Nornagestur is the protagonist in a narrative from Ólavur Trygvason’s Saga as recorded in Flatoyarbók. He is an old vagrant who helps the king’s men pass time by telling them stories. He tells them how, as he lay newborn in his cradle, the three völvas predicted a bright and splendid future for him. However, one of them added that his life would be snuffed out, when the candle lit by his cradle had burned down. Therefore, the candle was snuffed before it could burn down. And from then on Nornagestur carried the candle with him wherever he went.