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* TogetherInDeath: When Odd brings Hjalmar's corpse to Sweden, princess Ingibjorg drops dead from grief, and Odd has them buried in the same gravemound.
-->''"Since they weren't allowed to while they lived, these two can enjoy each other in death."''



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* TragicBromance: Over the course of his life, Odd loses several of his numerous blood-brothers, each death being a great crisis for Odd: Asmund, who grew up with Odd, is killed on a raid in Ireland; Thord Prow-Gleam is murdered by Odd's arch-enemy Ogmund, causing Odd to swear vengeance on Ogmund; Hjalmar is killed in single-combat with Angantyr; Gardar is killed at Geirrodsgard when Odd tries to avenge Thord. After the death of Gardar, Odd decides to travel alone, for fear of losing yet more blood-brothers.

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* TragicBromance: Over the course of his life, Odd loses several of his numerous blood-brothers, each death being a great crisis for Odd: him: Asmund, who grew up with Odd, is killed on a raid in Ireland; Thord Prow-Gleam is murdered by Odd's arch-enemy Ogmund, causing Odd to swear vengeance on Ogmund; Hjalmar is killed in single-combat with Angantyr; Gardar is killed at Geirrodsgard when Odd tries to avenge Thord. After the death of Gardar, Odd decides to travel alone, for fear of losing yet more blood-brothers. blood-brothers, but ultimately he cannot prevent the death of his last blood-brother Sirnir in battle with Ogmund.
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* TragicBromance: Over the course of his life, Odd loses several of his numerous blood-brothers, each death being a great crisis for Odd: Asmund, who grew up with Odd, is killed on a raid in Ireland; Thord Prow-Gleam is murdered by Odd's arch-enemy Ogmund, causing Odd to swear vengeance on Ogmund; Hjalmar is killed in single-combat with Angantyr; Gardar is killed at Geirrodsgard when Odd tries to avenge Thord. After the death of Gardar, Odd decides to travel alone, for fear of losing yet more blood-brothers.
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* ManBitesMan: The long and hard single combat between the half-troll Ogmund and Vignir is finally decided when Ogmund tears out Vignir's throat with his teeth, killing him.
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''Arrow-Odd's Saga'' is an example of an [[Literature/TheIcelandicSagas Icelandic]] ''[[Literature/TheIcelandicSagas lygisaga]]'' [[Literature/TheIcelandicSagas or romantic saga]], a fantastical narrative set in the world of NorseMythology but which uses traditional legends only as a starting point for creative tale-spinning. While Arrow-Odd appears in a bit part both in ''Literature/GestaDanorum'' and ''Literature/TheSagaOfHervorAndHeidrek'', only the ''Saga of Arrow-Odd'' tells about his career as an immortal adventurer, and Odd's voyages which lead him from the White Sea to Jerusalem, from Greenland to Greece, and even to lands outside the known world go far beyond the traditional geography of Norse heroic legend.

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''Arrow-Odd's Saga'' is an example of an [[Literature/TheIcelandicSagas Icelandic]] ''[[Literature/TheIcelandicSagas lygisaga]]'' [[Literature/TheIcelandicSagas or romantic saga]], a fantastical narrative set in the world of NorseMythology Myth/NorseMythology but which uses traditional legends only as a starting point for creative tale-spinning. While Arrow-Odd appears in a bit part both in ''Literature/GestaDanorum'' and ''Literature/TheSagaOfHervorAndHeidrek'', only the ''Saga of Arrow-Odd'' tells about his career as an immortal adventurer, and Odd's voyages which lead him from the White Sea to Jerusalem, from Greenland to Greece, and even to lands outside the known world go far beyond the traditional geography of Norse heroic legend.
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* AntiVillain: Ogmund Eythjofslayer is a monstrous half-demon chock full of black magic who kills Odd's entire crew and treacherously murders Odd's blood-brother Thord Prow-Gleam. But later we learn that Ogmund acted in revenge of Odd's depredations in Bjarmaland and so is hardly more ruthless or cruel than Odd. Moreover, after their first encounter Ogmund tries to get away from Odd, and it is Odd who keeps up the feud out of vindictiveness. Ogmund even tries to reconcile with Odd, and eventually offers him his friendship.

