Armory Fjord People Saga

The action of the saga takes place in the north-east of Iceland in about 970 - 989 years. The main characters in the first half of the saga are the Hewding Ship-Helgi and Gaitir the son of Luting, in the second half - their sons, Bjarni Borodach and Torkel, respectively. At first Helgi and Gaitir were great friends, but gradually hostility began between them, and only because of material circumstances: the heroes suspected each other of an unfair division of property of one Norwegian merchant who was a guest of Gaitir, and Ship-Helgi gave his wife (Gaitir's sister) a divorce without returning the dowry. The advantage was on Helga's side. When it came to open combat, Gaiter killed his former son-in-law ( 974 ). The son of the murdered, Bjarni, took the virus for his father, but later killed Geithir ( 987 ). The ensuing feud between the cousins ​​of Bjarni and Torkel ended in a complete reconciliation of the parties, which later commentators gave reason to talk about this saga as a lesson in tolerance and generosity ^[1] .

The text of the saga has been preserved as part of paper lists dating back to the earliest end of the 17th century. According to scientists, they all go back to one photographer .

Perhaps the Saga of Thorstein Bely was written as an addendum to the first chapters of the Saga about people from the Armory of the Fjord in order to tell the background of events taking place in it ^[2] . The beginning of the feud between Helga and Gaitir is partly due to the fact that they became related to the two opposing sides in the strife described in the Saga of the Sons of Droplaug .

• Armory Fjord People Saga