Kópakonan's Curse (The Seal Woman's Revenge)
The darker sequel to the Kópakonan legend. After the seal woman returned to the sea, her human husband Torkil began sealing (hunting seals). Kópakonan appeared to him in a dream, begging him not to kill her seal husband and children. Torkil ignored her warning. When he killed her seal family, Kópakonan rose from the sea and pronounced a terrible curse: the men of Mikladalur would die at sea and fall from the cliffs until enough dead men could encircle the entire island of Kalsoy holding hands. The curse is said to still haunt the village, where the sea claims lives with unusual frequency. A 2.