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* AntiVillain: Ogmund Eythjofslayer is a monstrous half-demon chock full of black magic who kills Odd's entire crew and treacherously murders Odd's blood-brother Thord Prow-Gleam. But later we learn that Ogmund acted in revenge of Odd's depredations in Bjarmaland and so is hardly more ruthless or cruel than Odd. Moreover, after their first encounter Ogmund tries to get away from Odd, and it is Odd who keeps up the feud hunts him out of vindictiveness. Ogmund even tries to reconcile with Odd, and eventually offers him his friendship.
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* AntiVillain: Ogmund Eythjofslayer is a monstrous half-demon chock full of black magic who kills Odd's entire crew and treacherously murders Odd's blood-brother Thord Prow-Gleam. But later we learn that Ogmund acted in revenge of Odd's depredations in Bjarmaland and so is hardly more ruthless or cruel than Odd. Moreover, after their first encounter Ogmund tries to get away from Odd, and it is Odd who keeps up the feud out of vindictiveness. Ogmund even tries sincerely to reconcile with Odd, and eventually offers him his friendship.

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* AntiVillain: Ogmund Eythjofslayer is a monstrous half-demon chock full of black magic who kills Odd's entire crew and treacherously murders Odd's blood-brother Thord Prow-Gleam. But later we learn that Ogmund acted in revenge of Odd's depredations in Bjarmaland and so is hardly more ruthless or cruel than Odd. Moreover, after their first encounter Ogmund tries to get away from Odd, and it is Odd who keeps up the feud out of vindictiveness. Ogmund even tries sincerely to reconcile with Odd, and eventually offers him his friendship.
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* AntiVillain: Ogmund Eythjofslayer is a monstrous half-demon chock full of black magic who kills Odd's entire crew and treacherously murders Odd's blood-brother Thord Prow-Gleam. But later we learn that Ogmund acted in revenge of Odd's depredations in Bjarmaland and so is hardly more ruthless or cruel than Odd. Moreover, after their first encounter Ogmund tries to get away from Odd, and it is Odd who keeps up the feud out of vindictiveness. Ogmund even tries sincerely to reconcile with Odd, and eventually offers him his friendship.
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* RevengeByProxy: When Ogmund realizes he cannot bring Odd down, he murders Odd's blood brother Thord Prow-Gleam only to punish Odd.
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* ArchEnemy: Ogmund Eythjofslayer and Odd are locked in a deadly feud that lasts for most of their lives and has been triggered by Odd's depredation of Bjarmaland, Odd's very first viking cruise and the same voyage that made him rich and famous in the first place.

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* ArchEnemy: Ogmund Eythjofslayer and Odd are locked in a deadly feud that lasts for most of their lives and has been triggered by Odd's depredation of Bjarmaland, Odd's very first viking cruise and the same voyage that made him rich and famous in the first place. Despite being deadly enemies, they also have much in common--such as being nigh-immortals who dedicate their lives to the quest for glory by battle and conquest.
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* ArchEnemy: Ogmund Eythjofslayer and Odd are locked in a deadly feud that lasts for most of their lives and has been triggered by Odd's depredation of Bjarmaland, Odd's very first viking cruise and the same voyage that made him rich and famous in the first place.
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Thus begins a life dedicated to fighting and pillaging. For now that Odd cannot die unless he returns to the place where he grew up, there is nothing to stop his ruthless quest for fame, wealth and power. Except maybe that creepy guy Ogmund Eythjolfslayer, a semi-monstrous viking who seems to have some unfinished business with Odd--even though Odd has never met him before.

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Thus begins a life dedicated to fighting and pillaging. For now that Odd cannot die unless he returns to the place where he grew up, there is nothing to stop his ruthless quest for fame, wealth and power. Except maybe that creepy guy Ogmund Eythjolfslayer, Eythjofslayer, a semi-monstrous viking who seems to have some unfinished business with Odd--even though Odd has never met him before.



* DramaticUnmask: As king of Greece, Odd vows that he will find out the true identity of the mysterious King Quillanus of Novgorod, a great conqueror who always wears a mask. Odd lands an army in [[UsefulNotes/KievanRus Russia]] and challenges Quillanus to a tournament. After three days of indecisive jousting, both agree that they are equally strong, and Quillanus suggests they make peace with each other. Odd wants to accept on the condition that Quillanus reveals his true identity to him. Whereupon Quillanus takes off his mask, revealing the scarred face of [[spoiler:Ogmund Eythjolfslayer.]]

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* DramaticUnmask: As king of Greece, Odd vows that he will find out the true identity of the mysterious King Quillanus of Novgorod, a great conqueror who always wears a mask. Odd lands an army in [[UsefulNotes/KievanRus Russia]] and challenges Quillanus to a tournament. After three days of indecisive jousting, both agree that they are equally strong, and Quillanus suggests they make peace with each other. Odd wants to accept on the condition that Quillanus reveals his true identity to him. Whereupon Quillanus takes off his mask, revealing the scarred face of [[spoiler:Ogmund Eythjolfslayer.Eythjofslayer.]]



