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b'The Second Quarter of our Saga Thing comes to a close with the results episode. In this special episode, John and Andy review your choices for Best Bloodshed, Nicknames, Notable Witticisms, Outlawry, Thingmen, and Final Ratings. Will Skarphe\\xf0in emerge as the poster boy for Saga Thing\'s Best Bloodshed and Notable Witticism categories?\\xa0 What role might the Russians have played in the Thingmen voting? Does Njal\'s Saga maintain its position on the throne of saga literature? Or will another contender leave Njal\'s Saga in the dust on the way to the Fifth Court?\\xa0 Along the way, we answer listener questions on a variety of fun topics.\\nReferences for Grettir and\\xa0 discussion\\nA\\xf0alhei\\xf0ur Gu\\xf0mundsd\\xf3ttir. "\'How Do\\xa0You Know if it is Love or Lust?\' On Gender, Status, and Violence in Old Norse Literature."\\xa0Interfaces\\xa02 (2016): 189-209.\\nKarras, Ruth Mazo.\\xa0Sexuality in Medieval Europe: Doing Unto Others. 3rd ed. New York: Routledge, 2017.\\xa0Grettir\'s Saga\\xa0discussion\\xa0at 155-56.\\nLjungqvist, Fredrik Charpentier. "Rape in the Icelandic Sagas: An Insight in the Perceptions about Sexual Assaults on Women in the Old Norse World."\\xa0Journal of Family History 40, no. 4 (2015): 431-47.\\nScudder, Bernard. Introduction to The Saga of\\xa0Grettir the Strong, ix-xxxviii. New York: Penguin Classics, 2005.\\nShort, William R. "The Role of Women in Viking Society."\\xa0Hurstwic.\\xa0http://www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/society/text/women.htm\\xa0(accessed October 10, 2017).\\nReferences for discussion of literacy in medieval Iceland:\\nHermann, Pernille. "Literacy." In\\xa0The Routledge Research Companion to the Medieval Icelandic Sagas, edited by \\xc1rmann Jakobsson, Sverrir Jakobsson, 34-47. New York: Routledge, 2017.\\nQuinn, Judy. "From Orality to Literacy in Medieval Iceland." In\\xa0Old Icelandic Literature and Society, edited by Margaret Clunies Ross, 30-60. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000.\\nSigur\\xf0sson, G\\xedsli. "Orality and Literacy in the Sagas of Icelanders." In\\xa0A Companion to Old-Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture, edited by Rory McTurk, 285-301. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2005.\\nMusic Credits:Intro Music \\u2013 \\u201cPrelude and Action\\u201d by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music \\u2013 \\u201cStormfront\\u201d by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Selections from music by Kevin MacLeod licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\\xa0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/'