Episode 20c - Njal's Saga (Part 3)

Published: July 19, 2016, 12:18 a.m.

b'In the third part of Njal\'s Saga, we find Gunnar suffering an identity crisis after being pulled into a series of feuds. \\xa0As Njal tells him, this is the beginning of Gunnar\'s career in killing. \\xa0In addition to a lot of fighting, this episode also features a discussion of saga-age masculinity, cheese theft, horse fighting, and famine survival. \\xa0Yes, that\'s right. \\xa0I said cheese theft. \\xa0Listen and learn, people. \\xa0Listen and learn.\\xa0\\n\\n\\nClick here if you\'re interested in any of the bibliography we mention. Get in touch with us if you\'d like to get involved in the bibliography and resource building for this or any other saga.\\n\\n\\nIf you\'re an academic type who wants to write about women in the sagas for our panel "The Second Sex: Women and Power in Old Norse-Icelandic Literature" at the\\xa0Medieval Congress at Western Michigan University, submit an abstract and paper proposal form\\xa0to sagathingpodcast@gmail.com\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nMusic Credits\\n\\nIntro Music\\n\\nPrelude and Action by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\\n\\n\\nPrevious Episode Review\\nDuke Ellington Orchestra - "Jubilee Stomp"\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nEpisode Summary\\nWardruna - Solringen\\n\\n\\nOutro Music\\n\\nStormfront by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\\nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/'