Beorn

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Originally Posted by davem

And much of this negative press comes from the Icelandic Sagas - written after Iceland bacame Christian. Its probably their strong connection with the cult of Odin that caused the reputation as thugs & troublemakers. Certainly if you look at the way Grettir dispatches the berserker:

A bit off topic: I suppose this is why there is tales of Harold's army being stoped at Stamford Bridge by a Besrker in Harald (III) Sigurdsson's army. . . .to connect this heathen king with thugs and so on.

sorry I shall stop now, it is just so darn interesting.