Skuggar\/Bergm\u00e1l er nafn n\u00fdrrar s\u00fdningar sem opnu\u00f0 ver\u00f0ur \u00ed Skoti Lj\u00f3smyndasafns Reykjav\u00edkur \u00ed dag 1. j\u00fan\u00ed. Ser\u00edan var\u00f0 til \u00e1 tveggja \u00e1ra t\u00edmabili \u00feegar norski lj\u00f3smyndarinn Marianne Bj\u00f8rnmyr fer\u00f0a\u00f0ist um \u00cdsland til a\u00f0 rannsaka, lj\u00f3smynda og safna heimildum um tr\u00fa landsmanna \u00e1 \u00e1lfa og hulduf\u00f3lk. Tr\u00fa \u00e1 \u00feessa v\u00e6tti er a\u00f0 hennar mati enn\u00fe\u00e1 lj\u00f3slifandi \u00ed huga \u00cdslendinga, jafnvel nokku\u00f0 almenn. S\u00fdningin er opin alla daga en henni l\u00fdkur 15. \u00e1g\u00fast.<\/p>\n
H\u00fan stillir \u00e1lfatr\u00fa upp \u00e1 m\u00f3ti t\u00e6kni og v\u00edsindahyggju svo a\u00f0 \u00far ver\u00f0ur \u00e1hugaver\u00f0 tilraun til a\u00f0 sanna tilvist \u00feessara duttlungafullu v\u00e6tta \u00e1 fremur \u201ena\u00edvan\u201c h\u00e1tt. Marianne safna\u00f0i saman lj\u00f3smyndum \u00far safnkosti Lj\u00f3smyndasafns Reykjav\u00edkur, vitnisbur\u00f0um um \u00e1lfatr\u00fa \u00far \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0h\u00e1ttasafni \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0minjasafns \u00cdslands \u00e1samt \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 taka upp skyggnil\u00fdsingarfundi. S\u00ed\u00f0an mynda\u00f0i h\u00fan \u00e1 st\u00f6\u00f0um sem \u00feekktir eru fyrir b\u00fasetu \u00e1lfa og hulduf\u00f3lks. \u00deetta samansafn heimilda og lj\u00f3smynda vir\u00f0ist handah\u00f3fskennt vi\u00f0 fyrstu s\u00fdn en \u00feegar n\u00e1nar er a\u00f0 g\u00e1\u00f0 myndar heimildagrunnurinn samst\u00e6\u00f0a heild sem fellur \u00e1reynslulaust saman. M\u00e1 segja a\u00f0 verk og ranns\u00f3knir Marianne s\u00e9u einskonar \u00fer\u00e1\u00f0ur \u00e1 milli hins s\u00fdnilega heims og m\u00f6gulegra handan heima sem okkur flestum eru huldir.<\/p>\n
Marianne vinnur me\u00f0 lj\u00f3smyndun \u00fat fr\u00e1 skynjun og skilningi f\u00f3lks \u00e1 raunveruleikanum. Ranns\u00f3knir hennar og \u00e1hugi beinist a\u00f0 fyrirb\u00e6rum tengdum go\u00f0s\u00f6gulegum. Me\u00f0 tilraunakenndum a\u00f0fer\u00f0um beinir h\u00fan sj\u00f3num a\u00f0 hlutverki lj\u00f3smyndarans vi\u00f0 mi\u00f0lun hluta og a\u00f0st\u00e6\u00f0na sem ganga gegn skilningi f\u00f3lks \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed hva\u00f0 s\u00e9 raunverulegt og hva\u00f0 ekki.<\/p>\n