The Goðafoss is one of Iceland's larger waterfalls. It is situated in the district of Mývatn in Northern Iceland at the beginning (or end) of the Sprengisandur route, which runs inland. The water of the river Skjálfandafljót falls 12 meters down over a width of 30 meters, and the Goðafoss is divided into a few pieces by rocks.
In the year 1000 the Alding decided to recognize Christianity as a national religion (at least outdoors; indoors one could still worship the ancient gods). The creator of this construction, the law speaker Thorgeir Thorkelsson, who came along the Goðafoss on his way to his house near Ljósavatn, threw his pagan idols into this waterfall as a token of his conversion. Hence the name Waterfall of the Gods. One of the stained glass windows in the striking church of Akureyri recalls this story.
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