The Saga of Grettir the Strong. One of the better-known Icelandic Sagas, “Grettir” tells the tale of a rough and rowdy outlaw who is cursed to be unlucky after killing a revenant in battle. Scholar Amy Amendt-Raduege has drawn comparison between Grettir and Boromir.
February 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The Saga of Grettir the Strong. One of the better-known Icelandic Sagas, “Grettir” tells the tale of a rough and rowdy outlaw who is cursed to be unlucky after killing a revenant in battle. Scholar Amy Amendt-Raduege has drawn comparison between Grettir and Boromir.
good ol' REH's birthday today, so why not go read this thing i wrote for @chalicotherex.bsky.social's news letter about Robert E. Howard's particular love for a very specific and very idiosyncratic translation of the Norse saga "Grettir the Outlaw"
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Eric's Notes: Robert E. Howard, Grettir the Outlaw, and the origins of two-fisted Weird Fiction
I’m a big fan of Eric Williams’s blog, where he posts his read-throughs of classic pulp fiction.
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January 22, 2026 at 3:11 PM
good ol' REH's birthday today, so why not go read this thing i wrote for @chalicotherex.bsky.social's news letter about Robert E. Howard's particular love for a very specific and very idiosyncratic translation of the Norse saga "Grettir the Outlaw"
adamsnotes.substack.com/p/erics-note...
adamsnotes.substack.com/p/erics-note...
Redrew my version of Grettir Ásmundarson, or Grettir the Strong.
#art #digitalart #fanart #characterart #genderswap #norsemythology #norse #mythology
#art #digitalart #fanart #characterart #genderswap #norsemythology #norse #mythology
March 19, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Redrew my version of Grettir Ásmundarson, or Grettir the Strong.
#art #digitalart #fanart #characterart #genderswap #norsemythology #norse #mythology
#art #digitalart #fanart #characterart #genderswap #norsemythology #norse #mythology
Cleaning up and forgot all about this issue—being able to stick saga outlaw, Grettir the Strong into an an existing Icelandic fairytale was a lot of fun.
June 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Cleaning up and forgot all about this issue—being able to stick saga outlaw, Grettir the Strong into an an existing Icelandic fairytale was a lot of fun.
There’s no way this recent thrift shop find isn’t gonna be a great LP.
April 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
There’s no way this recent thrift shop find isn’t gonna be a great LP.
vissuði að í Svíþjóð heitir Grettir, hin mikli lasanja köturin, Katten Gustaf
July 20, 2024 at 8:54 AM
vissuði að í Svíþjóð heitir Grettir, hin mikli lasanja köturin, Katten Gustaf
got nominated for the essay i wrote in @chalicotherex.bsky.social's newsletter, "Robert E. Howard, Grettir the Outlaw, and the origins of two-fisted Weird Fiction"
March 1, 2026 at 10:34 PM
got nominated for the essay i wrote in @chalicotherex.bsky.social's newsletter, "Robert E. Howard, Grettir the Outlaw, and the origins of two-fisted Weird Fiction"
The Saga of Grettir the Strong. My current favorite of the eight-or-so Icelandic Sagas I’ve read, featuring a man cursed to be unlucky and one of the most haunting battles in literature, between Grettir and the corpse of a shepherd who was killed and then possessed by a wight.
March 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The Saga of Grettir the Strong. My current favorite of the eight-or-so Icelandic Sagas I’ve read, featuring a man cursed to be unlucky and one of the most haunting battles in literature, between Grettir and the corpse of a shepherd who was killed and then possessed by a wight.
Während im Mittelalter noch von schwimmenden Isländern erzählt wird – besonders der beliebte Soziopath und Gesetzlose Gréttir aus der nach ihm benannten Gréttissaga hat einige legendäre Schwimmerfolge gefeiert – ging diese Fähigkeit aus einer Melange an Gründen über die Jahrhunderte verloren.
November 6, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Während im Mittelalter noch von schwimmenden Isländern erzählt wird – besonders der beliebte Soziopath und Gesetzlose Gréttir aus der nach ihm benannten Gréttissaga hat einige legendäre Schwimmerfolge gefeiert – ging diese Fähigkeit aus einer Melange an Gründen über die Jahrhunderte verloren.
Qué absoluta maravilla esta edición de LA SAGA DE GRETTIR, antihéroe nórdico y exterminador de monstruos y aparecidos. Leerla hoy, unos 700 años después de su composición, sigue siendo una gozada, especialmente con la cuidada traducción y notas de Mariano González Campo.
January 2, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Qué absoluta maravilla esta edición de LA SAGA DE GRETTIR, antihéroe nórdico y exterminador de monstruos y aparecidos. Leerla hoy, unos 700 años después de su composición, sigue siendo una gozada, especialmente con la cuidada traducción y notas de Mariano González Campo.
‘He waited for the bear to charge, and when it came, its roar echoed through the fjords.’ ~ Grettir the Strong in the Grettir’s Saga.
🖼️ John Vernon Lord from Grettir's Saga in Icelandic Sagas, Vol. 2.
🖼️ John Vernon Lord from Grettir's Saga in Icelandic Sagas, Vol. 2.
January 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
‘He waited for the bear to charge, and when it came, its roar echoed through the fjords.’ ~ Grettir the Strong in the Grettir’s Saga.
🖼️ John Vernon Lord from Grettir's Saga in Icelandic Sagas, Vol. 2.
🖼️ John Vernon Lord from Grettir's Saga in Icelandic Sagas, Vol. 2.
Grettir's Saga - Part 3 - an episode of the Saga Thing Podcast youtu.be/N2cmmmOcF24?... #icelandicsaga
Grettir's Saga - Part 3
Saga Thing: Putting the Sagas of the Icelanders on trial - Episode 16CThe Saga of Grettir the Strong continues. In this episode, Grettir arrives home in Icel...
