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    of Burnt Njáll, or The Saga of Njáll the Burner), is a thirteenth-century Icelandic saga that describes events between 960 and 1020. The saga deals with...
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  • The manga series Vinland Saga by Makoto Yukimura contains a mixture of historical, apocryphal, and invented characters in its cast. The major characters...
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  • Earl Gilli of the Southern Isles. The saga also records that Sigtrygg was very interested in the Burning of Njáll Þorgeirsson at Bergþórshvoll and what...
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    Norse–Gaels (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    needed] A number of Icelandic personal names are of Gaelic origin, including Njáll, Brjánn, Kjartan and Kormákur (from Niall, Brian, Muircheartach and Cormac)...
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    the Icelandic Laxdœla saga, for example, "even slaves are highborn, descended from the kings of Ireland." The first name of Njáll Þorgeirsson, the chief...
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    Icelander Flosi Þórðarson, is depicted dreaming of the burning of the saga's eponym, Njáll Þorgeirsson. If the account of Gilli in the aftermath of Clontarf...
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    Early Germanic culture (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Germanic literature include Gudrun, Brunhild and the wives of Gunther and Njáll Þorgeirsson. Julius Caesar notes that early Germanic peoples believed sexual...
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    more common in Iceland than elsewhere in Scandinavia over the centuries, Njáll – Niall, Brjánn – Brian, Kaðlín – Caitlín, Patrekur – Padraig, Konall –...
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