Before we get into the history today, I would just like to give a big shout out to fellow Norse enthusiasts and friend of the pod, Jeremiah.

Jeremiah and his family, hand-carved Viking-inspired drinking horns and jewelry.

And well, they do incredible work.

Seriously, Jeremiah carved me a drinking horn of my very own a few months back,

complete with the podcast logo on the side, and it's stunning.

They really do incredible work.

Now you all know that I'm not a huge fan of podcast ads, but I do welcome the opportunity

to share the incredible work others are doing to explore the culture and history of the North.

So if the Norns have dictated that a drinking horn might be in your future,

or if you want to drop a not so subtle hint about the ideal

Yule tied gift consider checking out the work that Jeremiah and his family are doing

over at the Froggy Viking.com and there'll be a link for that in the

show notes. Plus if you use the code Viking Age at checkout you can get a

cool 10% off your order.

Somehow there's no way for me to make that not sound sales pitchy,

but I really do encourage you to check them out.

For now though, on to the history.

In the northern reaches of the Great Breda Fjord of northwest Iceland lies a small, crescent-shaped archipelago, known as the Sodeyar Islands.

In the decades following their initial settlement,

these islands were home to a wealthy and influential man

named Ingald, who was called the Gothi or chieftain of Sodeyar.

Ingald had a brother, a difficult and quarrelsome man named Hall.

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