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Pre-Christian Religions of the North: Sources

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Úlfr Bjalfason is the grandfather of Egill Skalla-Grímsson and a great powerfull man, believed to be a shape-shifter.

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[excerpt from] Eg ch. 1b

1b. kafli

Úlfr hét maðr, sonr Bjálfa ok...

There was a man called Ulf, t...

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Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar is a saga about the poet Egill and his family. The saga covers the time span of c. 850-1000 AD and takes place in Iceland, Scandinavia and England. Egill is a rebell of sorts, as his lineage also shows with quarrels, feuds and enemies and lives to become an old and well known influencial man in Iceland.

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(Contributed by Liv Marit Aurdal.)

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Main text: Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar

Attributes: Shape-shift Berserkr

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Text sections: Anon Eg 1bV

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