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Hænsna-Þoris saga

Icelandic saga
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  • saga
    / Sagas of Icelanders

    …who gives his name to Hænsna-Þoris saga is a man of humble background who makes money as a peddler and becomes a wealthy but unpopular landowner. His egotism creates trouble in the neighbourhood, and, after he has set fire to one of the farmsteads, killing the farmer and the entire…

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    …who gives his name to Hænsna-Þoris saga is a man of humble background who makes money as a peddler and becomes a wealthy but unpopular landowner. His egotism creates trouble in the neighbourhood, and, after he has set fire to one of the farmsteads, killing the farmer and the entire…

    Read More