Britain
Irish Sea
Britain
Itil
World
Jadar
Norway
Jämtland
Norway
Jedburgh
Britain
Jelling
Denmark
Jutland
Denmark
Karelia
World
Kattegat
Denmark
Keel
Norway
Khazars
World
Kiev
World
King’s Crag
Norway
Kingdom of Asturias
World
Kingdom of the Scots
Britain
Kola Peninsula
World
Körmt
Norway
Kurland
World
Lake Ladoga
World
Lake Vänern
Denmark
Lake Vätten
Denmark
Leicester
Britain
Lidandisness
Norway
Limfjord
Denmark
Lincoln
Britain
London
World
Lund
Denmark
Magyars
World
Mainland
Orkney
Man
Britain
Midworld Sea
World
Miklagard
World
Moors
World
Morecambe Bay
Britain
Naumdoelafylki
Norway
Nile
World
Normandy
World
North Cape
World
North Moerr
Norway
Section 5
North Ronaldsay
Orkney
North Sea
World
Northumbria, North (English)
Britain
Northumbria, South
Britain
Norway
World
Nottingham
Britain
Oder
World
Orkney
World
Oslofjord
Norway
Ouse
Britain
Paris
World
Pechenegs
World
Pentland Firth
Britain
Persian Gulf
World
Picts
Orkney
Poles
World
Rackwick
Orkney
Randers
Denmark
Ranriki
Norway
Raumariki
Norway
Raumsdalr
Norway
Reading
Britain
Reykjavik
Iceland
Rhine
World
Rhone
World
Ribe
Denmark
Rogaland
Norway
Romaborg
World
Rora Head
Orkney
Roskilde
Denmark
Rousay
Orkney
S. Ronaldsay
Orkney
Saltfjord
World
Sanday
Orkney
Sardinia
World
Saxland
World
Scapa Bay
Orkney
Scapa Flow
Orkney
Seine
World
Shapinsay
Orkney
Shetland
World
Sicily
World
Sjaelland
Denmark
Section 6
Skaaney
Denmark
Skagerrak
Norway
Skaw, the
Denmark
Sogn
Norway
Solway Firth
Britain
Sotaness
Norway
South Moerr
Norway
Stad
Norway
Stainmore
Britain
Stamford
Britain
Stenness
Orkney
Stjordoelafylki
Norway
Stord
Norway
Strathclyde
Britain
Streamfjord
World
Stroma
Orkney
Stronsay
Orkney
Svithjod
World
Sygnafylki
Norway
Tagus
World
Tees
Britain
Thames
Britain
The Dale
Norway
The Sound
Denmark
The String
Orkney
Thingvellir
Iceland
Thorfinn’s stead
Orkney
Thor’s River
Orkney
Thraandlaw
Norway
Thurso Bay
Orkney
Thurso
Orkney
Tigris
World
Trading Area
York
Tunsberg
Norway
Upland
Norway
Vaerdale
Norway
Värmland
Norway
Vestfold
Norway
Vikin
Norway
Vingulmörk
Norway
Vistula
World
Volga
World
Vörs
Norway
Wales
Britain
Section 7
Wendland
World
Weser
Denmark
Wessex
Britain
West Bulgars
World
West Goths
Norway
Westray
Orkney
Section 8
White River
Iceland
Wide Firth
Orkney
Wight
Britain
Winchester
Britain
York
Britain
Dramatis Personae
MINOR OR INCIDENTAL FIGURES ARE OMITTED.
NAMES OF GODS ARE ITALICIZED.
Aaki: A Danish viking, friend of Egil.
Aalf Özurason the Shipman: A brother of Gunnhild.
Aalof Aasbjarnardottir: Wife of Klypp Thordarson.
Aasbjörn of Medalhus: A Thraandish chieftain.
Aasgerd Bjarnardottir: Daughter of Björn Brynjolfsson and Thora Orfrey-sleeve; wife of Thorolf Skallagrimsson, later of Egil.
Aastrid Eiriksdottir: Wife of King Tryggvi Olafsson.
Aegir: A sea god.
Aelfgar: An English priest in Norway.
Aesir: The gods of sky and war: Odin, Thor, et al., and their wives.
Aethelstan: King in England, 924-940.
Aimo: A Finnish shaman.
Arinbjörn Thorisson: Son of Thorir the hersir, friend of Egil, guardsman of Eirik Blood-ax, and foster father of Eirik’s son Harald.
Arnfinn Thorfinnsson: A son of Thorfinn Skull-splitter, lord of Caithness, first husband of Ragnhild Eiriksdottir.
Arni: A skipper and a guardsman of Harald Grayfell.
Arnkel Einarsson: Brother of Thorfinn Skull-splitter.
Arnvid: Norse jarl in Varmla
nd.
Atli Thorgeirsson the Short: Brother of Berg-Önund.
Baldr: Son of Odin and Frigg, murdered by Loki’s trickery but apparently still having a cult.
Bard: Eirik’s tenant on Atley.
