Waterfall of the Gods

In the year 1000, Þorgeir, Law-Speaker of the Alþing, had to decide whether Iceland would adopt Christianity. After long deliberation, the answer was yes. He cast his now-forbidden pagan totems into a waterfall, which came to be known as Goðafoss - the Waterfall of the Gods.

Goðafoss

Geitafoss, downstream from Goðafoss