Why Was Grette The Strong, Icelandic Poet And Warrior Afraid Of Darkness?
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Grettir's saga is considered one of the Sagas of Icelanders (Íslendingasögur) written down in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. This literary work of the unknown author is believed to include stories of events that supposedly took place between the ninth and the eleventh centuries in Iceland.
Once, a long time ago, there was a poet and a warrior. His name was Grette the Strong (Grettir Ásmundarson, an Icelandic outlaw). His superpower was widely known even among the strongest berserkers.
These were times of change in Iceland and for the Vikings.
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