** Ogmund Eythjolfslayer is the son of the king of Bjarmaland with a troll-woman.
* KrakenAndLeviathan: Sailing past Greenland in pursuit of Ogmund Eythjolfslayer, Odd spots two rocks raising themselves up out from the sea, which puzzles Odd. Piloted by Vignir, the ships pass right between the rocks. When they look back later at the day, the rocks have vanished, which baffles Odd even more. Vignir then explains that the rocks were the jaws of the sea-monster Hafgufa, the "biggest monster in the whole ocean" which "swallows men and ships, and whales too, and anything else around", and that they have sailed right through the open maw of the monster. Vignir knew this was not dangerous because Hafgufa had just surfaced and always stays at the surface for at least one tide, even though Ogmund had summoned the creature to swallow Odd.

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** Ogmund Eythjolfslayer Eythjofslayer is the son of the king of Bjarmaland with a troll-woman.
* KrakenAndLeviathan: Sailing past Greenland in pursuit of Ogmund Eythjolfslayer, Eythjofslayer, Odd spots two rocks raising themselves up out from the sea, which puzzles Odd. Piloted by Vignir, the ships pass right between the rocks. When they look back later at the day, the rocks have vanished, which baffles Odd even more. Vignir then explains that the rocks were the jaws of the sea-monster Hafgufa, the "biggest monster in the whole ocean" which "swallows men and ships, and whales too, and anything else around", and that they have sailed right through the open maw of the monster. Vignir knew this was not dangerous because Hafgufa had just surfaced and always stays at the surface for at least one tide, even though Ogmund had summoned the creature to swallow Odd.



* SuperToughness: Over the course of his feud with Odd, Ogmund Eythjolfslayer gets every bone in his body broken, his face torn off, and jumps from a 80 yard cliff into the North Atlantic. Yet he survives all and recovers every time, even if gruesomely scarred.

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* SuperToughness: Over the course of his feud with Odd, Ogmund Eythjolfslayer Eythjofslayer gets every bone in his body broken, his face torn off, and jumps from a 80 yard cliff into the North Atlantic. Yet he survives all and recovers every time, even if gruesomely scarred.



* TykeBomb: Ogmund Eythjolfslayer is begotten by the King of Bjarmaland on a troll-woman and raised, trained and "turned into a troll" by the Bjarmians specifically to kill Odd, in revenge for Odd's depredation of Bjarmaland.

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* TykeBomb: Ogmund Eythjolfslayer Eythjofslayer is begotten by the King of Bjarmaland on a troll-woman and raised, trained and "turned into a troll" by the Bjarmians specifically to kill Odd, in revenge for Odd's depredation of Bjarmaland.
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* SuperToughness: Over the course of his feud with Odd, Ogmund Eythjolfslayer gets every bone in his body broken, his face torn off, and jumps from a 80 yard cliff into the North Atlantic. Yet he survives all and recovers every time, even if gruesomely scarred.
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* SternChase: In his desire to take revenge for the death of Thord Prow-Gleam, Odd pursues Ogmund Eythjolfslayer into "the wastes of Helluland", which probably corresponds to Baffin Island and to a medieval Icelander signifies the literal "ends of the Earth".

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* KrakenAndLeviathan: Sailing past Greenland in pursuit of Ogmund Tussock, Odd spots two rocks raising themselves up out from the sea, which puzzles Odd. Piloted by Vignir, the ships pass right between the rocks. When they look back later at the day, the rocks have vanished, which baffles Odd even more. Vignir then explains that the rocks were the jaws of the sea-monster Hafgufa, the "biggest monster in the whole ocean" which "swallows men and ships, and whales too, and anything else around", and that they have sailed right through the open maw of the monster. Vignir knew this was not dangerous because Hafgufa had just surfaced and always stays at the surface for at least one tide, even though Ogmund Tussock had summoned the creature to swallow Odd.

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* KrakenAndLeviathan: Sailing past Greenland in pursuit of Ogmund Tussock, Eythjolfslayer, Odd spots two rocks raising themselves up out from the sea, which puzzles Odd. Piloted by Vignir, the ships pass right between the rocks. When they look back later at the day, the rocks have vanished, which baffles Odd even more. Vignir then explains that the rocks were the jaws of the sea-monster Hafgufa, the "biggest monster in the whole ocean" which "swallows men and ships, and whales too, and anything else around", and that they have sailed right through the open maw of the monster. Vignir knew this was not dangerous because Hafgufa had just surfaced and always stays at the surface for at least one tide, even though Ogmund Tussock had summoned the creature to swallow Odd.


