The Saga of Grettir the Strong 4: The Brothers Asmundarson

Human Circus: Journeys in the Medieval World

This is the fourth episode of a narrative series on the Icelandic saga of a famed outlaw. Grettir the Strong and his brother look for refuge on the island of Drangey in northern Iceland, but they aren't the only ones who are interested in the island.

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Sources:

• Grettir's Saga, translated by Jesse Byock. Oxford University Press, 2009.
• Grettir's Saga, translated by Denton Fox and Hermann Palsson. University of Toronto Press, 1974.
• Ljungqvist, Fredrik Charpentier. "Rape in the Icelandic Sagas: An Insight in the Perceptions about Sexual Assaults on Women in the Old Norse World," in Journal of Family History, 40(4), 431–447.
• Tweedie, Ethel Brilliana. A Girl's Ride in Iceland. Horace Cox, 1895.

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