The saga of grettir the strong is about Grettir Ćsmundarson, an Icelandic outlaw. . Again, there are many similarities with this saga to the Hervarasaga. A reason for this, I believe, is that there was once an older, more solid truth that the more contemporary tales have borrowed from. Often, the older the source, the more accurate the root of it's truth is. . Just like in the #Hervarasaga .. . Grettir, is rebellious, bad-tempered, and mischievous. His brother Atli is quiet and mild mannered. . Their father preffered Atli and their mother, Grettir. . He is temporarily banished from iceland after killing someone, asks his father for his sword, is denied and his mother gives him their family heirloom sword! #Jƶkulsnautr . (Ring any bells?) . Grettir goes on many adventures and later is cursed, his poor luck causes him further banishment when he returns to Iceland. He must live iut his days on a cliff. He is repeatedly beyrayed by outlaws and it's there his enemies succeed in defeating him. . (Just like the thralls killing Heidrek in the #tyrfingcycle for the sword.) . #SWORDOFTHEWARGOD #norse #mythology #norsemythology #bookseries #writer #book #books #tyrfing #sword #mythologies . Bjarg memorial stone in west iceland. The memorial displays a relief fromĀ Grettis SagaĀ made by Icelandic artistĀ HalldĆ³r PĆ©tursson. https://www.instagram.com/p/CMje-AUneUB/?igshid=2wr4mnij27hs