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* SternChase: In his desire to take revenge for the death of Thord Prow-Gleam, Odd pursues Ogmund Eythjolfslayer into "the wastes of Helluland", which probably corresponds to Baffin Island and to a medieval Icelander signifies the literal "ends of the Earth".

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Thus begins a life dedicated to looting and fighting. For now that Odd cannot die unless he returns to the place where he grew up, there is nothing to stop his ruthless quest for fame, riches and power. Or is it?

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Thus begins a life dedicated to looting fighting and fighting. pillaging. For now that Odd cannot die unless he returns to the place where he grew up, there is nothing to stop his ruthless quest for fame, riches wealth and power. Or is it?
Except maybe that creepy guy Ogmund Eythjolfslayer, a semi-monstrous viking who seems to have some unfinished business with Odd--even though Odd has never met him before.



* HalfHumanHybrid: Vignir is Odd's son with the giantess Hildigunn. At ten years, he is already much taller and stronger than Odd and also appears much more mature and knowledgeable than one would expect from a child of that age.

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** Ogmund Eythjolfslayer is the son of the king of Bjarmaland with a troll-woman.
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* DeathByDespair: When Odd brings news of Hjalmar's death, Ingibjörg looks at the bracelet that was Hjalmar's last present to her, then dies on the spot.
-->''She took the bracelet and looked at it in silence. Then she leaned back against the chair posts and died.''
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* CulturedWarrior: The viking Hjalmar has set various rules for himself and his warriors, such as not to rob peasants and merchants and never to kidnapp women. But the very first rule he lists is that they will not eat uncooked meat, come what will.

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* CulturedWarrior: The viking Hjalmar has set various rules for himself and his warriors, such as not to rob peasants and merchants and never to kidnapp kidnap women. But the very first rule he lists is that they will not eat uncooked meat, come what will.
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* CulturedWarrior: The viking Hjalmar has set various rules for himself and his warriors, such as not to rob peasants and merchants and never to kidnapp women. But the very first rule he lists is that they will not eat uncooked meat, come what will.
-->''"The first point I want to make is that I and my men refuse to eat raw meat. Plenty of people are in the habit of squeezing a bit of flesh in a piece of cloth and then calling it cooked meat, but in my opinion it's a habit more fit for wolves than men."''
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* TearOffYourFace: When Ogmund and Odd fight at Geirrodsgard and Ogmund once again realizes it is looking bad for him, he tries to escape from Odd by diving into the earth (as trolls can). As Ogmund sinks into the ground, Odd gets hold of his beard, and rips his entire face off.
-->''Just as he did this, Odd got hold of his beard with both hands and jerked it so hard that he ripped off the whole beard with the skin underneath right down the bone, including the entire face and both cheeks, up the forehead and back to the middle of the crown. So they went their separate ways as the ground opened up, and Odd kept what he was holding.''
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* DramaticUnmask: As king of Greece, Odd vows that he will find out the true identity of the mysterious King Quillanus of Novgorod, a great conqueror who always wears a mask. Odd lands an army in [[UsefulNotes/KievanRus Russia]] and challenges Quillanus to a tournament. After three days of indecisive jousting, both agree that they are equally strong, and Quillanus suggests they make peace with each other. Odd wants to accept on the condition that Quillanus reveals his true identity to him. Whereupon Quillanus takes off his mask, revealing the scarred face of [[spoiler:Ogmund Eythjolfslayer.]]
-->''“Can you guess who this ugly head belongs to?“''