Bera: Skallagrim’s wife, mother of Thorolf and Egil.
Bera Egilsdottir: A daughter of Egil and Aasgerd.
Bergljot: Wife of Sigurd Haakonarson Jarl.
Berg-Önund: A landholder on Askey, son-in-law of Björn Brynjolfsson.
Björn Brynjolfsson: Father of Aasgerd.
Björn Haraldsson the Chapman (or Skipper): A son of Harald Fairhair; shire-king of Vestfold.
Bödvar Egilsson: Oldest son of Egil and Aasgerd.
Bragi: God of poetry and vows.
Brihtnoth: An English priest, friend of King Haakon Haraldsson.
Dag Audunarson: A skald of Eirik Blood-ax.
Dale-Gudbrand: A powerful Norse chieftain.
Eadmund: King in England, 940-946.
Eadred: King in England, 946-955.
Eadwin: An English priest brought to Norway.
Egil Skallagrimsson: An Icelandic viking, skald, and chieftain.
Egil Woolsark: An old Norse warrior.
Einar Bread-and-Butter: A chieftain in Orkney, a nephew of Haavard Thorfinnsson.
Einar Hardmouth: A chieftain in Orkney, a nephew of Haavard Thorfinnsson.
Einar Rögnvaldsson: A jarl of Orkney, an uncle of Gunnhild.
Eirik Haraldsson Blood-ax: A son and the successor of Harald Fairhair.
Elli: The embodiment of old age.
Erlend Einarsson: Brother of Thorfinn Jarl.
Erling Eiriksson: Sixth son (seventh child) of Eirik and Gunnhild.
Eyvind Finnsson Skald-cribber: A skald in Norway, who served Harald Fairhair, Haakon Aethelstan’s-foster, and eventually Eirik Blood-ax.
Eyvind Özurarson the Braggart: A brother of Gunnhild.
Frey: The fertility god, one of the Vanir.
Freyja: The goddess of love and fertility, one of the Vanir.
Fridgeir: A Norse hersir whose daughter Egil saved from Ljot the Sallow.
Fridleif Ivarsson: A man of Harald Bluetooth’s.
Frigg: Wife of Odin.
Gamli Eiriksson: First son of Eirik and Gunnhild.
Geir Ketilsson: Icelander, married Thorunn Skallagrimsdottir.
Geira: A witch.
Glum Geirason: Foremost of Harald Grayfell’s skalds.
Gold-Harald Knutsson: Nephew of Harald Bluetooth.
Gorm the Old: The king who united Demnark.
Grim Kveldulfsson: See Skallagrim.
Grjotgard Haakonarson: Brother of Sigurd Jarl.
Gudröd Bjarnarson: Son of King Björn of Vestfold.
Gudröd Eiriksson: Seventh son (eighth child) of Eirik and Gunnhild.
Gudröd Haraldsson Gleam: A son of Harald Fairhair and Snaefrid.
Gunnar Egilsson: Second son of Egil Skallagrimsson; died young.
Gunnhild Özurardottir: Wife of Eirik Blood-ax.
Guthorm Eiriksson: Third son of Eirik and Gunnhild.
Guthorm Sindri: A skald of Haakon Aethelstan’s-foster.
Gyda Aaslaugsdottir: Wife of Haakon Aethelstan’s-foster.
Haakon (no other name given): A man of Gunnhild’s.
Haakon Haraldsson Aethelstan’s-foster: Son of Harald Fairhair and Thora Mostr-staff; became king of Norway.
Haakon Sigurdarson Jarl: Son of Sigurd Haakonarson and his successor as jarl of Hladi.
Haakon the Old: A Swedish chieftain, who gave shelter to Aastrid.
Haalfdan Haraldsson Longleg: A son of Harald Fairhair and Snaefrid, killed by Turf-Einar.
Haalfdan Haraldsson the Black: A son of Harald Fairhair, shire-king with his brother Sigrod in Thraandheim.
Haalfdan Haraldsson the White: A son of Harald Fairhair, killed while in viking.
Haavard Thorfinnsson the Fruitful: A son of Thorfinn Skull-splitter, second husband of Ragnhild Eiriksdottir.
Hadd: Brother of Berg-Onund.
Harald Eiriksson Grayfell: Fourth son of Eirik and Gunnhild; became the chief of the kings in Norway.
Harald Gormsson Bluetooth: King of Denmark.
Harald Gudrödarson Grenska: Son of King Gudrod Bjarnarson.
Harald Haalfdanarson Fairhair: First king of a united Norway.
Harald Knutsson: See Gold-Harald.
Heimdall: Watchman of the gods, ancestor of the different classes of humans.
Hel: Goddess of the dead.
Helga Geirmundardottir: Second wife of Özur Dapplebeard.
Hermod: Messenger of the gods.
Heth: A thrall of Arnfinn’s.
Hlödvir Thorfinnsson Jarl: A brother of Ljot; his successor as jarl of Orkney.
