Nithing pole

The horse's head he turned inwards to the mainland; but on the pole he cut runes, expressing the whole form of curse."

A notable example occurred in 2006, when a farmer in Bíldudalur, claiming direct descent from Egill Skallagrímsson, raised a pole with a calf's head attached against another local man with a note attached to the effect that he would not rest until the man was either outlawed or dead.

[4] Improvised nithing poles with dried cod heads were used during the April 4, 2016 demonstration against Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson.

A sign on the pole cited that the government had been allegedly treating predominantly female working classes poorly, for example, by lowering the pay of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

It was set nearby the property of the director of the Icelandic Equestrian Association, and the target of the nithing pole may be a local new-age-group Sólsetrið[7][8] for being disruptive to the neighborhood.