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* FantasticFoxes: Stopping in a bay in Finnmark on their viking expedition to Bjarmaland, King Hjorleif and his crew encounter a ''brunnmigi'', or "well-pisser", a malicious creature in fox-shape (the saga calls it a "monster", "boggart", or "troll", but also mentions that it has whiskers). The brunnmigi prevents them from getting water from a brook (presumably because it is soiling the water); Hjorleif heats a speartip in the fire and hurls it after the creature, which however disappears into a stone cliff. Horleif's men get water, but later the brunnmigi returns to chant an ominous verse that vaguely predicts some imminent doom for Hjorleif. After his return from Bjarmaland, a combination of bad luck and Hjorleif's own imprudence leads to a war with King Hreidar of Zealand in which Hjorleif almost loses his kingdom and his life. The strange circumstances that lead to the war (Hreidar's daughter Hringja dies suddenly after her marriage to Hjorleif and her coffin is driven to the coast of Zealand by a supernatural force) suggest that the brunnmigi may not have merely predicted Hjorleif's misfortunes, but may have caused them as well.
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* FantasticFoxes: Stopping in a bay in Finnmark on their viking expedition to Bjarmaland, King Hjorleif and his crew encounter a ''brunnmigi'', or "well-pisser", a malicious creature in fox-shape (the saga calls it a "monster", "boggart", or "troll", but also mentions that it has whiskers). The brunnmigi prevents them from getting water from a brook (presumably because it is soiling the water); Hjorleif heats a speartip in the fire and hurls it after the creature, which however disappears into a stone cliff. Horleif's Hjorleif's men get water, but later the brunnmigi returns to chant an ominous verse that vaguely predicts some imminent doom for Hjorleif. After his return from Bjarmaland, a combination of bad luck and Hjorleif's own imprudence leads to a war with King Hreidar of Zealand in which Hjorleif almost loses his kingdom and his life. The strange circumstances that lead to the war (Hreidar's daughter Hringja dies suddenly after her marriage to Hjorleif and her coffin is driven to the coast of Zealand by a supernatural force) suggest that the brunnmigi may not have merely predicted Hjorleif's misfortunes, but may have caused them as well.
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* FantasticFoxes: Stopping in a bay in Finnmark on their viking expedition to Bjarmaland, King Hjorleif and his crew encounter a ''brunnmigi'', or "well-pisser", a malicious creature in fox-shape (the saga calls it a "monster", "boggart", or "troll", but also mentions that it has whiskers). The brunnmigi prevents them from getting water from a brook (presumably because it is soiling the water); Hjorleif heats a speartip in the fire and hurls it after the creature, which however disappears into a stone cliff. Horleif's men get water, but later the brunnmigi returns to chant an ominous verse that vaguely predicts some imminent doom for King Hjorleif. After his return from Bjarmaland, a combination of bad luck and Hjorleif's own imprudence leads to a war with King Hreidar of Zealand in which Hjorleif almost loses his kingdom and his life. The strange circumstances that lead to the war (Hreidar's daughter Hringja dies suddenly after her marriage to Hjorleif and her coffin is driven to the coast of Zealand by a supernatural force) suggest that the brunnmigi may not have merely predicted Hjorleif's misfortunes, but may have caused them as well.
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* FantasticFoxes: Stopping in a bay in Finnmark on their viking expedition to Bjarmaland, King Hjorleif and his crew encounter a ''brunnmigi'', or "well-pisser", a malicious creature in fox-shape (the saga calls it a "monster", "boggart", or "troll", but also mentions that it has whiskers). The brunnmigi prevents them from getting water from a brook (presumably because it is soiling the water); Hjorleif heats a speartip in the fire and hurls it after the creature, which however disappears into a stone cliff. Horleif's men get water, but later the brunnmigi returns to chant an ominous verse that vaguely predicts some imminent doom for King Hjorleif. After his return from Bjarmaland, a combination of bad luck and Hjorleif's own imprudence leads to a war with King Hreidar of Zealand in which Hjorleif almost loses his kingdom and his life. The strange circumstances that lead to the war (Hreidar's daughter Hringja dies suddenly after her marriage to Hjorleif and her coffin is driven to the coast of Zealand by a supernatural force) suggest that the brunnmigi may not have merely predicted Hjorleif's misfortunes, but may have caused them as well.
