Njal's Saga, part 6
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darchildreNjal's Saga, chapters 44 through 50.
Woohoo, finally got it done! Sorry for the delay.
In which Hallgerd makes up a seriously nasty nickname for Njal and his sons, for which Njal's sons are avenged. We are also reintroduced to Mord Valgardsson - remember him? Okay, remember Hrut's first wife, Unn? And how she remarried a guy named Valgard and they had a son named Mord? That's this guy. Also there's a famine, which leads to Hallgerd making poor decisions and also forensic investigations into cheese theft. Hallgerd is once again causing trouble for Gunnar, but this time it's with someone who isn't so forgiving or wise as Njal.
I really kinda love the cheese theft episode. I mean, on the one hand, yes, stealing any kind of food during a famine is big deal. But on the other hand, the image of Mord intently putting together a cheese like a puzzle to find out who committed the theft just makes me so happy.
In chapter 45, when Gunnar says that Sigmund has already been compensated for, he means that Sigmund got what he deserved for making the scandalous poems about Njal and his sons. If anyone else brings up those words, they'll immediately be considered an outlaw and can be killed by anyone without them paying any sort of weregild.
Previous parts of this saga can be found here. All saga posts can be found here.
Woohoo, finally got it done! Sorry for the delay.
In which Hallgerd makes up a seriously nasty nickname for Njal and his sons, for which Njal's sons are avenged. We are also reintroduced to Mord Valgardsson - remember him? Okay, remember Hrut's first wife, Unn? And how she remarried a guy named Valgard and they had a son named Mord? That's this guy. Also there's a famine, which leads to Hallgerd making poor decisions and also forensic investigations into cheese theft. Hallgerd is once again causing trouble for Gunnar, but this time it's with someone who isn't so forgiving or wise as Njal.
I really kinda love the cheese theft episode. I mean, on the one hand, yes, stealing any kind of food during a famine is big deal. But on the other hand, the image of Mord intently putting together a cheese like a puzzle to find out who committed the theft just makes me so happy.
In chapter 45, when Gunnar says that Sigmund has already been compensated for, he means that Sigmund got what he deserved for making the scandalous poems about Njal and his sons. If anyone else brings up those words, they'll immediately be considered an outlaw and can be killed by anyone without them paying any sort of weregild.
Previous parts of this saga can be found here. All saga posts can be found here.
