It’s time to put The Saga of the People of Kjalarnes on trial. Listen in as Andy and John bicker over the severity of Bui’s crimes. Will Bui be outlawed or redeemed and welcomed into the thingman group of one of your esteemed hosts? Will John find enough nicknames in the bare cupboards of this saga to fill his usual 20 minute lecture? And will Andy talk himself into another high score for a saga that no one has read? There’s only one way to find out.
Be sure to check out the recommended reading for this episode:
Richard Cole’s Racial Thinking in Old Norse Literature: The Case of the Blámaðr
Ármann Jakobsson The Troll Inside You: Paranormal Activity in the Medieval North
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Music Credits:
Intro Music – “Prelude and Action” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Outro Music – “Stormfront” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Selections from music by Kevin MacLeod licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Saga Thing 