Once upon the time Stefán and his mother were crossing Jökla on their way to Egilsstaðir. In order to cross the river, they had to use a cable wagon, on the way over Stefán’s mother dropped her white glove down into the canyon. Immediately they thought the glove was lost forever because what went down into the river never returned. They continued their journey across the river and in the same breath they began their walk on the other side, a raven plunged into the canyon, picked up the glove and dropped it on the riverbank on the side where they were walking. An old Icelandic phrase:

’’God rewards for the raven’’ was particularly appropriate for this incident. Farmers in this area used to respect the raven and fed them in the cold winter season.