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May 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Grettir's Saga - Part 3 - an episode of the Saga Thing Podcast youtu.be/N2cmmmOcF24?... #icelandicsaga
A striking thing in "heroism" in Old English and Old Norse texts was how close to monsters the heroes were depicted. Beowulf is essentially a mirror of Grendel and the Dragon in. Then there's Grettir, Egil etc
Medieval heroes were tame monsters for fighting monsters - my favourite heroic model
Medieval heroes were tame monsters for fighting monsters - my favourite heroic model
I want people to spend less time talking about "tragically flawed" heroes and more on "regrettably necessary" heroes. Sometimes your heroes "flaws" are a necessary answer to the flaws of what they're saving you from, and we don't talk enough about that as an indictment on society instead of them.
October 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
A striking thing in "heroism" in Old English and Old Norse texts was how close to monsters the heroes were depicted. Beowulf is essentially a mirror of Grendel and the Dragon in. Then there's Grettir, Egil etc
Medieval heroes were tame monsters for fighting monsters - my favourite heroic model
Medieval heroes were tame monsters for fighting monsters - my favourite heroic model
Jim Henson's Storyteller: Fairies issue.
Wrote in Icelandic Saga outlaw-hero Grettir the Strong into the old Hildur, Queen of the Elves story.
There was a nameless Grettir-like character in the original so maybe it was him all along anyway.
Wrote in Icelandic Saga outlaw-hero Grettir the Strong into the old Hildur, Queen of the Elves story.
There was a nameless Grettir-like character in the original so maybe it was him all along anyway.
September 1, 2023 at 1:17 PM
Jim Henson's Storyteller: Fairies issue.
Wrote in Icelandic Saga outlaw-hero Grettir the Strong into the old Hildur, Queen of the Elves story.
There was a nameless Grettir-like character in the original so maybe it was him all along anyway.
Wrote in Icelandic Saga outlaw-hero Grettir the Strong into the old Hildur, Queen of the Elves story.
There was a nameless Grettir-like character in the original so maybe it was him all along anyway.
Repost with 3 clans you haven't played but want to!!!
• Snail Gangrel
• Grettir
• The Long-Armed Sabbat Vampires in Bloodlines who I at first thought were an unplayable Vampire Clan like the Tzimisce whose Deal was that they had long arms.
No idea why I believed this but I've come back around on it
• Snail Gangrel
• Grettir
• The Long-Armed Sabbat Vampires in Bloodlines who I at first thought were an unplayable Vampire Clan like the Tzimisce whose Deal was that they had long arms.
No idea why I believed this but I've come back around on it
November 20, 2024 at 7:57 AM
Repost with 3 clans you haven't played but want to!!!
• Snail Gangrel
• Grettir
• The Long-Armed Sabbat Vampires in Bloodlines who I at first thought were an unplayable Vampire Clan like the Tzimisce whose Deal was that they had long arms.
No idea why I believed this but I've come back around on it
• Snail Gangrel
• Grettir
• The Long-Armed Sabbat Vampires in Bloodlines who I at first thought were an unplayable Vampire Clan like the Tzimisce whose Deal was that they had long arms.
No idea why I believed this but I've come back around on it
Grettir er svo mikill flippkisi
June 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Grettir er svo mikill flippkisi
Glam’s undead eyes have been giving Grettir the Strong nightmares since the Viking Age. #WyrdWednesday
🖼️ Halldór Pétursson
🖼️ Halldór Pétursson
October 11, 2023 at 2:27 PM
Glam’s undead eyes have been giving Grettir the Strong nightmares since the Viking Age. #WyrdWednesday
🖼️ Halldór Pétursson
🖼️ Halldór Pétursson
A redraw of Grettir The Strong, the monster-slaying anti-hero of the Saga of Grettir Ásmundarson.
#art #characterart #fanart #mythology #norsemythology #icelandicsaga
#art #characterart #fanart #mythology #norsemythology #icelandicsaga
August 9, 2026 at 8:11 PM
A redraw of Grettir The Strong, the monster-slaying anti-hero of the Saga of Grettir Ásmundarson.
#art #characterart #fanart #mythology #norsemythology #icelandicsaga
#art #characterart #fanart #mythology #norsemythology #icelandicsaga
Here's a #WeekBforBlue for #WaterWednesday - the view from the rather spectacular Hofsós swimming pool last Feb - bliss! 🩵🏊🏼♀️❄️ In the distance you can see flat-topped Drangey island, where Grettir the Strong, of saga fame, lived out his final years 🏝️🪜
#AlphabetChallenge
#MobilePhotography 📷
#Iceland 🇮🇸
#AlphabetChallenge
#MobilePhotography 📷
#Iceland 🇮🇸
July 10, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Here's a #WeekBforBlue for #WaterWednesday - the view from the rather spectacular Hofsós swimming pool last Feb - bliss! 🩵🏊🏼♀️❄️ In the distance you can see flat-topped Drangey island, where Grettir the Strong, of saga fame, lived out his final years 🏝️🪜
#AlphabetChallenge
#MobilePhotography 📷
#Iceland 🇮🇸
#AlphabetChallenge
#MobilePhotography 📷
#Iceland 🇮🇸
Kristján Jóhannsson er svo mikið gaurinn sem slær á rassinn á þér og grettir sig svona "HAHAHAHAHA NEI SEGI SVONA"
December 30, 2023 at 9:16 PM
Kristján Jóhannsson er svo mikið gaurinn sem slær á rassinn á þér og grettir sig svona "HAHAHAHAHA NEI SEGI SVONA"