Móðir mín í kví, kví (Icelandic Traditional Folk) | Nordic lullaby origins | Priscilla Hernandez

#icelandic #lullaby #Móðir Enable captions and Lyrics for ICELANDIC / ENGLISH or SPANISH Móðir Mín Í Kví, Kví (Modir mini kvi kvi) is a traditional Folk song from Iceland, and a rather creepy lullaby. Icelandic lullabies are famed for being somehow mysterious, spectral or frightening and this one has a well known ghost story as background that you can read at the end of the video. LISTEN TO OTHER OF MY EERIE LULLABIES IN THIS PLAYLIST Support at: Download at: The legend says a woman became pregnant out of wedlock and as that was punishable with a severe penalty she set up to abandon the child in the forest to die of exposure in the dark woods. She wrapped the creature in rags and left it to the elements. This practise was not that uncommon in the past as we can see recurrently in many fairyt