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Dr. Armin Yaakovson, thank you so much for joining me today. Yes, thank you.

Well, Armin, I'm so excited to have you back on the podcast as today we'll be diving into an Icelandic story found in Gretier Saga, or the saga of Gretier the Strong, involving a duel between the outlaw Gretier and a large giant league ghost around the time of Yule, the Norse winter holiday.

And of course, listeners can hear my conversation with Dr. Terry

Gunnell last week's episode all about the Norse Winter Holiday of Yule. Harmon, I'm very interested in

this story because of its paranormal activity, but also because of the complex figure, the sort of protagonist of

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