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* FantasticFoxes: Stopping in a bay in Finnmark on their viking expedition to Bjarmaland, King Hjorleif and his crew encounter a ''brunnmigi'', or "well-pisser", a malicious creature in fox-shape (the saga calls it a "monster", "boggart", or "troll", but also mentions that it has whiskers). The brunnmigi prevents them from getting water from a brook (presumably because it is soiling the water); Hjorleif heats a speartip in the fire and hurls it after the creature, which however disappears into a stone cliff. Horleif's men get water, but later the brunnmigi returns to chant an ominous verse that vaguely predicts some imminent doom for King Hjorleif. After his return from Bjarmaland, a combination of bad luck and Hjorleif's own imprudence leads to a war with King Hreidar of Zealand in which Hjorleif almost loses his kingdom and his life. The strange circumstances that lead to the war (Hreidar's daughter Hringja dies suddenly after her marriage to Hjorleif and her coffin is driven to the coast of Zealand by a supernatural force) suggest that the brunnmigi may not have merely predicted Hjorleif's misfortunes, but may have caused them as well.
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* BabyAsPayment: King Alrek of Hordaland resolves to divorce one of his two wives Signy and Geirhild because they are constantly squabbling with each other, and declares he will keep the wife who will brew him the best ale. When brewing, Geirhild calls on Odin to let her win the contest; Odin appears, spits into the yeast, and tells Geirhild he will come back "for what was between the tub and her". Geirhild's ale wins the contest, but it turns out Geirhild was pregnant and the thing "between the tub and her" was her unborn child. Many years later, when Geirhild's son Vikar is already an adult, Odin insidiously causes Vikar to be killed by hanging as a {{human sacrifice}}, thus collecting the prize promised to him.
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* HeroicVow: Half's Heroes set a lot of rules for themselves that are meant to highlight and attest their manliness and to increase their fame. One of these rules is "that none of them should have a sword longer than eighteen inches, so they would be forced to get in close"; another is to never bandage a wound till a whole day has passed. They also pledge themselves to never carry off women or children, and furthermore to never pitch tent on land or awnings on their ship, and to never reef a sail in a storm.
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* BadassCrew: When King Half assembles a crew in order to go sea-raiding, he only takes men who have lifted a certain large stone in the king's courtyard off the ground. He also refuses to take anyone "who got scared […], or who spoke despondently, or who winced at wounds". Only 23 men in all of Half's kingdom meet his requirements, but of those "not one […] had less than twelve times the strength of an average man".
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* ChocolateBaby: In her husband's absence, Queen Hagny of Hordaland gives birth to the twin boys Hamund and Geirmund who turn out to be "black and strikingly ugly". Afraid of her husband's reaction, Hagny [[SwitchedAtBirth swaps the boys with the pretty newborn son of a serving woman.]] After the switch has been discovered and reversed three years later, their father King Hjor finally accepts his sons, although he gives them the shared nickname ''Heljarskinn'' (Hel-skin) on account of their blackness. No explanation is offered for the twins' looks, suggesting that their dark skin is simply a freak of nature.
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''Half's Saga'', or more formally the ''Saga of Half and Half's Heroes'' (Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka) is an [[Literature/TheIcelandicSagas Icelandic saga]] from c. 1300 CE.
Half's Saga is a family history of the royal dynasty of the UsefulNotes/{{Norw|ay}}egian kingdoms Hordaland and Rogaland, although it does not really have a common theme and may be thought of as a sequence of self-standing tales. The three main parts are the following:
# King Hjorleif "the Ladies' Man" likes to marry beautiful women. As he learns, this innocent hobby can be life-threatening, turning him a convert to monogamy.