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* TykeBomb: Ogmund Eythjolfslayer is begotten by the King of Bjarmaland on a troll-woman and raised, trained and "turned into a troll" by the Bjarmians specifically to kill Odd, in revenge for Odd's depredation of Bjarmaland.
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* KrakenAndLeviathan: Sailing past Greenland in pursuit of Ogmund Tussock, Odd spots two rocks raising themselves up out from the sea, which puzzles Odd. Piloted by Vignir, the ships pass right between the rocks. When they look back later at the day, the rocks have vanished, which baffles Odd even more. Vignir then explains that the rocks were the jaws of the sea-monster Hafgufa, the "biggest monster in the whole ocean" which "swallows men and ships, and whales too, and anything else around", and that they have sailed right through the open maw of the monster. Vignir knew this was not dangerous because Hafgufa had just surfaced and always stays at the surface for at least one tide, even though Ogmund Tussock had summoned the creature to swallow Odd.
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* HalfHumanHybrid: Vignir is Odd's son with the giantess Hildigunn. At ten years, he is already much taller and stronger than Odd and also appears much more mature and knowledgeable than one would expect from a child of that age.
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* TurtleIsland: Sailing past Greenland, Odd sights a small island covered with heather and sends five men to explore it. The island goes down, drowning the men. Afterwards Odd learns he just encountered the sea-monster Lyngbakr ("Heather-Back").
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* UnstoppableForceMeetsImmovableObject: When Odd and Hjalmar and the Arngrimssons prepare for single combat, Angantyr Arngrimsson wants to take on Odd, because Odd's magic shirt is supposed to be impenetrable to any weapon, and Angantyr's sword Tyrfing supposedly can cut anything in the world. However, Hjalmar insists that he take on Angantyr, and thus we will never know whether Tyrfing would have worked on Odd's shirt.
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Thus begins a life dedicated to fighting and adventuring. For now that Odd cannot die unless he returns to the place where he grew up, there is nothing to stop his ruthless quest for fame, riches and power. Or is it?

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Thus begins a life dedicated to fighting looting and adventuring.fighting. For now that Odd cannot die unless he returns to the place where he grew up, there is nothing to stop his ruthless quest for fame, riches and power. Or is it?
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->''"I want to roam about from land to land, sometimes among the Christians and sometimes among the heathen."''
-->--'''Arrow-Odd'''

''The Saga of Arrow-Odd'' (Old Norse: ''Örvar-Odds saga'') is a medieval romance written in 13th century UsefulNotes/{{Iceland}}.

Odd, son of Grim Hairy-Cheek of Hrafnista, grows up in Berurjod in Western UsefulNotes/{{Norway}}. When Odd is seventeen, a witch prophecies that Odd will die at Berurjod, killed by the skull of the horse Faxi. Odd kills Faxi and buries him under rocks, then sets out to become a sea-rover, intent on never returning to Berurjod.

Thus begins a life dedicated to fighting and adventuring. For now that Odd cannot die unless he returns to the place where he grew up, there is nothing to stop his ruthless quest for fame, riches and power. Or is it?

''Arrow-Odd's Saga'' is an example of an [[Literature/TheIcelandicSagas Icelandic]] ''[[Literature/TheIcelandicSagas lygisaga]]'' [[Literature/TheIcelandicSagas or romantic saga]], a fantastical narrative set in the world of NorseMythology but which uses traditional legends only as a starting point for creative tale-spinning. While Arrow-Odd appears in a bit part both in ''Literature/GestaDanorum'' and ''Literature/TheSagaOfHervorAndHeidrek'', only the ''Saga of Arrow-Odd'' tells about his career as an immortal adventurer, and Odd's voyages which lead him from the White Sea to Jerusalem, from Greenland to Greece, and even to lands outside the known world go far beyond the traditional geography of Norse heroic legend.
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* DraconicHumanoid: In (of all places) England, Odd and his men battle and kill a ''finngalkn'', an "enormous creature" that looks like a hybrid between a dragon and a humanoid:
-->''It had a human head and huge fangs, a long, thick tail, and talons of fantastic size with a great gleaming sword in each claw.''
* FamedInStory: Odd gets famous for his raiding expedition to Bjarmaland. Whenever he introduces himself after that, he is usually asked in response whether he is "the Odd that went to Bjarmaland".
* {{Foil}}: The blood brothers Hjalmar and Odd. Hjalmar became a viking so he will be able to marry princess Ingibjorg back in Sweden, and voluntarily adheres to a chivalrous code of honor. Odd is quite ruthless, fights for his fame only, is not attached to women and plans never to return home.
* PropheciesRhymeAllTheTime: When the witch foretells Odd's fate, she suddenly speaks in alliterative verse.
--->''It won't matter whether\\
you wander on your way\\
by the broad sea-firths,\\
pacing the beaches,\\
or surf-borne\\
by the driven spray,\\
here your body will burn\\
at Berurjod.''
* YouCantFightFate: Despite Odd's effort to prove the prophecy wrong, everything turns out as the witch foretold. Three-hundred years old, Odd suddenly grows homesick and returns to Berurjod, where [[spoiler:he is bitten by a viper nesting in the skull of Faxi.]]
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