Höskuld Dale-Kolsson: Icelandic chieftain, father of Olaf the Peacock.
Hrolf Rognvaldsson the Walker: Conqueror of Normandy, known to later history as Rollo.
Hrut Herjolfsson: A young, wellborn Icelander.
Jörd: Earth, on whom Odin begot Thor.
Kaari of Gryting: A Thraandish chieftain.
Kisping: Gunnhild’s Danish footling, later known as Ogmund.
Klerkon: An Estonian viking.
Klypp Thordarson: A hersir in Hördaland.
Knut Gormsson: Older brother of Harald Bluetooth, killed in viking.
Kol: An outlaw.
Kraka Rögnvaldsdottir: Wife of Özur Dapplebeard, mother of Gunnhild.
Kveldulf: Father of Skallagrim and the older Thorolf.
Ljot the Sallow: A Swedish berserker slain by Egil.
Ljot Thorfinnsson: A son of Thorfinn Skull-splitter; third husband of Ragnhild Eiriksdottir.
Loki: An ambiguous figure, blood brother of Odin, friend of Thor, but a trickster and at last the foremost enemy of the gods.
Melkorka: Irish mother of Olaf the Peacock.
Mimir: A giant, or possibly one of the Vanir, whose severed head Odin often consulted.
Mörd: An outlaw.
Mörd Fiddle: An Icelandic chieftain, father-in-law of Hrut.
Myrkjartan: An Irish petty king, father of Melkorka.
Njörd: A sea god, one of the Vanir.
Norn: A female being who set the fates of humans and gods. There were three great ones, dwelling under the world-tree Yggdrasil, and many lesser.
Odin: King of the gods, who received the souls of fallen warriors in Valhall, but was also closely associated with magic, runes, and poetry.
Ögmund: Name taken by Kisping in Norway.
Olaf Haraldsson: A son of Harald Fairhair, shire-king of Vingulmörk and later also of Vestfold.
Olaf Höskuldarson the Peacock: A young Icelander, son of Höskuld and Melkorka.
Olaf Sigtryggsson Sandal: Norse chieftain in England and Ireland, briefly king in York, later high reeve in Cumbria.
Olaf Tryggvason: Posthumous son of King Tryggvi Olafsson by Aastrid.
Ölvir: Steward of Thorir the hersir.
Önund Thorgeirsson: See Berg-Önund.
Oswulf: King Eadred’s high reeve at Bamburh in North Northumbria, later earl of York.
Otto II: Son and successor of Otto the Great.
Otto the Great: German king; Holy Roman Emperor, 962-973.
Özur: Icelandic trader, uncle of Hrut Herjolfsson.
Özur Thorsteinsson Dapplebeard: A chieftain in Haalogaland, father of Gunnhild.
Poppo: A German bishop and missionary.
Ragnfröd Eiriksson: Fifth son of Eirik and Gunnhild.
Ragnhild Eiriksdottir: Daughter of Eirik and Gunnhild.
Ragnhild Eiriksdottir the Mighty: A Danish princess, a wife of Harald Fairhair, mother of Eirik Blood-ax.
Ran: A sea goddess, wife of Aegir.
Reginhard: Bishop at Aarhus in Denmark.
Rögnvald Eiriksson: Second son of Eirik and Gunnhild; killed by Egil.
Rögnvald Eysteinsson Jarl: Father of Kraka.
Rögnvald Haraldsson Highbone: A son of Harald Fairhair and Snaefrid; a warlock.
Saeunn Skallagrimsdottir: Sister of Thorolf and Egil.
Seija: A Finnish woman.
Sigröd Haraldsson: A son of Harald Fairhair; shire-king with his brother Haalfdan the Black in Thraandheim.
Sigurd Eiriksson Loudmouth: Youngest son and ninth child of Eirik and Gunnhild.
Sigurd Haakonarson Jarl: Son of Haakon Grjotgardson; his successor as jarl at Hladi.
Sigurd Haraldsson the Huge or the Giant: A son of Harald Fairhair and Snaefrid; shire-king in Hringariki.
Skallagrim: A son of Kveldulf, father of Thorolf and Egil.
Skuli Thorfinnsson: A son of Thorfinn Skull-splitter.
Snaefrid: A witch who bore sons to Harald Fairhair.
Soti: Claimant to Hrut Herjolfsson’s inheritance in Norway.
Surt: The fire-giant who shall kill Frey at Ragnarök.
Suttung: A giant from whom Odin stole the mead of poetry.
Thor: The storm god, chief defender of earth and heaven against their enemies.
Thora Haakonardottir: Daughter of Haakon Aethelstan’s-foster and Gyda.
Thora Hroaldsdottir Orfrey-sleeve: Sister of Thorir Hroaldsson.
Thora Mostr-staff: Mother of Haakon Aethelstan’s-foster by Harald Fairhair.
Thoraalf Skaalmsson the Mighty: A young Norse warrior.
Thordis: Daughter of Thorolf Skallagrimsson and Aasgerd.
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