freyjukettir, Norræn menning
Hagbarður
and
Hvutti
ISBN 978-9979-895-85-5 2010 in Icelandic also: animation on TV Children´s Hour
Bangsabók Fjölva published 1983
The sheep is being collected after having been grazing free in the mountains of Iceland during summer when weather is good. (Icelandic sheep is said to be the wildest domestic animals on earth!!) Hagbarður and Hvutti (´Doggie´) are standing (you see them) where it is most difficult to stop the sheep from running away (-- the heard does not want to be captured, wants to keep its freedom). The farmers are collecting the sheep before winter comes; the long hard dark winter of the North. (Sheep always has to be fed on hay during winter.)
Before telling you the story of Hagbarรฐur and Hvutti, I must reveal to you a secret (but you must not tell anyone): Hagbarรฐur has taught Hvutti several words -- but -- in a very funny way; i.e.: every word Hvutti knows has for him an opposite meaning of what humans take them for: go! -- and Hvutti comes come! -- and Hvutti goes keep quiet! -- Huvtti barks bark! -- he shuts up
Hvutti has, ever since being a puppy, helped Hagbarรฐur to bring home the cow for milking. -Go home, my bovine beauty, Hagbarรฐur sings. Hagbarรฐur sings: go home and Hvutti comes to Hagbarรฐur. Thus assuming go home counts for: come.
Hvutti is chasing the raven, or rather: it was the raven who was exiting Hvutti. Hagbarรฐur wants Hvutti to stop that: -Come, Hvutti! Come here! Come here must mean: go on barking and chasing the raven (Hvutti assumes of course).
During the summer sheep is grazing free. But sheep must not eat the fertilized grass which is to be cut and harvested in autumn. Habgarður has the job to chase them away during the night. -- the Northern summer-nights in Iceland are as bright as day. (We have midnight-sun during summer; Iceland is on 64°-66°North.)
As this watching the field is a tedious task, Hagbarรฐur pretends to be riding in the high-lands and he sings or shouts: -Chase and bark my clever dog. I am the greatest sheep-owner in the North! -Chase and bark my clever dog, the best sheep-dog in the whole of Iceland.
When sheep try to sneak in to eat the fertilized grass, Hagbarรฐur says: -easy easy. Hvutti barks. Easy easy is bound to mean: bark.
Next time sheep try to get into eat the grass, Hagbarรฐur only says: -Easy! Hvutti starts barking and chases the sheep away. As you now know the secret of Hvutti's up-bringing, I am going to tell you the story:
Everybody on the farm is going to a nearby village. Hvutti must stay at home. Mom says so. Hvutti is being put inside - into the cow-stable where calves are kept. The door shut. Hvutti is not supposed to be following Hagbarรฐur who rides away on his pony.
Hvutti is not happy to be left behind. He watches Hagbarður ride away from him. But grandmother, who has to feed the calves, opens the cow-shed. Making use of the opportunity, Hvutti sneaks out……..
.....follows the track of the ponies until he finds Hagbarรฐur. -Go home, Hvutti!, mother says. Hvutti knows what that means: come here! -- and he happily waggles his tail.
People gather in the village. Hvutti seems to be the only dog here. Everyone left dogs at home. -Is this the clever sheep-dog or yours, Hagbarรฐur? the kids ask. -The best sheep-dog in the north, isn't he?
-Can he play a role in our piece, as he is so clever? -Well, says Hagbarรฐur, -I am not too sure about him being a good actor.
The play is rather poor. The kids made it themselves. It is based on out-laws (Ăştilegumenn) living in the wilderness, stealing sheep, hiding in caves in the highlands. Hvutti is waiting for a word he understands.
-Come on, Hvutti, come on! the actor says. Hvutti goes the other way. Of course, as for him come means: go. -Well, says the actor, -go away, go away! (He wants to have it look as if the dog obeys his commands.) Go means come for Hvutti, so he comes to him.
-Chase! Chase sheep! says the boy. Hvutti lies down
-Keep quiet, Hvutti. Easy!. We have spotted the sheep-thieves.
Hvutti starts barking. The out-laws did not know what to do as the story was not meant to be anything in this direction. The play is ruined. The kids cheer.