# At age twelve, King Half, son of Hjorleif, decides to assemble the ultimate viking band. Whoever sails with King Half must never show fear, never wince at wounds, and be strong as twelve regular men.
# King Half has fallen victim to foul play, but some of Half's Heroes have survived, and many years later succeed in avenging the king and their comrades.
Can be read online [[http://www.northvegr.org/sagas%20annd%20epics/legendary%20heroic%20and%20imaginative%20sagas/old%20heithinn%20tales%20from%20the%20north/057.html here.]]
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!! Tropes:
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: The night before the banquet at King Asmund's, Half's warrior Innstein has ominous dreams about them being engulfed by flames, then sinking into deep water. He correctly guesses that Asmund plans to burn them to death in the banquet hall, but Half won't listen.
* LastStand: Half and his warriors manage to break out of the Asmund's burning hall and hold out against the overwhelming numbers of Asmund's warriors for an entire day before being cut down.
* NastyParty: King Asmund invites his stepson Half and his warriors to a banquet with plenty of alcohol. When they are sleeping fast, he has the exits barred and sets fire to the hall.
* PortentOfDoom: Sailing homeward after marrying Hringja, daughter of King Hreidar of Zealand, Hjorleif observes a giant rising out of the sea who chants a prophecy that predicts the death of Hringja, Hreidar, and Hjorleif's own imprisonment.
* SwitchedAtBirth: Worried that her husband King Hjor Halfsson could reject her twin sons because of their ugliness (which would result in their exposure), Queen Hagny swaps them with the handsome newborn son of a serving woman. Unfortunately the false prince turns out timid while the twins are aggressive and grow much faster and stronger. When the boys are three years old, the poet Bragi correctly guesses that the prince is fake and that the twins are the true heirs, causing Hagny to come clear and swap them back.
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Half's Saga is a family history of the royal dynasty of the UsefulNotes/{{Norw|ay}}egian kingdoms Hordaland and Rogaland, although it does not really have a common theme and may be thought of as a sequence of self-standing tales. The three main parts are the following:
# King Hjorleif "the Ladies' Man" likes to marry beautiful women. As he learns, this innocent hobby can be life-threatening, turning him a convert to monogamy.
# At age twelve, King Half, son of Hjorleif, decides to assemble the ultimate viking band. Whoever sails with King Half must never show fear, never wince at wounds, and be strong as twelve regular men.
# King Half has fallen victim to foul play, but some of Half's Heroes have survived, and many years later succeed in avenging the king and their comrades.
Can be read online [[http://www.northvegr.org/sagas%20annd%20epics/legendary%20heroic%20and%20imaginative%20sagas/old%20heithinn%20tales%20from%20the%20north/057.html here.]]
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!! Tropes:
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: The night before the banquet at King Asmund's, Half's warrior Innstein has ominous dreams about them being engulfed by flames, then sinking into deep water. He correctly guesses that Asmund plans to burn them to death in the banquet hall, but Half won't listen.
* LastStand: Half and his warriors manage to break out of the Asmund's burning hall and hold out against the overwhelming numbers of Asmund's warriors for an entire day before being cut down.
* NastyParty: King Asmund invites his stepson Half and his warriors to a banquet with plenty of alcohol. When they are sleeping fast, he has the exits barred and sets fire to the hall.
* PortentOfDoom: Sailing homeward after marrying Hringja, daughter of King Hreidar of Zealand, Hjorleif observes a giant rising out of the sea who chants a prophecy that predicts the death of Hringja, Hreidar, and Hjorleif's own imprisonment.
* SwitchedAtBirth: Worried that her husband King Hjor Halfsson could reject her twin sons because of their ugliness (which would result in their exposure), Queen Hagny swaps them with the handsome newborn son of a serving woman. Unfortunately the false prince turns out timid while the twins are aggressive and grow much faster and stronger. When the boys are three years old, the poet Bragi correctly guesses that the prince is fake and that the twins are the true heirs, causing Hagny to come clear and swap them back.
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