'The Wanderer' Volume 2 'Viking'

SYNOPSIS: In Iceland Ethelwulf tackles witchcraft and takes part in a blood feud. He sails to the Baltic but encounters paganism & blind ambition. In Finland he becomes party to exploitation & slave dealing.

EXTRACT: ''At that moment I turned and ran as the bear, still suffering from the grip of Gifr, turned to tear to pieces its tormentor. I didn't stop running till I was back home and it was some time before, backed by a dozen of the locals, I ventured to the site of Gifr's last battle. All that was left of my dog were some chunks of fur and a couple of bones, which I took home and buried.' Freysteinn placed a hand on Olaf's forearm. 'But my misfortunes didn't end there!''

EXAMPLE OF AN END-NOTE: '483 Ukko was the chief god of the Finnish pantheon & was often armed with a hammer or axe, leading to an association with Thor. Tapio was the very influential forest god. Tuonela was the realm of the dead (sometimes visited by shamans in a trance). Ahiisi was a demon.'

636 pages incl. 3 maps & Endnotes

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