In the canon
Hrafnkel's Saga
Anonymous
- Form
- Form Novella
- Year
- Year 1300
- Originally in
- Originally in Old Norse
- Pages
- Pages 80
A horse named Freyfaxi grazes on a hillside in the east of Iceland, and his owner has sworn before the god Freyr to kill any man who rides him. One evening a shepherd takes him out after lost sheep, and Hrafnkel, who is fond of the boy and would have forgiven him gladly, keeps his oath with an axe.
I deem it a vain thing to believe in the gods
The blurb, the gist, the why of the day and the work itself are in the app. The first button needs it on this device; the second gets it there.