The Bizarre Icelandic Legend of the Furry Trout and Its Journey to America
By
Sabrina Imbler
Slow-proofed and worth the wait. Worth its weight in flour.
Summary
This article explores the bizarre Icelandic folklore legend of the Loðsilungur, or "furry trout" — a mythical fish covered in white fur that supposedly evolved to stay warm in Nordic waters. According to the legend, if a man eats this trout, he will become pregnant and deliver the child through his split scrotum. The article traces how this strange tale migrated from Iceland to the United States in the early 1900s, where humorists picked it up and spread it further.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledOne of the strangest tales in Icelandic folklore concerns a creature called the Loðsilungur, or the furry trout.
The trout, as you might imagine, looks like a fish covered with a white shag of fur, which it allegedly evolved to stay warm in Nordic waters.
If a man did eat a furry trout, he would suffer the unfortunate fate of becoming pregnant and delivering the child through his split scrotum.
In the early 1900s, the legend of the furry trout somehow migrated to the United States, where various humorists assembled and
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