2348) "The Legend of The Floating Islands & the Legend of Svinoy - Island of Pigs)", Faroe Islands: EUROPA - 2022: "Stories and Myths" Theme: Posta "Postverk Foroya" (Faroe Post) has issued two EUROPA Stamps of 19.00 DKK and 29.00 DKK depicting the Legends/Myths: Date of Stamp issue: 16.05.2022:
About Europa 2022 - Stamps:
EUROPA Stamps are special stamps issued by European postal administrations.
They bear the official EUROPA logo, a PostEurop registered trademark under the aegis of PostEurop in which Europe is the central theme.
EUROPA stamp issues are among the most collected and most popular stamps in the world and have been issued for over 60 years.
Every year a new theme is assigned by PostEurop and all participating countries issue stamps with their own interpretation of the theme. The theme for 2022 is "Stories and Myths".
More about EUROPA Postage Stamps:
EUROPA Postage stamps (also known as Europa - CEPT - European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations - until 1992) are special stamps issued by European Postal Administrations/Enterprises and bears the official EUROPA logo, a PostEurop registered trademark under the aegis of PostEurop in which Europe is the central theme.
EUROPA stamps underline cooperation in the posts domain, aimed at promotion of philately. They also build awareness of the common roots, culture and history of Europe and its common goals.
As such, EUROPA stamp issues are among the most collected and most popular stamps in the world.
Since the first issue in 1956, EUROPA stamps have been a tangible symbol of Europe's desire for closer integration and co-operation.
In 1993, PostEurop became responsible for issuing EUROPA stamps.
When CEPT decided to focus more on telecommunications in 1993, PostEurop took over the management of the Europa issues. The CEPT logo was replaced by a new logo created by PostEurop i.e. the word "EUROPA" leaning towards the right hand side.
Each year, PostEurop's "Stamps & Philately Group" selects the EUROPA stamp theme:
1993 - Contemporary Art
1994 - Great Discoveries
1995 - Peace and Freedom
1996 - Famous women
1997 - Tales and legends
1998 - Festivals and National Celebrations
1999 - Nature Reserves and Parks
2000 - Common Design. Tower of 6 stars
2001 - Water - Treasure of Nature
2002 - The Circus
2003 - Poster Art
2004 - Holidays
2005 - Gastronomy
2006 - Integration through the eyes of Young People
2007 - Scout Centenary
2008 - Writing Letters
2009 - Astronomy
2010 - Children Books
2011 - Forests - International Year of Forests
2012 - Visit …. (for instance "Visit Finland" etc.)
2013 - Van of the Postman - Postal vehicles
2014 - Musical instruments - National musical instruments
2015 - Old Toys
2016 - Ecology in Europe - "Think Green". Common Design
2017 - Castles
2018 - Bridges
2019 - National Birds
2020 - Ancient Postal Routes
2021 - Endangered National Wildlife
2022 - Stories & Myths.
About Europa 2022 - "Stories and Myths" Stamps issued by Postverk Foroya (Faroe Island Post):
PostEurop stamp theme for 2022 is "Stories and Myths".
The EUROPA Stamp issued by Postverk Foroya (Faroe Island Post) features "The Legend of the Floating Islands and The Legend of Svinoy - Island of Pigs":
Postvery Foroya (Faroe Island Post) has issued on 16.05.2022, EUROPA stamps depicting the "Legend of The Floating Islands and The Legend of Svinoy - Island of Pigs".
The Legend/Myths - Background:
The Legend of Floating Islands:
In many island cultures there are legends of so-called floating islands - islands that have mysteriously drifted in from the sea, disappeared again, or run aground and conjoined with other islands, often as a result of witchcraft or similar phantasmic happenings.
The Faroe Islands are no exception in this regard. Most of its smallest islands have some form of floating island legends.
In his work from 1673 ”FAROÆ ET FÆROA RESERATA”, Lucas Debes describes this phenomenon and attributes it to icebergs drifting past the islands, or a Satanic veiling of the superstitious population.
A century later, in 1781-82, Jens Christian Svabo, rejected Debes' theories and attributed the phenomenon to rocklike clouds drifting on the horizon or even ”pollamjørki”, the Faroese term for heavy drifting sea-mist.
There is little doubt that Svabo's assumption was correct.
Anyone who has seen dense sea fogs drifting over and alongside these tiny islands, cannot help feeling that the island itself had begun floating over the sea and through the fog.
But reality is usually less interesting than a good story, so too the legendary world's colourful explanation of nature's visual illusions are the more popular versions, what with examples of islands that have come floating with their mountains and valleys - and even with pigs and giants following in their wake.
The Legend of Svinoy – Island of pigs:
Just as many other islands "Svínoy" is said to have originally been a floating island. It often appeared in the north, but it was seldom seen because it was usually shrouded in fog. The story of how it came to be one of the permanently inhabited islands in the Faroes is rather fascinating:
In the village of Viðareiði on Viðoy, a farmer kept a sow but had no boar, a mature male swine.
Despite this, the sow became pregnant and had piglets every year. People were astounded and no one could explain how this could have happened. It was well known that the sow occasionally disappeared from the village, but it was never gone for a long time.
One day the sow was seen running eastwards through the village - over the isthmus - and down towards a small bay called Eiðsvík. One of the women in the village got a hold of it and hastily tied a bundle of keys to its tail. The sow then ran into the sea and swam away from land.
A moment later, an island was seen drifting from the south. The villagers quickly manned a boat and rowed to the island. This time it did not disappear from sight and they were able to go ashore. Since the sow had iron keys attached to its tail, it fastened to the seabed and the surrounding fog disappeared like dewdrops in the sun. There the island has stayed ever since.
The island has been called Svínoy (Pig Island) because of its multitude of pigs - and it was there that the sow from Viðareiði found its mate.
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DeleteVikram Bhatnagar has commented:
ReplyDelete"Any idea whether one can get good Pork Ribs and Chops there?! 🤔"
I guess in Torshavn the capital city. Or one could try out Swinoy Island.😄
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