-Shut up! Hvutti, they shout. -Easy, easy! Now these are which that Huvtti understands, He barks as loud as he can. THIS IS FUN!
At last Hagbarður says: -Hvutti! Now you go home. Ludkily, Hagbarður´s parents were not in the barn. Only the kids.
Hvutti comes to Hagbarรฐur, his friend, and sits down. All the children admiring him. He is great fun! But, now tell me one thing: is Hvutti a well-behaved and obedient dog or is he not?
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Vinur fílsins TAK og freki TAK og náttúruvæni einnotapokinn
Tak the alien
TAK og diskurinn TAK og bíllinn English translation inside: Tak and the Car and Swedish translation inside Tak och Bilen TAK og skemmtitækin TAK og slökkvibíllinn English translation inside TAK og fiskarnir
and THE FISHES
TAK og lyftingageimveran mikla Swedish translation inside
TAK og brúin
TAK og páskaeggið
TAK og Lalli Marsbúi
TAK og landbúnaðurinn
TAK och BRON
TAK og lyktarsjónvarpið
TAK og jarðeplaupptökuvélin TAK og fjölleikahúsið
TAK og martröðin TAK og flugeldarnir
TAK og tilraunalímið TAK og græna ræktin TAK og allraveðrapeysan TAK og erfiði maturinn
TAK og flugvélin TAK og fjarskagaman TAK og Auðtrúa TAK og innbrotageimveran TAK og draugurinn some books of Tak the alien published by Fjölvi 1983
Bjarni Þór Einarsson: Glámur auli
Guðrún Kristín Magnúsdóttir:
Apakríli, algjör dúlla
Bína brúða
in English: My Bína Doll
Búi skreytir jólatré
Hannesar saga Grásteins
20 bækur (20 books series)
Hnallur og Spói
Hrekkjusvín og ljósastaurar Hrif
Hvar voru hrossin í hríðinni?
Jónki fór í réttirnar.....
Mummi
Palli og englabjallan
Sigga og hafragrauturinn
Tíkin Tóa og grey litli Krúsi
Tóta og þau Hagbarður og Hvutti in English:
Hagbarður and Hvutti
Draumahúsið
in English: The House of Dreams
Hver er hann þessi Jakob? in English: Who is Jakob?
Litla flugan
in English: The Fly
these 4 published as Bangsabækur by Fjölvi in 1983
langar barna- og unglingasögur books for children and teen-agers:
Halla Japl, jaml og fuður (TV-soap: a funny sitcom (situation comedy); short-listed out of thousands of scripts by MEDIA (European culture center) in a competition,
smásögur; short stories:
Saga Svaðilfara
IN MEMORIAM (awarded story ) Sál bróður, steinbítsbróður (awarded story) in English: Soul of a Brother
Tröllabarn (awarded story) in English The Bairn of Trolls
Hreggnótt Í mjúku myrkri búa draumarnir Dívan skáldsins Vaknaðu, Lóa! Vaknaðu!
Ég, hið silfraða sjal Þetta er mitt hús
Melana, drottning frumskógarins
Au pair
Dagdraumar og sorgarband
Leyniþræðir Huginn Jöruson, hornungur (sakamál)
1000 stjörnur - Bónda minn hálfan, Hljóðahver ljóðakver
Drottinn blessi heimilið Strætó í hringi -Fylgir þessu hiti, eru verkir með þessu, mamma? price winning script for a piece on stage
-Ég er hættur! Farinn! Ég er ekki með í svona asnalegu leikriti
Norræn menning odsmal@mmedia.is ; freyjukettir@mmedia.is
fræðsluefni:
educational books:
Science of Consciousness in Norse Edda poems and myths
Óðsmál (1996)
´96
Óðsmál in fornu (2009)
Óðsmál in fáðu
Valhallar Óðsmál in gullnu (2010)
Skírnismál, helgileikar (handrit handa börnum) in English Skírnismál ritual - a script for bairns
Rakni og Þögn - KLUKK (432 leikir barna, efnisyfirlit) Krakka-Óðsmál in fornu 40 skræður Óðsmál for Bairns 40 skræður in English Óðsmál - The Unseen Reality
in English
Óðsmál 2012 Extensive knowledge on our Norse Cultural Heritage
www.odsmal.org