The Saga of Gisli [antikvár]

The Story and the PeopleThe saga of Gisli was written in Iceland in the early part of the thirteenth century. It is an imaginative reconstruction based on the career of a man and his family who came from Norway to Iceland about a.d. 950 and made their home in Haukadal on the Dyrafjord in the far north-west of the country. The opening chapters tell of the family in Norway and events that led to their voyage to Iceland. The characters and their relationship in this part are most clearly shown by this family tree:Thorkell = IsgerdAri,Gisli,whey-Thorbjorn=Thorafirst husband second husband oflngibjorgof IngibjorgIIIIThordis Thorkell GISLI AriGisli, son of whey-Thorbjom, was outlawed for manslaughter in 964, and he then~ lived in hiding in the north-west of Iceland until his enemies finally caught and killed him in 978. Apart from Gisli and his sister and brothers, the chief characters in this main part of the story are: Aud, daughter of Vestein, Gisli's wife. Vestein, son of Vestein, brother of Aud, Gisli's close friend. Gunnhild, Vestein's wife.I Vestein's sons. Helgi)Sons of BjartmarHelgi, Sigurd, Vestgeiruncles of Aud and Vestein.Thorgrim, son of Thorstein, Thordis's first husband. Bork, Thorgrim's brother, Thordis's second husband; called 'the stout'.Asgerd, wife of Thorkell, Gisli's brother. Thorkell, son of Eirik, farmer in Dyrafjord, Gisli's friend.vii