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Njal's Saga, part 4
Jun. 8th, 2014 02:17 pmNjal's Saga, chapters 26 through 35.
In this section, Gunnar finds a random Norwegian and goes raiding with him, and there are some seriously awesome battles. (Oh man, the bit where Gunnar catches the spear left-handed and then throws it back and kills a dude! It is so great.) When Gunnar comes back to Iceland (now very rich from all his successful raiding) he meets Hallgerd and immediately wants to marry her, despite warnings from Hoskuld, Hrut, and Njal. So they get married and the wedding feast gets awkward (as is tradition for Hallgerd's weddings) but at least this time it's not Hallgerd's fault. Hallgerd's daughter Thorgerd also gets married. After the wedding, a quarrel begins between Hallgerd and Njal's wife, Bergthora.
( Explanatory notes: )
Previous parts of this saga can be found here. All saga posts can be found here.
In this section, Gunnar finds a random Norwegian and goes raiding with him, and there are some seriously awesome battles. (Oh man, the bit where Gunnar catches the spear left-handed and then throws it back and kills a dude! It is so great.) When Gunnar comes back to Iceland (now very rich from all his successful raiding) he meets Hallgerd and immediately wants to marry her, despite warnings from Hoskuld, Hrut, and Njal. So they get married and the wedding feast gets awkward (as is tradition for Hallgerd's weddings) but at least this time it's not Hallgerd's fault. Hallgerd's daughter Thorgerd also gets married. After the wedding, a quarrel begins between Hallgerd and Njal's wife, Bergthora.
( Explanatory notes: )
Previous parts of this saga can be found here. All saga posts can be found here.
